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A ‘Wholly Unjustifiable Treatment of British Subject’? The Detention of W. T. Goode in the Baltic, 1919

History, EarlyView.
Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
wiley   +1 more source

Distribution of the <i>Najas</i> species in Lithuania (Hydrocharitaceae): Revised data from the 19^th century onwards. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
Kamaitytė-Bukelskienė L, Sinkevičienė Z.   +1 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz, Mobarak Hossain, Martina Beretta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical performance and tactical experience: determinants of competition outcomes in amateur vs. elite cyclists - a descriptive study from the UCI tour of Lithuania. [PDF]

Front Physiol
Cesanelli L, Conte D, Ylaite B, Rønnestad BR, Lagoute T, Venckunas T, Zambolin F.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Nutrition of overweight and obese students

Open Medicine, 2012
Kolarzyk Emilia, Pac Agnieszka, Shpakou Andrei, Kleszczewska Ewa, Klimackaya Ludmila, Laskiene Skaiste   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

The experiences of midwives with violence from patients, their relatives and friends: A study in perinatal center in Lithuania. [PDF]

Eur J Midwifery
Mikėnaitė M, Barakat M, Petrošienė B, Kliučinskas M, Bartusevičius A, Liepinaitienė A, Bartusevičienė E.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Corporate Tax System Complexity and Investment Sensitivity to Tax Policy Changes

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective policymakers must balance the demands of formulating a corporate tax system that raises revenue and spurs economic activity (e.g., investment) while promoting a “level playing field” across firms. Balancing these tradeoffs has likely caused tax systems to become more complex over time, increasing firms’ difficulty in understanding ...
HARALD AMBERGER, JOHN GALLEMORE, JARON WILDE   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Observation of climatic parameters and plant phenology in the international phenological garden of Klaipėda University Botanic Garden, Lithuania. [PDF]

Int J Biometeorol
Klimienė A, Klimas R, Pilkaitytė R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional validation of a white pupae minimal gene construct in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
An intronless version of the white pupae (wp) gene was engineered to restore the wild type brown puparium color in white pupae phenotype mutants of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. Functionality of the minimal gene version (mini‐wp) was verified in vivo, as one copy of mini‐wp successfully restored the wild type phenotype in homozygous ...
Lucas Henrique Figueiredo Prates, Roswitha A. Aumann, Inga Sievers, Tanja Rehling, Marc F. Schetelig   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source