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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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ABSTRACT This update and revision of the international guideline for urticaria was developed in accordance with the methods recommended by Cochrane and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) working group. It is an initiative of the Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network (GA2LEN) and its Urticaria and ...
T. Zuberbier +221 more
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The impressive image that totalitarian regimes imposed through monumental architecture without consulting the masses is too often confused with the massive state investment and authoritarian and dictatorial political regimes sponsors.
Jean-Pierre Frey
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Natio et gens: Venice biennale 2009 [PDF]
The following is an informal reflection on the changing place of nationality and national consciousness in cultural life with reference to last year’s Biennale.
Broadhurst, S, Harvey, N
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Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon +3 more
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Urban and Architectural Design of the Piazza del Governo in Enna [PDF]
The present essay deals with the urban space of Piazza del Governo in Enna, a town located in the center of Sicily. This square is a work projected and realized in 1935 by the palermitan architect Salvatore Caronia Roberti.
Cettina Santagati +2 more
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ABSTRACT Geochemical data compiled from dried sediments from three water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Ucanal, Petén, Guatemala, reveal low to undetectable fecal biomarker concentrations. These low concentrations may be the result of the aerobic decay of sterols combined with well‐managed waste disposal practices.
Jean D. Tremblay +3 more
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The Durability of materials and its effect on Architectural Monumentality (Arabic Paper)
From centuries , the human struggle against the forces that effected on its shelter and try to conserve it , to obtain stable structure that protect him from the external forces and meets him desire to conserve this structure as cultural inheritance from
Maryam Safaa Hussein
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ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot +2 more
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