The Political Role of the Orthodox Clergy in the Union of the Romanian Principalities (1859) [PDF]
The union of the Romanian Principalities was a decisive moment in the history and evolution of the modern Romanian state, but its realization cannot be separated from the actions of the bishops and clergy, who were co-opted in the electoral process
Boicu, Dragoș
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The transportation of Narain Sing: punishment, honour and identity from the Anglo–Sikh Wars to the Great Revolt [PDF]
This paper examines fragments from the life of Narain Sing as a means of exploring punishment, labour, society and social transformation in the aftermath of the Anglo–Sikh Wars (1845–1846, 1848–1849).
Arnold+8 more
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"Why wouldn't someone think of democracy as a target?": Security practices & challenges of people involved with U.S. political campaigns [PDF]
People who are involved with political campaigns face increased digital security threats from well-funded, sophisticated attackers, especially nation-states. Improving political campaign security is a vital part of protecting democracy. To identify campaign security issues, we conducted qualitative research with 28 participants across the U.S ...
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In the first decades of last century, the doctor Manuel Tolosa Latour stood out on having developed a campaign directed to improving the health and the education of the children of the popular classes.
Juan Félix Rodríguez Pérez
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Stabilizing History through Statues, Monuments, and Memorials in Curzon's India
This article argues that projects to make Britain's imperial history visible to the public through the display of statues, the establishment of a history museum, and the renovation of historical markers solidified a colonial narrative about the British ...
D. Ghosh
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A Peek into the Political Biases in Email Spam Filtering Algorithms During US Election 2020 [PDF]
Email services use spam filtering algorithms (SFAs) to filter emails that are unwanted by the user. However, at times, the emails perceived by an SFA as unwanted may be important to the user. Such incorrect decisions can have significant implications if SFAs treat emails of user interest as spam on a large scale.
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Crowdfunding as Entrepreneurial Investment: The Role of Local Knowledge Spillover [PDF]
This paper explores the role of local knowledge spillover and human capital as a driver of crowdfunding investment. The role of territory has already been studied in terms of campaign success, but the impact of territory on the use of financial sources like equity crowdfunding is not yet known.
arxiv
Threats from space: 20 years of progress [PDF]
It has been 20 years since planning began for the 1995 United Nations International Conference on Near-Earth Objects. The conference proceedings established the scientific basis for an international organizational framework to support research and collective actions to mitigate a potential near-Earth object (NEO) threat to the planet.
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Space-time smoothing models for sub-national measles routine immunization coverage estimation with complex survey data [PDF]
Despite substantial advances in global measles vaccination, measles disease burden remains high in many low- and middle-income countries. A key public health strategy for controling measles in such high-burden settings is to conduct supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) in the form of mass vaccination campaigns, in addition to delivering ...
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"e collection of medals in the National Museum of Banat from Timisoara boasts a silver medal (inv. no. 130) of great artistic, as well as memorialistic value.
Nicoleta Demian
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