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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
wiley   +1 more source

Refusal and Aporia: At the Limits of Anthropological Knowledge

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As anthropologists increasingly take up refusal, opacity, and other forms of resistance to surveillance and subjugation, this paper questions what implications this has for the discipline in practice. Considering anthropology's enduring centrality in defining what it means to be human, including the various ways that this category has been ...
Cory‐Alice André‐Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

A novel lightweight medical blockchain data query scheme. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhu Y, Deng X, Liu J, Zou Y, Li J, Fang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Low salivary thioredoxin-1 levels in periodontitis. [PDF]

World J Clin Cases
Lorente L, Hernández Marrero E, Abreu-Gonzalez P, Lorente Martín AD, Lorente Martín M, Marrero González MJ, Hernández Marrero C, Hernández Marrero O, Jiménez A, Hernández Padilla CM.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Identification and Quantification of Volatile Organic Compounds and Bioaerosols in the Conservation Processes of Guanche Mummies

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Guanche mummies, ancient inhabitants of the Canary Islands, represent a significant part of the historical heritage preserved at the Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA) in Tenerife, Spain. These mummies, subjected to artificial conservation practices, are of great interest to conservators seeking to understand their mummification ...
Benigno Sánchez, Maria Cristina Canela, Maria Garcia Morales, Juan Gilaranz, Murilo de Oliveira Souza, Ruth Mª. Rufino García   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of survival benefit and safety profile between lenvatinib and donafenib as conversion therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. [PDF]

Am J Transl Res
Hou Y, Gao Z, Han Y, Liu C, Su X, Zhang D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Death Is Most in One's Self‐Interest, and Necessarily So

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most of us think that death is usually not in the self‐interest of the one who dies. Let us momentarily put this belief aside and examine death in a new light. This paper presents a two‐step argument to show why death is most in one's self‐interest, necessarily.
Victor Kriska
wiley   +1 more source

Adsorption and inhibition mechanism of pyrazole derivatives on carbon steel: combined electrochemical, surface, and DFT/MD study. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Barrahi A, Marzaq A, Saddik R, Tighadouini S, Benhiba F, El Faydy M, Dikici B, Abdallah M, Warad I, Zarrouk A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
wiley   +1 more source

Euclidean-Lorentzian Dichotomy and Algebraic Causality in Finite Ring Continuum. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Akhtman Y.
europepmc   +1 more source