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"Dissent and Discipline in Ben Gurion's Labor Party: 1930-32" [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper describes a small opposition group that functioned during 1930-33 on the left fringes of Ben Gurion's Mapai party in Palestine. Mapai dominated Jewish Palestine's politics, and later the politics of the young State of Israel; it lives on today
Joel Perlmann
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On the Lightweight Potential of Laser Additive Manufactured NiTi Triply Periodic Minimal Sheet Lattices

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores the lightweight potential of laser additive‐manufactured NiTi triply periodic minimal surface sheet lattices. It systematically investigates the effects of relative density and unit cell size on surface quality, deformation recovery, compression behavior, and energy absorption.
Haoming Mo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Symbolism and Political Resistance: Navalny’s Martyr Narrative in the Russian Opposition

open access: yesReligions
The death of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny in a far-northern colony after three years of imprisonment was declared a martyrdom by the Russian opposition, reflecting the sentiments of a part of Russian society.
Nadezhda Beliakova, Zhanna Timofeeva
doaj   +1 more source

South Africa’s greatest hope lies at the ballot box – Mmusi Maimane [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
LSE’s Marc Davies analyses the state of South African politics as South Africa’s Leader of the Opposition Mmusi Maimane claims that disillusionment with the ruling African National Congress is ...
Davies, Marc
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Zein‐Based Adhesives: Sustainable Extraction and Application in Bioadhesive Technologies

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Zein is extracted from corn gluten meal using a simple and scalable process with high yield (~90%). The resulting protein is applied in bioadhesives modified with Ca2+ and Fe3+ ions, exhibiting substrate‐dependent adhesion. The findings demonstrate competitive bonding performance and highlight the role of ionic interactions in tuning adhesion ...
Paula Bertolino Sanvezzo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book review: muted modernists: the struggle over divine politics in Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In Muted Modernists: The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia, Madawi Al-Rasheed challenges monolithic understandings of official and opposition divine politics in Saudi Arabia by examining how activists, intellectuals and religious scholars are
Ephraim, Philip Effiom
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Additive Gaussian Process Regression for Predictive Design of High‐Performance, Printable Silicones

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A chemistry‐aware design framework for tuning printable polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for vat photopolymerization (VPP) is developed using additive Gaussian process (GP) modeling. Polymer network mechanics informs variable groupings, feasible formulation constraints, and interaction variables.
Roxana Carbonell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Russian Liberalism in Crisis? Khodorkovsky Revisited [PDF]

open access: yesStudies of Transition States and Societies, 2013
The electoral decline of liberal parties has been a key feature of post-Soviet politics in Russia. Using Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s critique of Russian liberalism as a starting point for analysis, it is argued that a lack of cohesion and unity has undermined
David White
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Divisive Politics and Accountability [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper analyzes a political accountability game with an electorate of 'partisan' and 'independent' voters. It is shown that politicians have a strategic incentive to engage in 'divisive politics', that is, to force some independent voters to take ...
Aron Kiss
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Opposition im Bayerischen Landtag 1994-1998. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
I analysed opposition strategies and patterns of the Parliamentary Party Groups (PPGs) of Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party in the Bavarian State Parliament within the 13th congressional term (1994-1998).
Steinack, Katrin
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