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Artifex Ars Cartographica: Collaboration Between Portuguese Painters and Cartographers in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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Beyond Political Control and Bureaucratic Protection: Public Appointments for the Formation of Programmatic Groups and Representative Bureaucracy

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public appointments shape the top‐level bureaucracy by serving as a gateway for professionals with different profiles, chosen based on different criteria. In general, the literature has been more interested in analyzing appointments based on merit or sponsorship, based on verification of loyalty to the government or technical competence ...
André Vaz Lopes, Míriam Aparecida Mesquita Oliveira   +1 more
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The Dejudicialization of the German Federal Bureaucracy: An Organizational Perspective on Policy‐Related Knowledge

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using data from a long‐term survey of senior civil servants (1970–2021), this study investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. The mechanisms driving this trend and its subsequent effects are discussed from an organizational perspective, highlighting the influence of environmental pressure and ...
Marian Döhler
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Focusing Events, Agenda Setting, and Narrative Numbing

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing events are important in understanding policy change, as demonstrated in Birkland's work on agenda setting, the multiple streams framework, and the narrative policy framework. These frameworks emphasize the role of focusing events in drawing public attention to broader issues.
Megan K. Warnement Wrobel, Mark K. McBeth   +1 more
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Non‐Members in a Tight Spot: How Norway Navigated Autonomy in EU Pandemic Management

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers new insights into how closely integrated non‐member states navigate tensions between autonomy and dependence when urgent policy responses are required within complex supranational frameworks. It does so by exploring how these non‐members exercise their “wriggle room”—a tailored sub‐category of the broader concept of autonomy ...
Sjoerd Alexander de Winter
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Persistent and Emerging High‐Risk Clusters of Leprosy Detection in Brazil: A Nationwide Spatiotemporal Analysis, 2001–2023

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Brazil accounts for a substantial share of the global leprosy burden, with persistent high‐risk areas and marked spatial inequalities in case detection. Identifying spatiotemporal clusters of transmission is crucial for targeting surveillance and control efforts.
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano, Elaine Silva Nascimento Andrade, Aymée Medeiros da Rocha, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Juliana Maria Cavalcante Ribeiro Ramos, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +9 more
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Evaluation of Serum Ferritin Levels and Their Correlation With Clinical Outcomes in Dengue Virus Infection in a Population of Older Adults

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Prior studies have associated elevated ferritin levels with worse dengue outcomes but data from older adults remain limited. The aim of this study is to evaluate the serum ferritin levels and their correlation with disease severity in a population of older adults.
Sacha Orberg Temer, Thaís Guimarães, Augusto Yamaguti, João Silva de Mendonça   +3 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: 25‐Year Nationwide Trends in Mortality, Hospitalisations and In‐Hospital Deaths of a Neglected Systemic Mycosis

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse mortality, hospitalisations and in‐hospital mortality related to paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Brazil, 2000–2024, from a spatio‐temporal and social inequalities perspective. Methods We conducted a mixed ecological study using death certificates from the Mortality Information System and hospital admissions from the ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Ziadir Francisco Coutinho, Helia Kawa, Milena Maria Alves Vasconcelos, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +9 more
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Measuring neoliberal individualism, instrumentality, and competition: Development and validation of the Neoliberal Ideological Beliefs Questionnaire (NLBQ)

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 1, April 2026.
Abstract This article presents the development and validation of the Neoliberal Ideological Beliefs Questionnaire (NLBQ), a novel measure designed to analyze neoliberal ideological beliefs specifically within the context of work and employment. The NLBQ is theoretically grounded in the distinction of three fundamental political neoliberal logics ...
Thomas Höge, Christine Unterrainer, Severin Hornung   +2 more
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Evaluating bridge‐building strategies: How direct and indirect contact with refugees in Italian welcome projects promotes positive intergroup relations

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 1, April 2026.
Abstract According to Allport's Contact Hypothesis, contact with individuals from different social groups fosters positive intergroup relations under certain conditions. Building on this theoretical framework, we examined the effects of direct (Study 1) and indirect (extended; Study 2) contact with refugees within (two different types of) Italian ...
Tiziana Mancini, Chiara Imperato, Mattia Messena   +2 more
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