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Enhancing vehicle performance through the application of airfoils as spoilers with movable trailing edge [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research
Background Vehicle safety and stability are critical in the automotive industry, with aerodynamics playing a key role in enhancing these attributes. Spoilers, when effectively designed, can significantly influence airflow, downforce, and lift. This study
Husein Amro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor force (2005–08) [PDF]

open access: yes
This study provides circumstantial evidence for the impact of permits for employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor force in the West Bank during the late Intifada period and its aftermath (2005–2008).
Etkes, Haggay
core  

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

“What is there left after losing oneself?”: 100 testimonies of genocidal torture from Gaza

open access: yesTorture
Introduction: Since 7 October 2023, the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities has increased dramatically. Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted between December 2023 and November 2024 with 100 Palestinians who ...
Maha Aon   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccine Hunting: Balancing Strategic Independence, Cooperation and Multilateral Obligations in Scandinavian COVID‐19 Vaccine Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do states navigate the balance between multilateral obligations, bilateral cooperation and strategic independence during global crises? This article provides an in‐depth empirical analysis of the diplomatic efforts deployed by Denmark and Norway to secure vaccine access during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political violence and mental health outcomes among Palestinians: The mediating roles of dehumanization and humiliation

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
This study examines the mediating roles of dehumanization and humiliation in the relationship between political violence and mental health outcomes characterized by depression, anxiety and stress among Palestinians.
Dana Bdier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why do conflict-generated diasporas pursue sovereignty-based claims through state-based or transnational channels? : Armenian, Albanian and Palestinian diasporas in the UK compared [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Over the past decade, diaspora mobilization has become of increasing interest to International Relations scholars who study terrorism, civil wars and transnational social movements and networks.
Koinova, Maria
core   +1 more source

(Non)belonging and (un)freedom

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article centers on the concept of “belonging” to argue that belonging and freedom are fundamentally related, and that this relationship cannot be easily captured in formal terms alone. I contend that experiences of incomplete belonging among citizens deserve attention from political science because, in addition to their more obvious ...
Yuna Blajer de la Garza
wiley   +1 more source

God Knows Best

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Arabic phrase Allāhu a‘lam—“God knows best”—is used frequently in everyday Muslim speech and to conclude seemingly assertive statements or fatwas. At its heart lies the recognition that God is the All‐Knowing, whereas humans know next to nothing. Reflecting on this recognition, this essay discusses Sufi refusals of the ethnographic project
Amira Mittermaier
wiley   +1 more source

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