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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, Volume 86, Issue 4, Page 1091-1105, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
wiley   +1 more source

Can We Generalize About the Mortality Features of the 1918‐19 Influenza Pandemic? An Examination of a Small‐Scale and Isolated British Columbian Population

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives In this paper we use the small‐scale population of the Fort George area (located in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada) to test the applicability of the three signature mortality features of the 1918/19 influenza pandemic: mortality rates higher than those in preceding influenza epidemics except for the elderly ...
Lianne Tripp   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic Variants and Clinical Characteristics of Young‐Onset Parkinson's Disease in the Hakka Population of Western Fujian

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
In 33 Hakka young‐onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) patients from western Fujian, whole exome sequencing (WES) plus spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) panel testing and multiplex ligation‐dependent probe amplification (MLPA) defined the genetic spectrum. Pathological ATXN2 repeat expansion was detected in two cases.
Li‐Ying Pan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Team Is Built on Trust: In‐Group Trust Formation and Trust Generalisation in European Football Fans

open access: yesContemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the association between football fandom, interpersonal trust and social cohesion across Europe. Drawing on a representative four‐country survey (Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain) and employing structural equation modelling, the study examines whether and how identification as a fan contributes to trust in fellow citizens ...
Jonas Biel
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to rabies control through mass dog vaccination in rural Uganda: Insights from community perspectives and key informant interviews. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis
Akankwatsa D   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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