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Missing Binds: How Absent Ties Unleash Migrant Worker Activism Under an Authoritarian Regime
ABSTRACT Migrant workers are considered less militant in collective action than locals, partly because they lack social ties in the receiving community. However, in China's Pearl River Delta, I find the opposite. Comparing five cases of labor protest from 2014 to 2016 drawing on ethnographic observations, interviews, and labor activists' records, I ...
Zheng Fu
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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The relation between the crystalline structure of the nacre and the behavior of the shell-forming tissue was studied for the culture pearls of Pinctada martensii. The results showed that the arrangement of growing crystals on the nacreous surface is governed by the behavior and the elongation of the grafted mantle epithelium.
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The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty
Abstract This autoethnography presents fragments of an invisible life, an ordinary body navigating the terrain of ‘academic migration’ (2009–2025), from rejection as a PhD applicant to recognition as a high‐achieving graduate. Provoked by my recent pursuit of Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the United States, I draw on Kafka's figure of the hunger ...
Dave Yan
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Abstract The anatomical description of the hourglass dolphin (Cephalorhynchus cruciger) and the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) remains largely unexplored, due to limited specimen availability and preservation challenges. This study employed digital imaging techniques, conventional histology, and computed tomography to provide visualization of
Jean‐Marie Graïc +26 more
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Investigation of four medicinal plants of the family Myrtaceae. ABSTRACT Compounds derived from natural sources continue to serve as chemical scaffolds for designing prophylactic/therapeutic options for human healthcare. This study aimed to evaluate the phytochemical composition, antioxidant potential, in vitro anti‐inflammatory, antibacterial and ...
Archana Joshi +8 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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The junction between the midgut and hindgut co‐localizes with the rectosigmoid junction
At 5 weeks of development, the midgut has formed its primary loop (left). It is well established that the midgut is bounded cranially by the caudal end of the ventral mesentery and the presence of the common bile duct, but its caudal boundary remains to be established.
Hui Gao +5 more
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The Pattern of Cell Proliferation during Pearl Sac Formation in the Pearl Oyster
Awaji, Masahiko, Suzuki, Tohru
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学位の種別: 課程博士 審査委員会委員 : (主査)東京大学准教授 木下 滋晴, 東京大学教授 松永 茂樹, 東京大学教授 浅川 修一, 東京大学准教授 鈴木 道生, 東京大学教授 渡部 ...
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