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IJMPR Didactic Paper: Weighting for Causal Inference in Mental Health Research. [PDF]
Int J Methods Psychiatr ResABSTRACT Objective Inverse probability weighting is a fundamental and general methodology for estimating the causal effects of exposures and interventions, but standard approaches to constructing such weights are often suboptimal. Methods In this paper, we describe a recent approach for constructing such weights that directly balances covariates while ...
Cohn ER, Zubizarreta JR.
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Arabia Saudí: Un coloso con los pies de barro [PDF]
Revista UNISCI, 2021 El fundamento político-religioso del Reino de Arabia Saudí es el wahabismo que marca su identidad, su sociedad y su política. La dinastía Al Saud defiende y expande el islam sunní en la región y fuera de sus fronteras. Para poder entender los intereses y
Eugenia López-Jacoiste Díaz
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2005 A partir de um posicionamento sobre o conceito de eqüidade e sua aplicação no campo da saúde pública, com base em revisão de literatura, o objetivo deste artigo é discutir o significado atribuído ao uso do termo eqüidade ou variações deste termo nos ...
Marcelo Cardoso Pinheiro +2 more
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El wahabismo. La religión como elemento legitimador del poder político en Arabia Saudí, 1744–1932
Investigaciones Históricas, 2018 La religión, más concretamente la corriente renovadora del clérigo sunnita Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, desempeñó un papel de primer orden en la configuración del Estado saudí entre los siglos XVIII y XX. La alianza establecida entre los Al Saud y Abd al-
José Antonio Lorenzo Cuesta
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 1-176, 2015., 2015 This Campbell systematic review examines why the implementation of preventive interventions to reduce youth involvement in gangs and gang crime may fail or succeed low and middle‐income countries. The review summarises findings from four studies conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Angela Higginson +5 more
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Highlighting the importance of biodiversity conservation through the Holy Qur'an
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2025.Abstract Religious environmentalism relies upon religious texts and leadership to promote effective and long‐lasting change for environmental problems, such as responsible use and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity. World religions note the importance of biodiversity and humanity's responsibility in stewarding biodiversity as a member ...
Lisa A. Blankinship +2 more
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The Saudi Savior—Justifying Operation Decisive Storm
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2025.ABSTRACT This paper argues that despite the success of Saudi Arabia's use of discourse to legitimize Operation Decisive Storm, their initial bombing and blockade of Yemen, to the United States, ultimately these discourses were problematic. Via analyzing speeches from Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al‐Jubeir, and articles from Saudi news ...
Tom Walsh
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World Affairs, Volume 187, Issue 2, Page 151-160, Summer 2024.Abstract This article analyzes the extent of involvement of religious political leaders and their apparent, rather reluctant, acceptance by the Pakistani public seen in recent times. The study also analyzes the role of religious leaders in giving way to right‐wing extremism or Islamic militarism and how this challenges the writ of the state.
Kashif Hussain
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The international political economy of Saudi Arabia: Sovereign fund and foreign policy
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 149-165, Spring 2024.Abstract This article develops a framework for attributing motivations to Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) investment by noting that there are two major subdivisions, those that argue that the investments are undertaken due to macroeconomic factors and those that argue there is a political element as well.
Curran Flynn, Shafi Aldamer
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2005 A partir de um posicionamento sobre o conceito de eqüidade e sua aplicação no campo da saúde pública, com base em revisão de literatura, o objetivo deste artigo é discutir o significado atribuído ao uso do termo eqüidade ou variações deste termo nos ...
Pinheiro Marcelo Cardoso +2 more
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