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Fania (Fanny) Kaplan and the attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin: Ophthalmologic considerations

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Fania (Fanny) Kaplan (1890–1918), who was reportedly visually impaired, confessed to the attempted assassination of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) in 1918 by shooting him with a pistol. The precise nature of her visual loss is unknown and raises doubts about whether she had sufficient visual function to perform the act ...
Stephen G. Schwartz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mobility Politics of Hong Kong's High‐Speed Rail

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human geography scholarship has revealed how powerful and marginalised actors alike may use (im)mobility to exert authority, and it has recognised the ability of infrastructure to either consolidate or undermine state power. This paper uses new evidence to demonstrate how Hong Kong's express rail link (XRL) to Mainland China was implicated in ...
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between physical fitness, psychophysiological parameters and performance in a firearm proficiency test in military police officers. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol
Junger AF   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

The public health consequences of officer discretion in arrests affecting LGBTQ+ communities in the United States: a scoping review. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Justice
Rubalcava Hernandez EJ   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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