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Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists: Efficacy and safety in chronic kidney disease

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 3568-3581, May 2026.
Abstract The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) has a multifaceted role in normal physiologic functions. However, research has uncovered the deleterious consequences of overactivation of the MR. It has been implicated in chronic kidney disease (CKD) via its strong association with glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis, proteinuria, and decline in ...
Amy K. Mottl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rede de sementes florestais da Caatinga. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Os objetivos da rede são aumentar a oferta de sementes florestais nativas a partir da união de instituições e pessoas que atuam direta ou indiretamente no setor; promover e dinamizar o comércio de sementes e mudas de espécies florestais nativas no ...
DANTAS, B. F.
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The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 575-599, May 2026.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
wiley   +1 more source

The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 275-298, May 2026.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

When Similar Individuals Don't Attract: Absence of Assortative Mating by Coloration in a Damselfly With Honest Signaling

open access: yesEthology, Volume 132, Issue 5, Page 305-316, May 2026.
In Acanthagrion lancea damselflies, both sexes display blue ornamentation, but do they choose mates based on it? We tested whether mutual mate choice and time constraints influence ornament evolution. Blue coloration correlated with individual quality, but individuals did not choose mates based on color, and this was unaffected by time constraints over
Maria C. A. Melillo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collective grief, liminality, and redressive action in Black fans' embodied engagement with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Marvel's 2022 blockbuster film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was marked by the death of lead actor Chadwick Boseman in 2020, resulting in the cinematic death of his character T'Challa. For US Black audiences, the imagined nation of Wakanda served as more than entertainment, but a diasporic “home” at a time of deepening anti‐Blackness and ...
Marissa Smith Morgan
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Political Control and Bureaucratic Protection: Public Appointments for the Formation of Programmatic Groups and Representative Bureaucracy

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Public appointments shape the top‐level bureaucracy by serving as a gateway for professionals with different profiles, chosen based on different criteria. In general, the literature has been more interested in analyzing appointments based on merit or sponsorship, based on verification of loyalty to the government or technical competence ...
André Vaz Lopes   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setores público e privado: características sociodemográficas das pessoas com tuberculose e ações de diagnóstico [Public and private sectors: sociodemographic characteristics of people with tuberculosis, and diagnostic actions]

open access: yesRevista Enfermagem UERJ, 2017
Objetivo: analisar a busca pelo setor público ou privado, de acordo com as características sociodemográficas das pessoas com tuberculose, e as ações de diagnóstico destes serviços diante dos sintomáticos respiratórios.
Jessica Oliveira Tomberg   +5 more
doaj  

The Dejudicialization of the German Federal Bureaucracy: An Organizational Perspective on Policy‐Related Knowledge

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Using data from a long‐term survey of senior civil servants (1970–2021), this study investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. The mechanisms driving this trend and its subsequent effects are discussed from an organizational perspective, highlighting the influence of environmental pressure and ...
Marian Döhler
wiley   +1 more source

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