Results 181 to 190 of about 5,365 (256)

Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Uncharted African Diaspora in Southern Brazil: The Genetic Legacies of Resistance in Two <i>Quilombos</i> from Paraná. [PDF]

Genes (Basel)
Joerin-Luque IA, Baldon Blaczyk I, Ianzen Dos Santos P, Guimarães Alves AC, Sukow NM, Malanczyn de Oliveira AC, Farias de Cristo T, Rodrigues do Amaral Bispo A, Gros AF, Santos Saatkamp ML, Dobis Barros V, Gehlen Tessaro J, da Silveira Costa ME, Leonardo Garcia L, Dall Oglio Bucco I, de Moura Bones DR, Cupertino SE, Boslooper Gonçalves L, Leandro Martins A, da Silva Guizelin G, de Paula AI, Vieira Gusmão Lopes C, Beltrame MH.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explains the centrality of apology to an adequate account of reparations. I look in depth at what goes on in apology. As I have previously argued, apology is an expressive action through which we seek to mark adequately the significance of our own wrongdoing. I claim that apology so understood is not merely ornamental.
Christopher Bennett
wiley   +1 more source

Important entomological events in the history of onchocerciasis ('river blindness'). [PDF]

Int Health
Mackenzie CD, Post RJ, Boakye DA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Using body mapping to explore perceptions of resilience with 7–12‐year‐old Muslim children in East London: A qualitative study

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
This study explored resilience in Black and South Asian Muslim children aged 7–12 in East London, an underrepresented group affected by deprivation and discrimination. Using body mapping, children depicted resilience as personal strength and described the importance of support systems.
Aisling Murray, Imogen I. Hensler, Eleanor Keiller, Faiza Durrani, Patrisiya Ali Taleb, Maria Grazia Turri, Jennifer Y. F. Lau   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

UniGraphPTMs: a contrastive learning-enhanced universal framework for PTM site prediction via GNN and multimodal fusion. [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Lin Y, Wu J, Shen P, Yang S, Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Thermal Ecology and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Invasive Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, in the Mediterranean Basin

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The success of invasive species, which pose a significant threat to global biodiversity, hinges on their physiological and ecological adaptive capacities to the environments into which they are introduced. Trachemys scripta elegans (T. scripta elegans), recognized as one of the world's 100 most invasive species, has spread across a wide ...
Afsar Murat, Çelik Çetin
wiley   +1 more source

A possible trachoma cluster unveiling the mist of Le Rôdeur: probes in favor and against an alternative cause of the crew blindness. [PDF]

Pathog Glob Health
Simonetti O, Armocida E, Rossi B, Samassa F, Gobbo Y, Luzzati R, Zerbato V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Colorism and eating disorders (ED) among BIPOC: expanding the skin tone trauma model to conceptualize a pathway. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Acle A.
europepmc   +1 more source