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Sufi Warriorism in Muslim Southeast Asia

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 502-516, December 2024.
Abstract Sufism (tasawwuf) has been characterized in the extant literature as a pacifist strand in Islam that has shaped the landscapes of Muslim Southeast Asia (also known as the Malay World) since the last five hundred years. This article challenges such historiographical interpretation by examining the multifarious circumstances that motivated Sufis
Khairudin Aljunied
wiley   +1 more source

On Technics and Technology as a Modification of the Death Drive

open access: yes
Constellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 450-463, September 2025.
Lachlan Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Examining socio‐ecological transitions and new human–wildlife relations in farming landscapes of the Nepal Himalaya

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 24, Issue 4, October 2024.
Abstract Wildlife invasion into farmlands is emerging as an acute problem in the Himalayas, threatening farm‐based livelihood systems of smallholder rural communities. The problem is severe in the areas where successful forest restoration has been achieved by community forestry programmes alongside massive outmigration.
Dil Khatri   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“We Know What War Is”: Veterans, Soldiers, and Military Masculinity in the Soviet “Fight for Peace,” c. 1955–65

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 4, Page 548-572, October 2024.
Abstract The aim of this article is to bring the issue of peace more definitively into the increasingly complex vision we have of the postwar era and to give particular thought to the place of the military man within a society that was now supposedly orientated toward peace.
Claire E. McCallum
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological characteristics predictive of passing military physical employment standard tasks for ground close combat occupations in men and women

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Sport Science, Volume 24, Issue 9, Page 1247-1259, September 2024.
Abstract Challenges for some women meeting the physical employment standards (PES) for ground close combat (GCC) roles stem from physical fitness and anthropometric characteristics. The purpose of this study was to identify the modifiable and nonmodifiable characteristics predictive of passing GCC‐based PES tasks and determine the modifiable ...
Evan D. Feigel   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The hidden cost of sexually selected traits: the metabolic expense of maintaining a sexually selected weapon

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society B, 2018
Sexually selected weapons are among the most exaggerated traits in nature. Sexual selection theory frequently assumes a high cost of this exaggeration; yet, those costs are rarely measured.
Ummat Somjee   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Long-Term Risk of Reoperation After Synthetic Mesh Midurethral Sling Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence.

open access: yesObstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
OBJECTIVE To measure the long-term reoperation risk after synthetic mesh midurethral sling surgery. METHODS This retrospective cohort study evaluated all patients who underwent a midurethral sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) (2005 ...
A. Berger, J. Tan-Kim, S. Menefee
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Topographies of climate as a keyword

open access: yes
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 290-297, May 2025.
Yuan He
wiley   +1 more source

Regimes of pain: The geopolitics of cancer palliation in Pakistan

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 271-284, September 2024.
Abstract This article examines how militarized regimes of narcotics and price control sustain unpalliated cancer pain in Pakistan. It shows how these regimes of control—reimagined as “regimes of pain”—render morphine, a cheap, effective opiate analgesic, scarce in hospitals.
Zahra Hayat
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term outcomes of surgery for pulmonary artery sling in children.

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2019
OBJECTIVES Pulmonary artery (PA) sling is a rare vascular anomaly often associated with congenital tracheal stenosis. We describe the long-term outcomes with repair of this condition. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted at 2 institutions.
Matthew S. Yong   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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