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A secretagogin locus of the mammalian hypothalamus controls stress hormone release

open access: yes, 2015
This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (T.Ha., T.Hö.), Hjärnfonden (T.Ha.), the Petrus and Augusta Hedlunds Foundation (T.Ha., T.Hö.), the Novo Nordisk Foundation (T.Ha., T.Hö.), Karolinska Institutet (T.Hö.), the Medical University of ...
Marc Landry   +47 more
core   +1 more source

Challenging the ‘S’ of Mayoral Strategic Authorities: Standardisation over Strategy?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The Labour government's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (EDCEB) represents the most ambitious attempt yet to embed devolution and ‘empower communities’ across England, completing the map of devolution under mayoral strategic authorities.
Nicholas P. Sweeney
wiley   +1 more source

The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley   +1 more source

The company you keep: becoming one(self) in an Indonesian convent En bonne compagnie : devenir (quelqu’)un dans un couvent indonésien Pergaulan dalam biara di Indonesia: sebuah proses pembentukan diri*

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article investigates companionate processes of self‐making in a religious community of Catholic nuns in eastern Indonesia. I argue that the sociality of the convent establishes a unique context for understanding the effects of one's company on processes of self‐becoming.
Meghan Rose Donnelly
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Legitimation Practices in Nursing Education Curriculum: A Specialisation Code Analysis of Knowledge and Dispositions in a South African University of Technology

open access: yes
This study explores the integration of nursing within higher education curricula, using a case study from a South African University of Technology. It investigates how academic staff across faculties conceptualise, plan for, and embed numeracy in their ...
Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Reproducible Geocomputation: an open or shut case? GeoComputation 2019

open access: yes, 2019
This submission tackles the issue of reusability and replication of experiments and other forms of spatial analysis from the perspective of eScience or eResearch—a community that has been deliberately grappling with this issue for many years—and applies ...
Mark Gahegan (1171779)
core   +1 more source

James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
wiley   +1 more source

‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
wiley   +1 more source

Position Before Submission: Grappling with Gender and Hypermasculinity in Mixed Martial Arts

open access: yes, 2017
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2017-08The intent of this thesis is to explore existing gender norms in mixed martial arts cultures. Masculinity is particularly valorized in sport, creating tension for female athletes who are forced to ...
CHOI, COURTNEY CARTER, Choi, Courtney C.
core  

"I'm not the type of person who does yoga": Women, 'hard' martial arts and the quest for exciting significance

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter explores the experiences of women in two ‘hard’ forms of martial arts — Muay Thai and mixed martial arts (MMA). Muay Thai, also referred to as ‘Thai boxing’, is a ‘standing striking style where practitioners utilise their fists, shins, knees
Mierzwinski, Mark   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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