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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Development of a Diagnostic System for a Non-Intercepting Direct Measure of the SPIDER Ion Source Beamlet Current. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Patton T, Shepherd A, Pouradier Duteil B, Rigoni Garola A, Brombin M, Candeloro V, Manduchi G, Pavei M, Pasqualotto R, Pimazzoni A, Siragusa M, Serianni G, Sartori E, Taliercio C, Barbato P, Cervaro V, Ghiraldelli R, Laterza B, Rossetto F.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

Reliability Analysis of Secondary Distribution System in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ayetoro 1 Substation, Lagos State. [PDF]

, 2017
A power system is set up basically to meet the demands of the customers. However, interruptions which are largely unavoidable contribute to the unavailability of power and thus prevent power system from achieving this.
Akintola, Ayodeji A., Awosope, Claudius Ojo A.   +1 more
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Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide, Yoko Nishitani, Masahiko Sumitani, Masabumi Minami, Tadashi Isa, Masako Iseki, Michiko Ohkura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Yuko Sekino, Hidehiko Takahashi, Kenji Takeuchi, Atsumi Nitta, Takeshi Honjo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshiya Murai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kazutaka Ikeda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accurate Surge Arrester Modeling for Optimal Risk-Aware Lightning Protection Utilizing a Hybrid Monte Carlo–Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Technologies
The application of arresters is critical for the safe operation of electric grids against lightning. Arresters limit the consequences of lightning-induced over-voltages.
Amir Hossein Kimiai Asadi, Mohsen Eskandari, Hadi Delavari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The mRNA-destabilizing protein Tristetraprolin targets "meiosis arrester" Nppc mRNA in mammalian preovulatory follicles. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021
Xi G, An L, Wang W, Hao J, Yang Q, Ma L, Lu J, Wang Y, Wang W, Zhao W, Liu J, Yang M, Wang X, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Chu M, Yue Y, Yao F, Zhang M, Tian J.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article offers three interconnected interventions.
Say Jye Quah
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of New Suggested Ferroresonance Limiter on the Stability Domain of Ferroresonance Modes in Power Transformers Considering Metal Oxide Surge Arrester Effect

Iranian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2011
this work studies the effect of neutral earth resistance on the controlling ferroresonance oscillation in the power transformer including MOV surge arrester.
H. Radmanesh, M. Rostami
doaj  

Intrafollicular Retinoic Acid Signaling Is Important for Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Oocyte Meiotic Resumption. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2023
Wang F, Tang Y, Cai Y, Yang R, Wang Z, Wang X, Yang Q, Wang W, Tian J, An L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source