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Convergent Reproductive Governance and the Normalization of Caesarean Birth in Northern Thailand

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Caesarean section (C‐section) rates in Thailand have nearly doubled over the past two decades, a trend often attributed to women's preferences, convenience, or advanced maternal age. Drawing on ethnographic research in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, this article argues that such explanations are insufficient. I show that rising C‐section rates
Anjalee Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Jacques Maritain, Maurice Blondel, and the Ends of Art

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reconsiders Jacques Maritain's philosophical poetics by situating it within his longstanding debate with Maurice Blondel over the nature and unity of intellect. I argue that Maritain's influential defence of artistic autonomy, first articulated in Art et scolastique (1920), is ultimately unsound.
Steven Toussaint
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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Werner Irnich: Pioneer in the Development of the Dual‐Chamber Pacemaker—An Obituary

open access: yesPacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fifty years ago, Werner Irnich presented the concept of an optimal pacemaker capable of responding appropriately to various cardiac arrhythmias and perceptual disturbances, and intended to be used in 85% of patients. With this concept, Irnich was far ahead of his time. His proposed circuitry for AV block and atrial fibrillation, as well as his
Bernd Lemke
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Consent, Trust, and Sexual Ethics

open access: yesPhilosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT No one describes a passionate night using the language of consent. Partners in long‐term relationships rarely think of intimacy in terms of permission. If consent is absent precisely when things go well, why does it dominate sexual ethics? Critics have pressed this challenge but have failed to explain why consent is irrelevant rather than ...
Elise Woodard
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