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A New Heroine: Transforming the Public Image of the Army Nurse During World War II [PDF]
, 2014 In the wake of the Great Depression, the United States found itself propelled into a world war of unimaginable proportions. Apart from its major political and economic consequences, the Second World War also considerably altered the role of American ...
Vishwanath, Vivek
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Since 2013, the state of Virginia has pursued two significant initiatives: a commemoration of the forcible arrival of Africans in 1619 and a state‐level council to address food deserts. Yet, there has been little discussion of their interconnections. We ask what role might this 400‐year history play in the existence of food deserts today?
Travis T. Harris +3 more
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HeliyonObjective: This study aimed to estimate the association between weight-adjusted waist index and serum total testosterone (sTT) in males aged 6–19 years in the United States.
Zhifei Wu +6 more
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The impact of new borders on trade: World War I and the economic disintegration of Central Europe [PDF]
This paper investigates the impact of changes in national border demarcation on economic integration. It treats the national breakups in Central Europe due to WWI as a natural experiment, which allows for evaluating the particular effect of new national ...
Heinemeyer, Hans Christian
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, 2016 Since 1905 Britain had paid the Afghan ruler, Amir Habibullah, a subsidy and had controlled Afghanistan's foreign relations, and he maintained Afghanistan's neutrality throughout WWI in spite of strong pressure to induce him to join the Central Powers ...
Beattie, Hugh
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Claiming Islamic Authenticity. The Ḫatmīya Sufi order confronting WWI
, 2018 The Libyan war of 1911-1912 and the Great War in general were marked by a political deployment of religion. During the conflict, not only the Ottoman Empire – who called for a global ğihād against the Allied powers – but also the European powers and Muslim elites in the Mediterranean and Red Sea regions claimed legitimisation of their political ...
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Visually Attending to black Senses of Place Through “Everyday Things” in White City, West London
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract This paper shares a practice‐related rendering of Katherine McKittrick's conceptional notion “a black sense of place” by reflecting on visual practices adopted in my research project, “Everyday Things: Visualising Young Black Adults’ Experiences in White City”.
Nathaniel Télémaque
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Scientific ReportsThe low level of physical fitness among Chinese adolescents has a negative impact on schooling and health. The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) has attracted much attention as a novel indicator for assessing body composition.
Pengwei Sun +7 more
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The McKenna rule and U.K. World War I finance [PDF]
The United Kingdom employed the McKenna rule to conduct fiscal policy during World War I (WWI) and the interwar period. Named for Reginald McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1915–16), the McKenna rule committed the United Kingdom to a path of debt ...
James M. Nason, Shaun P. Vahey
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and gynecologic cancers: a population-based study
Frontiers in NutritionObjectiveThis study aims to analyze the association between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and the risk of gynecologic cancers, using data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2016.MethodsWe ...
Liyuan Fang +6 more
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