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How Violence Shapes Place: The Rise of Neo‐Authoritarianism in the Global Value Chain and the Emergence of an ‘Infernal Place’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how and to what extent violence has become a pivotal tool for conducting business in places integrated into the global value chain. It also explores the roles stakeholders play in silencing workers' resistance within these places.
Shoaib Ahmed
wiley   +1 more source

Ectopic Expression of ScALDH21 From a Desert Moss Enhances Cotton Resistance to Verticillium Wilt via the Modulation of Jasmonates and Phenylpropanoid Pathways

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic stresses, particularly Verticillium wilt (VW), lead to a global decline in cotton yields. Here, we demonstrate that ectopic expression of ScALDH21, a gene from the desiccation‐tolerant moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. and absent in angiosperms, enhances cotton's resistance to VW.
Honglan Yang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

GhTTLL12 Coordinates With Transcriptional Regulators GhMML3 and GhMYB86 to Orchestrate Cotton Fibre Development Through Modulating Microtubule Dynamics

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microtubules (MTs) are crucial for cell division, growth, development and morphogenesis in plants. Cotton fibres are single‐celled trichomes that originate from the epidermal cells of the ovule, making them an excellent model for studying plant cell differentiation and rapid elongation.
Xiaowei Ma   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and the Uyghurs: A Contemporary Overview

open access: yes, 2017
In 2010, there were approximately 9 million Uyghur Muslims. Islam has strengthened in Xinjiang since the 1980s, with devotion greater in the south than the north, and become interrelated with the growth of Uyghur ethnic consciousness.
Mackerras, Colin, Colin Mackerras
core   +1 more source

Uyghur and China in The American Media Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of CNN News Articles

open access: yesEnglish Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2020
This paper analyzes the textual aspects in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Norman Fairclough model of CNN news discourse about Uyghur issue. When this research is conducted, there are only at least five articles specifically discussing Uyghur issue ...
Prayudha Prayudha, Ma’ruf Fawwaz
doaj   +1 more source

Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
wiley   +1 more source

İkinci Dünya Savaşı Sonrası Japonya’daki Devlet Güvenlik Komitesi Ajanları: Bir ve Halef

open access: yesTurcology Research
İnsanlık tarihindeki en büyük harplerden biri olan II. Dünya Savaşı’nın ardından dünya tam bir kaos ortamına dönüşerek İttifak Devletleri’nin “süper güçleri” dünya haritasına yeniden şekil verme çabalarına ve liderlik yarışına hız vermiş durumdaydı ...
Dilyaram Ayupova
doaj   +1 more source

Low Serum Vitamin D Is Associated with Anti-Thyroid-Globulin Antibody in Female Individuals

open access: yesInternational Journal of Endocrinology, 2015
Objectives. Some evidence has pointed out that vitamin D plays a significant role in reducing the incidence of autoimmune diseases, especially autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Xinling Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ujguři – starobylý národ, nebo produkt sovětské národnostní politiky?

open access: yesHistorická sociologie, 2019
The present article pursues two main objectives: to highlight the possibly unstable perception of belonging to a particular ethnic group and, through the example of the USSR, to show how state interventions facilitated the integration of different ethnic
Petr Kokaisl
doaj   +1 more source

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