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Meshrep as a Phenomenon of Xinjiang Uyghur Traditional Culture

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The article examines one practice of social gatherings — meshrep — among Xinjiang Uyghurs characterized by distinctive culture with strong Islamic influences. Goals. The paper attempts a comprehensive description of meshrep’s structure.
Dmitry V. Buyarov
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Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 novel loci involved in shape variation of human head hair [PDF]

, 2018
Shape variation of human head hair shows striking variation within and between human populations, while its genetic basis is far from being understood. We performed a series of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and replication studies in a total of
Acuna-Alonzo, V. (Victor), Adhikari, K. (Kaustubh), Bedoya, E.G. (Elsie), Bortolini, M.C. (Maria Catira), Branicki, W. (Wojciech), Breslin, K. (Krystal), Canizales-Quinteros, S. (Samuel), Chen, Y. (Yan), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Gallo, C. (Carla), Gonzalez-Jose, R. (Rolando), Hamer, M.A. (Merel), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro), Ikram, M.A. (Arfan), Jin, L. (Li), Kayser, M.H. (Manfred), Liu, F. (Fan), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas G.), Medland, S.E. (Sarah), Muralidharan, C. (Charanya), Nijsten, T.E.C. (Tamar), Peng, F. (Fuduan), Poletti, G. (Giovanni), Pośpiech, E. (Ewelina), Rothhammer, F. (Francisco), Ruiz-Linares, A. (Andres), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Walsh, S. (Susan), Wang, S. (Sijia), Wu, S. (Sijie), Xu, S. (Shuhua), Zeng, C. (Changqing), Zhu, G. (Gu)   +33 more
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The Radicalisation of Xinjiang: Its Roots and Impact on Human Rights [PDF]

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2018
Xinjiang, home to the Uyghurs, has been the focus of intense government crackdown. China claims that the province is exposed to security threat especially from what it considers the “Three Evils” which are Terrorism, Extremism and Separatism.
Roy Anthony Rogers
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Comparison of Three Sympatric Desert Lizards: Digestive Tract Structure, Digestive Enzyme Activities, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolites

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We performed 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolite profiling for three sympatric lizard species—Teratoscincus roborowskii, Phrynocephalus axillaris, and Eremias roborowskii—and compared their goblet cell and enzyme activities in the digestive tract. Our study suggests that the dietary niche may promote divergence or convergence of microbiota across host ...
Yi Yang, Ziyi Wang, Ruichen Wu
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The Turkish Factor in China’s Uyghur Question

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The situation in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is drawing increased international attention. A number of UN reports and ones by non-governmental organizations accuse the PRC of violating the rights of the Uyghur population ...
David G. Bdoyan, Tatiana N. Litvinova
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The “Digital Turn” of Value Chain Due Diligence Regulation: How Technology Reconfigures Stakeholder Engagement

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the “digital turn” in value chain due diligence, focusing on how emerging digital tools and technologies are reshaping the practice and politics of stakeholder engagement in transnational labor governance. As value chain legislation—most notably the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—extends ...
Klaas Hendrik Eller, Antoine Duval
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The impact of internal and external factors on human rights conditions in Xinjiang, China [PDF]

, 2010
In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took control of Xinjiang from the Koumintang (KMT) and declared that Xinjiang was to be an autonomous region in 1955.
Rogers, Roy Anthony
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International Norms and Human Rights Conditions in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xuar)

Malaysian Journal of International Relations, 2016
The Uyghurs are a Muslim minority living in Xinjiang, north-west of China. The area came under Chinese control in the mid-18th century and since then these people have encountered cultural and religious persecutions under Chinese rule, especially prior ...
Roy Anthony Rogers, Jatswan S. Sidhu
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The HaMYB22–HaGST3.2 module mediates salt stress response in sunflower

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
The transcription factors HaMYB22, HaMYB120, and HaMYB121 cooperatively activate the transcription of the glutathione S‐transferase gene HaGST3.2, thereby facilitating the removal of reactive oxygen species induced by salt stress in sunflowers and improving their salt tolerance.
Siqi Zhang, Yuliang Han, Qixiu Huang, Weijun Guo, Shurui Dong, Xinxin Li, Qian Zhang, Juncheng Zhang, Yijun Meng, Zhonghua Lei, Maohong Cai, Tao Chen   +11 more
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