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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
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A Listed Public Heritage or Shopping Mall?
Docomomo JournalThe recognition of 20th-century architecture in Brazil is still a field restricted to specialists, which makes the remaining assets of this collection susceptible to defacement or even destruction.
Renato Alves e Silva
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
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Are Windfalls a Curse? A Non-Representative Agent Model of the Current Account and Fiscal Policy [PDF]
In several countries temporary terms of trade improvements have led to a deterioration of the current account. Furthermore, many of these countries failed to attain greater post-boom growth rates.
Aaron Tornell, Philip Lane
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Voracity of coccinellid species on different phenological stages of the olive pest Saissetia Oleae (homoptera, coccidae) [PDF]
, 2009 Coccinellidae are well known predators in agroecosystems. In olive groves they may exert control against scales, such as the black scale, Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791). Laboratory studies on the consumption of three phenological stages (eggs, first and
Nogueira, AJN +3 more
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Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.In a population based study using data from 2280 children with CP, almost one third of children had safety concerns related to eating and drinking (as rated using the Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System, EDACS). Undernutrition was found in 20% of children and higher EDACS‐levels was associated with lower height for age.
Anna Nyman +2 more
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Consensus‐based follow‐up and treatment registry for GNAO1‐associated disorder
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To establish consensus‐based recommendations on relevant domains of functioning and assessment instruments for an GNAO1‐associated disorder follow‐up and treatment registry. Method This was a mixed‐methods study consisting of a systematic literature search, a survey, and a real‐time Delphi procedure to achieve consensus on domains and ...
Larissa R. Heideman +9 more
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Genuine Saving and the Voracity Effect [PDF]
Many resource-rich countries have negative genuine saving rates, so deplete their exhaustible natural resource wealth faster than they build up wealth in other assets.
Frederick van der Ploeg
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.Nymphal development took longer at 25°C than 30°C, and the Greek N. tenuis population developed more slowly than the commercial population. Nymphs clearly preferred E. kuehniella eggs over Artemia sp. cysts when both were offered equally. Egg production increased at 30°C, while female longevity declined.
Eleni Yiacoumi +5 more
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Nigeria's growth record : Dutch disease or debt overhang ? [PDF]
Nigeria's oil boom has not brought an end to perennial stagnation in the non-oil economy. Is this the unavoidable consequence of the resource boom or have misguided policies contributed?
Budina, Nina +2 more
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