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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.The rice transcription factor genes NAC20 and NAC26 regulate grain filling and show allele‐specific maternal expression due to transposable element insertions and paternal hypermethylation in their 5' upstream regions. Geographical analyses showed that japonica varieties that originated at high latitudes carried these transposable elements.
Ming‐Wei Wu +9 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What role has the state played in the establishment of the current food regime in a post‐socialist setting? Focusing on Croatia, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of the national agricultural strategies enacted during the neoliberal transition between 1991 and 2013.
Alexander Gavranich
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Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries.
Aleksandar Kešeljević +2 more
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Digital Transformation of Companies in the Western Balkans
International Journal of Management, Knowledge and LearningPurpose: The purpose of this research is to assess the state of digital transformation among companies in the Western Balkans and identify key opportunities and barriers.
Teodora Kelečević, Dušan Lesjak
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COVID - 19 in two dialysis centers situated in two neighbouring states of the Western Balkans. [PDF]
BMC Nephrol, 2023 Mesic E +5 more
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Brain circulation and the role of the diaspora in the Balkans - Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia [PDF]
, 2013 Countries of the Western Balkans constitute an important part of the contemporary system of migration. Three important factors shape the current migration flows in the region: the socialist legacy, existing migrant networks, and migration policies ...
Cipusheva, Hristina +8 more
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From Masada to Sarikamis: Trauma and Defeat Turns Into Heroic Resistance and Ontological Security
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article traces the characteristics of the political discourse in the post‐modern era, which sees the necessity of using traumas and defeat to create national‐religious narratives. Through a critical discourse study of two case studies—the Battle of Masada (73 CE) and the Battle of Sarikamis (1914–1915), this article presents an analytical
Tarik Basbugoglu +3 more
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ISIL’s Western Balkan Caliphettes [PDF]
, 2017 The establishment of a ‘Caliphate’ in territories of Iraq and Syria, announced by the self-proclaimed Caliph and leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi in June 2014, and his appeal to all Muslims to migrate from lands of infidels to holy Muslim lands, has been highly recognized among Muslims in the Western Balkans as a ...
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European Identity and the Euro in Kosovo
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How can nationalist leaders stand for political independence and monetary sovereignty while embracing the use of a supra‐national currency? At first sight, unilateral euroisation—the de facto adoption of the euro instead of a national currency—seems inconsistent with the goals of nationalism and independence.
Nicola Nones
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PARTIAL PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES – IMPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVENESS OF THE RURAL ECONOMY [PDF]
The process of transition and, within it, the agricultural transformation in the Western Balkan countries resulted, in the first phase, in the weakening of the developmental performances in agriculture.
Gajic, Milivoj +2 more
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