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External interventions and the duration of civil wars
No full textThe authors combine an empirical model of external intervention, with a theoretical model of civil war duration. Their empirical model of intervention allows them to analyze civil war duration, using"expected"rather than"actual"external intervention as an explanatory variable in the duration model. Unlike previous studies, they find that external intervention is positively associated with the duration of civil war. They distinguish partial third-party interventions that extend the length of war, from multilateral"peace"operations, which have a mandate to restore peace without taking sides - and which typically take place at war's end, or at least when both sides have agreed to a cease-fire. In a future paper, the authors will examine whether partial third-party interventions - whatever their effect on a war's duration - increase the risk of war's recurrence. If that proves true, then even if interventions reduce the length of civil war, they may do so at the cost of further destabilizing the political system, and sowing the seeds of future rebellion.Children and Youth,Peace&Peacekeeping,Post Conflict Reconstruction,Post Conflict Reconstruction,International Affairs,Post Conflict Reconstruction,Social Conflict and Violence,Peace&Peacekeeping,Post Conflict Reconstruction,International Affairs
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Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Awards
No full textThis paper was awarded a Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Award for 2013. In this paper, the author discusses issues related to accountability versus autonomy and suggestions toward a more responsible practice of science
Characterization and structure in the development of Tudor comedy
No full textThe role of characterization in dramatic structure is assessed by theoretical criteria.
Characters who perform actions necessary for the completion of the narrative sequence are
said to be "bound" to the narrative; those without such obligations are "free". Characters
who maintain a single, constant meaning during the course of a play are said to be "static";
characters who change or develop into new roles are "dynamic". Horatian decorum
demanded that comic characters be static, and the characters of Plautine and Terentian
tradition were almost always bound to narrative intrigue. However, evaluations of six
Tudor comedies show an increasing use of non-classical characterization within the comic
form.
In the early comedies lohan lohan and Roister Doister all characters are bound and
static, yet the impetus to enlarge the role of characterization is evident. The characters of
lohan lohan are expanded from their French source, and Roister Doister includes
extraneous episodes in which Udall displays his braggart hero. Free characters abound in
Misogonus; as well the play brings dynamic characterization into the scope of comedy with
the conversion of its prodigal son.
Free characters offer new possibilities of non-narrative plotting. In comedies of the
1580s favourite traditional characters appear as diversions outside the action, and thematic
arrangements of characters inform the increasingly complex plots. Lyly stresses the
symbolic potential of characters in Endimion, whereas Greene uses dynamic
characterization to heighten the illusion of independent figures in Friar Bacon and Friar
Bungay. Love's Labour's Lost exposes the limitations of comic artifice by pulling the
characters between convention and individualization.
By the end of the sixteenth century free and dynamic characters had become
common, and characterization had established a sizable claim on the design of English
comedy. These developments set the English form apart from its neoclassical counterparts
Correction to:PTH1 receptor agonists for fracture risk: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (Osteoporosis International, (2025), 10.1007/s00198-025-07440-1)
No full textThe original online version of this article was revised: In this article, the author Olivier Bruyère's name was missing; the order in which the authors appeared in the author list was incorrectly given as: Charlotte Beaudart 1,2 · Nicola Veronese 1,3 · Jonathan Douxfils 4,5,6 · Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan 7 · Francesco Bolzetta 8 · Paolo Albanese 8 · Gianpaolo Voltan 8 · Majed Alokail 9 · Nicholas C. Harvey 1,10 · Nicholas R. Fuggle 1,10 · René Rizzoli 1,11 · Jean‑Yves Reginster 1,9 where it should have been: Charlotte Beaudart 1,2, Nicola Veronese 1,3, Jonathan Douxfils 4,5,6, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan 7, Francesco Bolzetta 8, Paolo Albanese 8, Gianpaolo Voltan 8, Majed Alokail 9, Nicholas C. Harvey 1,10, Nicholas R. Fuggle 1,10, Olivier Bruyère 1,11, René Rizzoli 1,12, Jean-Yves Reginster 1,9 In this article, the affiliation “Research Unit in Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium” for Olivier Bruyère was missing. The original article has been corrected.</p
Absztrakt rendőrség: Jan Terpstra, Nicholas R. Fyfe és Renze Salet: The Abstract Police: A conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organisations című tanulmányának ismertetése = Abstract Police : Review of the study of Jan Terpstra, Nicholas R. Fyfe and Renze Salet: The Abstract Police: A conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organisations
No full textA globális biztonsági kockázatok kezelése, valamint a 21. század információtechnológiai fejlődése jelentős változásokat eredményezett a rendőrség és a társadalom kapcsolatában. E változások vizsgálata alapvető jelentőségű
a rendészet jövőbeni szerepének meghatározásához. A szerző e megfontolásból vállalkozik Jan Terpstra, Nicholas R. Fyfe és Renze Salet „The Abstract Police: A conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organisations” címmel 2019 decemberében, a Sage Journal online kiadásában publikált tanulmányának ismertetésére. = Managing global security risks and the development of information technology in the 21st century have led to significant changes in the relationship between the police and the society. Examining these changes is essential to determine the future role of law enforcement. With this in mind, the author undertakes to present a study by Jan Terpstra, Nicholas R. Fyfe, and Renze
Salet, entitled “The Abstract Police: A Conceptual Exploration of Unintended Changes in Police Organizations,” published in the online edition of the Sage Journal in December 2019
Emperor and author : the writings of Julian the Apostate /
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Introduction Nicholas Baker-Brian and Shaun Tougher -- Julian the writer and his audience / Susanna Elm -- Reading between the lines : ; Julian's First Panegyric on Constantius II / Shaun Tougher -- 'But I digress...' : ; rhetoric and propaganda in Julian's second oration to Constantius / Hal Drake -- Is there an empress in the text? ; Julian's Speech of thanks to Eusebia / Liz James -- Julian's Consolation to himself on the departure of the excellent Salutius : ; rhetoric and philosophy in the fourth centurry / Josef Lössl -- The tyrant's mask? ; Images of good and bad rule in Julian's Letter to the Athenians / Mark Humphries -- Julian's Letter to Themistius -- and Themistius' response? / John W. Watt -- The emperor's shadow : ; Julian in his correspondence / Michael Trapp -- Julian the lawgiver / Jill Harries -- Words and deeds : ; Julian in the epigraphic record / Benet Salway -- Julian and his coinage : ; a very Constantinian prince / Fernando López Sánchez -- Roman authority, imperial authoriality, and Julian's artistic program / Eric R. Varner -- Julian's Hymn to the mother of the gods : ; the revival and justification of traditional religion / J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz -- Julian's Hymn to King Helios : ; the economical use of complex Neoplatonic concepts / Andrew Smtih -- The forging of an Hellenic orthodoxy : ; Julian's speeches against the cynics / Arnaldo Marcone -- The Christian context of Julian's Against the Galileans / David Hunt -- The politics of virtue in Julian's Misopogon / Nicholas Baker-Brian -- The Caesars of Julian the Apostate in translation and reception, 1580-ca -- 1800 / Rowland SmithAfterword: studying Julian the author / Jacqueline Long
Open access self-archiving: An author study
No full textThis, our second author international, cross-disciplinary study on open access had 1296 respondents. Its focus was on self-archiving. Almost half (49%) of the respondent population have self-archived at least one article during the last three years. Use of institutional repositories for this purpose has doubled and usage has increased by almost 60% for subject-based repositories. Self-archiving activity is greatest amongst those who publish the largest number of papers. There is still a substantial proportion of authors unaware of the possibility of providing open access to their work by self-archiving. Of the authors who have not yet self-archived any articles, 71% remain unaware of the option. With 49% of the author population having self-archived in some way, this means that 36% of the total author population (71% of the remaining 51%), has not yet been appraised of this way of providing open access. Authors have frequently expressed reluctance to self-archive because of the perceived time required and possible technical difficulties in carrying out this activity, yet findings here show that only 20% of authors found some degree of difficulty with the first act of depositing an article in a repository, and that this dropped to 9% for subsequent deposits. Another author worry is about infringing agreed copyright agreements with publishers, yet only 10% of authors currently know of the SHERPA/RoMEO list of publisher permissions policies with respect to self-archiving, where clear guidance as to what a publisher permits is provided. Where it is not known if permission is required, however, authors are not seeking it and are self-archiving without it. Communicating their results to peers remains the primary reason for scholars publishing their work; in other words,
researchers publish to have an impact on their field. The vast majority of authors (81%) would willingly comply with a mandate from their employer or research funder to deposit copies of their articles in an institutional or subject-based repository. A further 13% would comply reluctantly; 5% would not comply with such a mandate
Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
No full textMedieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1Izbicki, Thomas M. (2005), "Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Boydell Press),105-114ISBN: 9781843831235 (published book
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The use of systemic corticosteroids in debilitating sycosis barbae, sycosis barbae fulminans
No full textSubmitted as: (mark with X) X_Case Report _Case Presentation _Photo Vignette _Letter Authors declare that the contents of this article are their own original unpublished findings. Title: The use of systemic corticosteroids in debilitating sycosis barbae, sycosis barbae fulminans Authors: Kathleen R Krivda MD, Uzoamaka J Okoro MD, Nicholas F Logemann DO Affiliations: Department of Dermatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Corresponding Author: Kathleen Krivda MD, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20889, Tel: 240-751-3823, Email: [email protected] Abstract (no more than 200 words)
The Virtue of Agency: Sōphrosunē and Self-Constitution in Classical Greece. By Christopher Moore
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