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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
Heritability and Linkage Analysis of Appendicitis Utilizing Age at Onset
No full textAppendicitis usually afflicts the young, but there is a large tail in the distribution of onset age. The genetics of this disease are still not well understood. A heritability analysis and genome wide linkage analysis of a large twin dataset was undertaken. Treating age of onset of appendicitis as a censored survival trait revealed a heritability of 0.21, and found evidence of linkage to Chromosome 1p37.3. Author(s): Christopher Oldmeadow 1 * | Kerrie Mengersen 2 | Nicholas Martin 3 | David L. Duffy
Nicholas Meyer: 10-31-1979
No full textNicholas Meyer is a screenwriter, producer, director, and author, and a graduate of the University of Iowa. He is the author of the screenplay the Seven Per Cent Solution and co-author of The Black Orchid. He begins the interview by discussing his professional career as both a film writer/director and a novelist. He then talks about how he began writing novels, and discusses the research that goes into his novels. Meyer continues by discussing his movie Time After Time and concludes the interview by listing prominent teachers and writing influences.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportWriters Forum Video
Nicholas Meyer: 10-31-1979
No full textNicholas Meyer is a screenwriter, producer, director, and author, and a graduate of the University of Iowa. He is the author of the screenplay the Seven Per Cent Solution and co-author of The Black Orchid. He begins the interview by discussing his professional career as both a film writer/director and a novelist. He then talks about how he began writing novels, and discusses the research that goes into his novels. Meyer continues by discussing his movie Time After Time and concludes the interview by listing prominent teachers and writing influences.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/writers_videos/1022/thumbnail.jp
Interview with Nicholas Wade by Marni Siegel, November 8, 2007
No full textThe interview was a project of the Center for Public Genomics (http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/cpg/).Nicholas Wade is a science writer for the New York Times and author of several books, including LifeScripts, about genetics and genomics. He also covered the Asilomar Conference for Science magazine.Funded by a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute and the US Department of Energy (P50 HG003391)
LSE festival Beveridge 2.0 preview: the five giants by Nicholas Timmins
No full textOn Monday 19 February, LSE Festival opened with ‘The Five Giants and the Ministers Who Made a Difference’. Chaired by LSE Director Minouche Shafik, Nicholas Timmins, author of The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State, and Professor Sir Julian Le Grand debated the key UK politicians who really made a difference when it came to Beveridge’s ‘Five Giants’: listen to the podcast here. Ahead of the event, Nicholas Timmins gives insight into the reception and impact of Beveridge’s 1942 report, as well as its enduring significance in today’s global, 21st-century context
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From paper maps to artificial intelligence : a historical analysis of cartography and geospatial science
No full textA presentation which accompanied Nicholas Cramer's Honors Thesis defense on May 15, 2025
Nick Virgilio haiku archive, box 09 folder 26
No full textThe Nicholas Virgilio Haiku Archive is primarily composed of sheets of typed haiku poems, several poems to a page, only a few ever published; some correspondence, mostly related to publishing or speaking engagements; and a small amount of personal correspondence. Virgilio lived in Camden, New Jersey and is a renowned haikuist
Nick Virgilio haiku archive, box 05 folder 27
No full textThe Nicholas Virgilio Haiku Archive is primarily composed of sheets of typed haiku poems, several poems to a page, only a few ever published; some correspondence, mostly related to publishing or speaking engagements; and a small amount of personal correspondence. Virgilio lived in Camden, New Jersey and is a renowned haikuist
Nick Virgilio haiku archive, box 05 folder 21
No full textThe Nicholas Virgilio Haiku Archive is primarily composed of sheets of typed haiku poems, several poems to a page, only a few ever published; some correspondence, mostly related to publishing or speaking engagements; and a small amount of personal correspondence. Virgilio lived in Camden, New Jersey and is a renowned haikuist
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