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Replication Data for: Decentralisation and regional cabinet size: the Spanish case (1979–2015)
No full textRepository to reproduce the results shown in:
Vall-Prat, P., & Rodon, T. (2017). Decentralisation and regional cabinet size: the Spanish case (1979–2015). West European Politics, 40(4), 717–740. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2016.1275422
The files include a dataset with information on the cabinet size of the Spanish regions (comunitats autònomes) over time
Replication Data for: "Mind the Protest Gap: The Role of Resources in the Face of Economic Hardship". PS: Political Science & Politics 51(1): 84 - 92
No full textReplication materials in Stata and R for Rodon, T & M. Guinjoan: Mind the Protest Gap: The Role of Resources in the Face of Economic Hardship". The materials include the databases employed in the article, along with the scripts for replication
When the context matters: Identity, secession and the spatial dimension in Catalonia (replication dataset)
No full textReplication materials (dataset and code) for the article: Rodon, Toni; Guinjoan, Marc (2018) "When the context matters: Identity, secession and the spatial dimension in Catalonia". Political Geography.
If you have questions, please contact the authors:
www.tonirodon.cat
www.marcguinjoan.ca
Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt
No full textHandwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.
Realizing Indigenous rights: Effective implementation of agreements between Indigenous Peoples and the extractive industry
No full textNegotiated agreements now constitute a critical component of almost all encounters between Indigenous Peoples and the extractive industry in Australia and Canada and are rapidly becoming more important in the Global South. Negotiation of agreements constitutes a significant challenge for Indigenous Peoples given the inequalities in political and economic resources that typically exist between them and the large corporations that dominate the extractive industry. However, an equally important challenge involves ensuring that agreements are effectively implemented. If implementation fails, the potential benefits created by growing legal recognition of Indigenous rights will not be fully realized. Existing research shows that major problems of implementation have arisen with agreements in Australia and Canada. This chapter presents the results of research conducted with the active involvement of Indigenous parties to agreements (Ely Trust in Australia and the Matimekush Band Council in Canada). After a review of the literature on the challenge of public policy implementation, it further analyzes why implementation failure occurs, and what can be done during and after agreement negotiations to minimize it.Full Tex
Reactive polymer coatings: A platform for patterning proteins and mammalian cells onto a broad range of materials
No full textWe report a procedure for surface modification based an chemical vapor deposition polymerization of functionalized [2.2] paracyclophanes that is essentially substrate-independent. Poly(p-xylylene-2,,3-dicarboxylic anhydride) and poly[p-xylylene carboxylic acid pentafluorophenolester-co-p-xylylene] are examined as templates for cell patterning. Both reactive coatings are deposited on poly(tetrafluoroethylene), polyethylene, silicon, gold, stainless steel, and glass and show excellent adhesion when deposited in thin films (ca. 100 nm) under optimized polymerization conditions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and grazing angle infrared spectroscopy have been used to confirm chemical homogeneity in both cases. Reactive coatings are subsequently patterned by microcontact printing of an amino-terminated biotin ligand and serve as templates for layer-by-layer self-assembly. Streptavidin selectively binds to the biotin-exposing surface regions and allows surface confinement of a biotin-tethered antibody against alpha5-integrin. The specific interaction of this antibody with endothelial cells results in spatially directed deposition of mammalian cells. Fluorescence microscopy is used to verify accurate self-assembly at each step. Although both reactive coatings differ in how they chemically bind biomolecules, their ability to support formation of pattern by microcontact printing is similar
Handwritten biographical information on Paulina T. McClung Merritt
No full textA handwritten biography of Paulina T. McClung Merritt by an unknown author, 1892.
Heterogeneous and tissue-specific regulation of effector T cell responses by IFN-gamma during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection.
No full textIFN-γ and T cells are both required for the development of experimental cerebral malaria during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection. Surprisingly, however, the role of IFN-γ in shaping the effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell response during this infection has not been examined in detail. To address this, we have compared the effector T cell responses in wild-type and IFN-γ(-/-) mice during P. berghei ANKA infection. The expansion of splenic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells during P. berghei ANKA infection was unaffected by the absence of IFN-γ, but the contraction phase of the T cell response was significantly attenuated. Splenic T cell activation and effector function were essentially normal in IFN-γ(-/-) mice; however, the migration to, and accumulation of, effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the lung, liver, and brain was altered in IFN-γ(-/-) mice. Interestingly, activation and accumulation of T cells in various nonlymphoid organs was differently affected by lack of IFN-γ, suggesting that IFN-γ influences T cell effector function to varying levels in different anatomical locations. Importantly, control of splenic T cell numbers during P. berghei ANKA infection depended on active IFN-γ-dependent environmental signals--leading to T cell apoptosis--rather than upon intrinsic alterations in T cell programming. To our knowledge, this is the first study to fully investigate the role of IFN-γ in modulating T cell function during P. berghei ANKA infection and reveals that IFN-γ is required for efficient contraction of the pool of activated T cells
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Pelevin’s Trinity in the novel “t”: author – protagonist – reader
No full textThe article attempts to interpret Pelevin's artistic strategy in the novel "T" by exploring its subject organization and addressing the key problems of the author, the protagonist, and the reader as they are seen by the researcher. The article analyzes the peculiarities of constructing the narrative reality in the novel "T", and goes on to discuss Pelevin's philosophic models of the development of the humankind, and the emergence of his new anthropology
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