Rentier State Theory 50 years on: new developments by Scott Walker

“…As Rentier State Theory (RST) has recently passed the half-century mark, it is clear that rentier states have changed dramatically during that time. …”
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Higgs Physics by Gray, Heather, Janot, Patrick

“…The quest that followed, with several generations of particle physics experiments, culminated with the recent discovery of a new particle with a mass of 125 GeV. At least another half-century will be needed to map the properties of this particle with sufficient precision to understand its deepest origin.…”
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Franjo Radšel (1899–1987), Leader of the Fight against Tuberculosis in Northeast Slovenia from 1936 to 1976 by Zvonka Zupanič Slavec, Ksenija Slavec

“…He set up antituberculosis clinics in the towns of Črna, Lenart, Šentilj, Oplotnica and Poljčane and he worked at outpatient clinics in Trbovlje, Slovenska Bistrica, and Maribor. In his half century of effort (from 1926 to 1976), he carried out pioneering work in the fight against tuberculosis, contributed to the development of antituberculosis services in northeast Slovenia, and described the development of this service in Maribor.…”
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AFRICAN WOMEN WRITERS : CONFIGURING CHANGE AT THE INTERFACE OF POLITICS AND FICTION by Claire H. Griffiths

“…The reception of this literary genre in its locality helps reposition the discourse of gender and development within the region, offering a culturally‐embedded voice in the gender and development debate that has been marginalised in the framing of the international development agenda for Africa over the past half century.…”
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Accessing Information about Abortion by Aleksandra Kuczerawy, Lidia Dutkiewicz

“…Supreme Court decision of 24 June 2022 overruled a half century of precedent supporting a constitutional right to abortion across the U.S. established in 1973 in Roe v. …”
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Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz and the Sophocratic Project of Neoconservatives by Giovanni Borgognone

“…This article aims at exploring the connections between neoconservatism and American politics in the last half century. The specific focus on Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz sheds light on a crucial phase of U.S. history: the cultural and social changes that polarized the nation in the 1960s. …”
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ARISTOTLE'S LOGIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO'S DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY by John Corcoran

“…We begin with an introductory overview of contributions made by more than twenty scholars associated with the Philosophy Department at the University of Buffalo during the last half-century to our understanding and evaluation of Aristotle's logic. …”
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AFRICAN WOMEN WRITERS : CONFIGURING CHANGE AT THE INTERFACE OF POLITICS AND FICTION by Claire H. Griffiths

“…The reception of this literary genre in its locality helps reposition the discourse of gender and development within the region, offering a culturally‐embedded voice in the gender and development debate that has been marginalised in the framing of the international development agenda for Africa over the past half century.…”
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Colombia’s early steps to becoming a regional energy hub by Zamora, A, Martínez, H

“…Colombia has traditionally been a leading advocate of economic and political integration in Latin America, even as it struggles internally with a civil conflict that has brought grief to its population over the last half century. The country has been proactive in the creation of all the regional economic integration bodies, including the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE – one of the economic integration bodies that Colombia has supported and used as a lever to promote the energy integration of the continent, and its own role in the process.…”

Between mind and body? Psychoneuroimmunology, psychology, and cognitive science by Gough, J

“…Over the past half century, our best scientific understanding of the immune system has been transformed. …”

Physiochemical Characteristics, Provenance, and Dynamics of Sand Dunes in the Arid Hexi Corridor by Bing-Qi Zhu, Jia-Xing Zhang, Jia-Xing Zhang, Chun Sun, Chun Sun

“…The results show that there are two states of sand dunes movement in the Hexi Corridor in the past half century, dynamic migration and basically stable. …”
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Chronic arsenic exposure and its adverse health effects in Taiwan: A paradigm for management of a global environmental problem by Cheng-Che Lan, Hsin-Su Yu, Ying-Chin Ko

“…The lessons learned from the past half-century placed Taiwan in an experienced position to actively participate in the international collaborative projects using these novel technologies and standardized methods.…”
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On the need for streamflow drought frequency guidelines in the U.S. by Richard M. Vogel, Charles N. Kroll

“…Remarkably, over one-half century later, no uniform national U.S. guidelines for hydrologic drought streamflow frequency analysis exist, and the various assorted guidelines that do exist are not reliable because (1) they are based on methods developed for floods, which are distinctly different than low streamflows and (2) the methods do not take advantage of the myriad of advances in flood and low streamflow frequency analyses over the last 50 years. …”
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Thoughts and concerns about Design: aspects related to language and pedagogy of Industrial Design by Danilo Emmerson Nascimento Silva

“…Brazilian industrial design - design - is nearing completion of a half century of existence. During this time, it has undergone transformations, like any social phenomenon. …”
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A New Orthodox Synagogue in Manhattan: Decision-Making and Design by Carol Herselle Krinsky

“…The Lincoln Square Synagogue, the largest Orthodox synagogue built in Manhattan during the last half century, was established in 1964 but moved in 2013 to a new building nearby, designed after the firm of CetraRuddy Architects, won a design competition. …”
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Women and the 1951 Refugee Convention: Fifty Years of Seeking Visibility by Nahla Valji

“…New policy paths need to be evaluated to ensure that the next half-century of refugee protection does not duplicate the inequalities of the past.…”
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50 Years On: Divergent Paths of British and Irish Membership of the EU by Joelle Grogan, Imelda Maher

“…For Ireland and the UK, the half-century since has brought about remarkable social, economic, demographic, political, and legal changes in both states leading to the UK leaving the EU in 2020 and Ireland remaining a Member State. …”
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Aristotle's Logic at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Buffalo by John Corcoran

“…We begin with an introductory overview of contributions made by more than twenty scholars associated with the Philosophy Department at the University of Buffalo during the last half-century to our understanding and evaluation of Aristotle’s logic. …”
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Le canard était toujours vivant ! De Troppmann à Weidmann, la fin des complaintes criminelles, 1870-1939 by Jean-François “Maxou” Heintzen

“…So we will follow the art of “singing the crime” over a half-century, from the lament to the “realistic song with a criminal character”, from the crime of Pantin to the latest “serial killer” of the interwar period.…”
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Notes on Some Scottish Field Names by Carole Hough

“…Some, however, have doublets or close parallels in England, where major advances have been made in the understanding of minor toponyms during the last half century. As Field (1989, 31) comments, “the repertoire of names is remarkably similar across national frontiers;” this means that comparative evidence from south of the present Scottish/ English border is likely to be relevant to interpreting some Scottish names. …”
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