How Pakistan Works by Lieven, Anatol

“…The Pakistan of 1947-71, two regions with very different histories and cultures, separated by a thousand miles and a hostile India, could not possibly have lasted – no state so constructed could have lasted long. The provinces of West Pakistan however form much more of a unity.…”
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The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…Instead I draw attention to a failure in the official legitimation of modernization by state elites that long preceded the crisis.…”
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The legacy of Mad Men: cultural history, intermediality and American television by McNally, Karen

“…This is the first book to offer an analysis of Mad Men in its entirety, exploring the cyclical and episodic structure of the long form series and investigating issues of representation, power and social change. …”
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Novel metamaterial frequency discriminating devices for next generation wireless communication systems by Ahmed, Kafil Uddin

“…This was achieved using stepped impedance lines (SIL). No isolators were necessary using the proposed technique. …”
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Role of the gidan-gaado in sustainable urbanization by Muhammad, Umar Faruq

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A Broadband Out-of-Phase Gysel Power Divider Based on a Dual-Band Circuit With a Single Fixed Isolation Resistor by Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad Hadi, Rahimi, Marzieh Salar, Malakooti, Seyed-Ali, Afzali, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Based on the double-sided parallel-strip lines with an inserted conductor as a virtual ground, a high power divider with dual-band/broadband response and frequencyindependent 180 degree phase difference between the output ports is implemented in this paper. …”
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Multiband antenna for portable device applications by Honarvar, M. Amin, Hamidi, Naeemehsadat, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The proposed antenna consists of a combination of E-shaped and C-shaped radiators that are excited via a common microstrip feed-line. Embedded in the ground-plane are included an open- and short-ended slots whose purpose is to enhance the antenna's impedance match and increase the number of bands in which the antenna can operate. …”
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Mutual-coupling isolation using embedded metamaterial EM bandgap decoupling slab for densely packed array antennas by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Khalily, Mohsen, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed MTM-EMBG structure is a cross-shaped microstrip transmission line on which are imprinted two outward facing E-shaped slits. …”
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An innovative and simpleiImpedance matching network using stacks of metasurface sheets to suppress the mismatch between antennas and RF front-end transceivers circuits by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The MTS based impedance matching network is modeled as a transmission-line loaded with shunt and series capacitances and inductances, respectively. …”
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Applicability of industry 4.0 technologies in the adoption of global reporting initiative standards for achieving sustainability by Narula, Sanjiv, Puppala, Harish, Kumar, Anil, Frederico, Guilherme, Dwivedy, Maheshwar, Prakash, Surya, Wankhede, Vishal A.

“…It epitomizes the global best practice of triple bottom line, i.e., economic, environmental, and social impacts. …”
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Constant domain-regulated antibody catalysis by Sapparapu, Gopal, Planque, Stephanie, Mitsuda, Yukie, McLean, Gary R., Nishiyama, Yasuhiro, Paul, Sudhir

“…The findings indicate a favorable effect of the remote IgM constant domain scaffold on the integrity of the V-domain catalytic site and provide a structural basis for conceiving antibody catalysis as a first line immune function expressed at high levels prior to development of mature IgG class antibodies.…”
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Social workers' experience of work under changing administrative forms: an empirical and theoretical critique of Braverman by Davies, Linda

“…Although social workers may wish to reduce the uncertainty surrounding child abuse practice, and despite management's desire to limit practitioner discretion, there remains an inevitable core of uncertainty in the nature of the work which generates the requirement for judgment on the part of the front-line worker. Braverman's approach proved too deterministic to cope with these questions. …”
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Transition rate diagrams - a new approach to the study of selective excitation processes: the spectrum of manganese in a Grimm-type glow discharge by Weiss, Zdeněk, Steers, Edward B. M., Pickering, Juliet C., Mushtaq, Sohail

“…A list of important Mn I and Mn II lines excited in the glow discharge plasma is given.…”

Flexible antenna design for wearable telemedicine applications by Fatah, Sara Yehia Abdel, Taher, Fatma, Elwi, Taha A., Sree, Mohamed Fathy Abo, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Livreri, Patrizia, Parchin, Naser Ojaroudi, See, Chan Hwang, Pau, Giovanni, Dayoub, Iyad, Limiti, Ernesto

“…In this article, an antenna design is presented based on three horizontally staggered microstrip lines for wearable telemedicine devices. The antenna is excited through a 50-ohm microstrip line. …”
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Spatial and temporal distributions of water physicochemical properties, sediment quality and sedimentation in Sembrong Reservoir by Baharim, Nor Bakhiah

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An econometric model of the one million barrel tanker market by Omosola, Afolabi Akin

“…The series are also cointegrated, showing a long run relationship. The econometric version of the theoretical model was estimated. …”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…The US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003 toppled Iraq’s long ruling dictator, Saddam Hussein, promising to import democracy to a country whose history had been shaped by both religious and secular totalitarianism. …”
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Charles Handy’s ‘The Future of Work’ Re-visited by Sheldrake, John

“…Briefly, during the post‑war period the industrialised West had been more or less free from the threat and actuality of unemployment which had blighted the lives of many working people during the inter‑war years. The long post‑war economic boom produced a generation of workers who had little fear of losing their jobs and, in the UK at least, were protected by a combination of the welfare state and dominant trade unions. …”
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Alcohol complicates multimorbidity in older adults by Stewart, Duncan, McCambridge, Jim

“…Lower birth rates and higher life expectancy are transforming global population age profiles, such that the prevalence of long term health conditions in the general population is rising steeply, with more people living with multimorbidity as they age. …”
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Early maladaptive schemas and parental bonding in skin disease: investigating the role of schemas and early attachment in Greek patients with psoriasis and eczema by Anthis, Evangelia

“…This case study focuses on providing a succinct overview of the schema model and its application in a long-term therapeutic relationship. The initial assessment and schema case conceptualisation is presented, followed by a summary of sessions, including interventions and difficulties encountered with the client. …”
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