Words of liberty: the origins and evolution of constitutional ideas by Versteeg, M

“…<p>It has become almost universal practice for countries to adopt written constitutions that include a bill of rights. …”

Police institutions and police abuse: evidence from the US by Rad, AN

“…Second, while local-level ideology has no influence on the ability of unions to create police protections, state-level ideology vis-à-vis state labour laws hinder the ability of unions to create police protections. …”

What the proposed United States' ban on TikTok really conceals by Tan, Sean

“…In consideration of perceived national security risks, a bill signed into law by US President Joe Biden in April 2024 would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social media service to an American parent company or face a potential ban. …”
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Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Ward, Joseph L., Azzopardi, Peter S., Francis, Kate L., Santelli, John S., Skirbekk, Vegard, Sawyer, Susan M., Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Mokdad, Ali H., Hay, Simon I., Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdoli, Amir, Mohammad Abdollahi, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adekanmbi, Victor, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M., Afshari, Khashayar, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan, Ahmed, Anwar E., Aji, Budi, Akombi-Inyang, Blessing, Alahdab, Fares, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour, Alanzi, Turki M., Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun, Al-Hajj, Samar, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Ali, Saqib, Alicandro, Gianfranco, Alijanzadeh, Mehran, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, Almasi-Hashiani, Amir, Almasri, Nihad A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Alonso, Jordi, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Amini, Saeed, Aminorroaya, Arya, Amit, Arianna Maever L., Amugsi, Dickson A., Ancuceanu, Robert, Anderlini, Deanna, Andrei, Catalina Liliana, Androudi, Sofia, Ansari, Fereshteh, Ansari, Iman, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Anvari, Davood, Anwer, Razique, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw, Arabloo, Jalal, Arab-Zozani, Morteza, Ärnlöv, Johan, Asaad, Malke, Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran, Asadi-Pooya, Ali A., Atout, Maha Moh'd Wahbi, Ausloos, Marcel, Avenyo, Elvis Korku, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Ayano, Getinet, Aynalem, Yared Asmare, Azari, Samad, Azene, Zelalem Nigussie, Bakhshaei, Mohammad Hossein, Bakkannavar, Shankar M., Banach, Maciej, Banik, Palash Chandra, Barboza, Miguel A., Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Basu, Sanjay, Baune, Bernhard T., Bayati, Mohsen, Bedi, Neeraj, Beghi, Ettore, Bekuma, Tariku Tesfaye, Bell, Arielle Wilder, Bell, Michelle L., Benjet, Corina, Bensenor, Isabela M., Berhe, Abadi Kidanemariam, Berhe, Kidanemaryam, Berman, Adam E., Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Car, Lorainne Tudor

“…Annual percentage decrease in all-cause mortality rate since 1990 in adolescents aged 15–19 years was 1·3% in males and 1·6% in females, almost half that of males aged 1–4 years (2·4%), and around a third less than in females aged 1–4 years (2·5%). …”
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Social influences on Singapore print and electronic news journalists' ethical decision making. by Chang, May Choon., Ong, Jesmine Guat Keow.

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Wind power load factor in the United Kingdom by Constable, J, Aoyama, H

“…This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. …”

System optimization of an absorption refrigeration system by Chan, Ryan Yaowei

“…The reason behind this concept is the theory on Laws of Thermodynamics. In conventional compression refrigeration, it only uses refrigerant like R134a as coolant with compressor to cool the room. …”
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AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study by Wallach, Izhar, Bernard, Denzil, Nguyen, Kong, Ho, Gregory, Morrison, Adrian, Stecula, Adrian, Rosnik, Andreana, O’Sullivan, Ann Marie, Davtyan, Aram, Samudio, Ben, Thomas, Bill, Worley, Brad, Butler, Brittany, Laggner, Christian, Thayer, Desiree, Moharreri, Ehsan, Friedland, Greg, Truong, Ha, van den Bedem, Henry, Ng, Ho Leung, Stafford, Kate, Sarangapani, Krishna, Giesler, Kyle, Ngo, Lien, Mysinger, Michael, Ahmed, Mostafa, Anthis, Nicholas J., Henriksen, Niel, Gniewek, Pawel, Eckert, Sam, de Oliveira, Saulo, Suterwala, Shabbir, PrasadPrasad, Srimukh Veccham Krishna, Shek, Stefani, Contreras, Stephanie, Hare, Stephanie, Palazzo, Teresa, O’Brien, Terrence E., Van Grack, Tessa, Williams, Tiffany, Chern, Ting-Rong, Kenyon, Victor, Lee, Andreia H., Cann, Andrew B., Bergman, Bastiaan, Anderson, Brandon M., Cox, Bryan D., Warrington, Jeffrey M., Sorenson, Jon M., Goldenberg, Joshua M., Young, Matthew A., DeHaan, Nicholas, Pemberton, Ryan P., Schroedl, Stefan, Abramyan, Tigran M., Gupta, Tushita, Mysore, Venkatesh, Presser, Adam G., Ferrando, Adolfo A., Andricopulo, Adriano D., Ghosh, Agnidipta, Ayachi, Aicha Gharbi, Mushtaq, Aisha, Shaqra, Ala M., Toh, Alan Kie Leong, Smrcka, Alan V., Ciccia, Alberto, de Oliveira, Aldo Sena, Sverzhinsky, Aleksandr, de Sousa, Alessandra Mara, Agoulnik, Alexander I., Kushnir, Alexander, Freiberg, Alexander N., Statsyuk, Alexander V., Gingras, Alexandre R., Degterev, Alexei, Tomilov, Alexey, Vrielink, Alice, Garaeva, Alisa A., Bryant-Friedrich, Amanda, Caflisch, Amedeo, Patel, Amit K., Rangarajan, Amith Vikram, Matheeussen, An, Battistoni, Andrea, Caporali, Andrea, Chini, Andrea, Ilari, Andrea, Mattevi, Andrea, Foote, Andrea Talbot, Trabocchi, Andrea, Stahl, Andreas, Herr, Andrew B., Berti, Andrew, Freywald, Andrew, Reidenbach, Andrew G., Lam, Andrew, Cuddihy, Andrew R., White, Andrew, Taglialatela, Angelo

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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…His foray into a life of crime soon lands him into the arms of the law, when Oliver's fortunes finally appear to turn as the robbery victim becomes his benefactor. …”

21W.775 Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues, Spring 2006 by Lioi, Anthony

“…This course focuses on traditional nature writing and the environmentalist essay. Students will keep a web log as a journal. Writings are drawn from the tradition of nature writing and from contemporary forms of the environmentalist essay. …”
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The rise of political dynasties in decentralized Indonesia. by Yoes Chandra Kenawas.

“…Thus, efforts to combat political dynasties should be focused on how to overcome the fundamental issues rather than on creating a shortsighted solution that prohibits dynastic politicians from running in a subsequent period of elections.…”
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Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages by Norheim, OF, Chang, A, Bolongaita, S, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Jha, P, Lewington, S, Jamison, DT, Peto, R

“…Seven of the most-populous countries had average annual rates of improvement in the period 2010–19 that, if sustained, could lead to a halving of PPD by 2050, including Korea (3·9%), Bangladesh (2·8%), Russia (2·7%), Ethiopia (2·4%), Iran (2·4%), South Africa (2·4%), and Türkiye (2·3%).…”

Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Glob... by Naghavi, M, Ong, KL, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, R, Dolecek, C, Lacey, BWH

“…When systematically analysed, mortality rates and life expectancy allow comparisons of the consequences of causes of death globally and over time, providing a nuanced understanding of the effect of these causes on global populations. …”

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Life expectancy was calculated using age-specific mortality rates and standard demographic methods. Uncertainty intervals (UIs) were calculated for every metric using the 25th and 975th ordered values from a 1000-draw posterior distribution. …”

Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…<p>This thesis contains three empirical studies on the US corporate bond market; each chapter is self-contained and can be read independently. Chapter 1 studies the impact of credit rating changes on corporate bond returns. …”

Citizenship and the politics of poverty definition during the segregation, apartheid and democratic eras in South Africa: 1910-2010 by Magasela, W

“…Marshall’s theory of citizenship with its three elements of social political, civil and social rights is the theoretic-analytic framework employed in the thesis. In the segregation era there was a link between the denial of full citizenship to blacks and how poverty was understood. …”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…We found disparities in stroke burden and risk factors by GBD region, country or territory, and SDI, as well as a stagnation in the reduction of incidence from 2015 onwards, and even some increases in the stroke incidence, death, prevalence, and DALY rates in southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania, countries with lower SDI, and people younger than 70 years. …”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…Dans la première partie, je définirai la laïcité à l'aide de Charles Taylor qui distingue entre deux types de laïcité, soit le « secularism A » qui cherche à atteindre une neutralité en limitant l'expression religieuse en public, et le « secularism B » qui protège une diversité des religions de manière équitable dans l’espace public. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Future fertility rates will continue to decline worldwide and will remain low even under successful implementation of pro-natal policies. …”

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Interpretation</b></p> Substantial progress has been made in reducing the global disease burden attributable to a range of risk factors, particularly those related to maternal and child health, WaSH, and household air pollution. …”