Sinn Féin’s Tortuous Road to Power by Agnès Maillot

“…This process presented the party with difficulties and highlighted its contradictions, as seen throughout the protracted controversy over the decommissioning of IRA weapons. …”
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Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo, Harold A. Denmark

“… The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, has been controversial in its taxonomic placement. About 60 synonyms included under this species have compounded the controversy. …”
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Effects of Aerosol Inhalation Combined with Intravenous Drip of Polymyxin B on Bacterial Clearance, Symptoms Improvement, and Serum Infection Indexes in Patients with Pneumonia Ind... by Hanlu Lin, Xiaobo Liu, Pengfei Sun

“…Polymyxin B has a good clinical effect in the treatment of MDR, but there is controversy about the administration route of this drug. …”
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William Robertson’s Unfinished History of America. The Foundation of the British Empire in North America and the Scottish Enlightenment by Florence Petroff

“…Secondly his study of New England society echoed the eighteenth-century controversy over the anti-Catholic laws in Scotland and supported his plea in favor of toleration.…”
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A taxonomic summary of Aphelidiaceae by Peter M. Letcher, Martha J. Powell

“…Herein, we briefly summarize the history of aphelids and acknowledge the controversy of placement of the group with related organisms. …”
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Do we know the chemical bond? A case for the ethical teaching of undefined paradigms by Kozuch Sebastian

“…We propose that these definitions, including their theoretical, practical and even philosophical issues, should be taught to advanced undergraduate chemistry students as an essential introduction to the chemical bond module of quantum chemistry courses. This is a controversial topic due to the lack of consensus in the chemical bond community over this heavily disputed topic and the conflicting pedagogical approach; however, and maybe because of this controversy, the teaching of the definitions of the chemical bond including their open questions and challenges can be positively instructive. …”
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Turkmens: Victims of Arabization and Kurdification Policies in Kirkuk by Şafak OĞUZ

“…Kirkuk, with its large oil reserves, has constituted one of the most significant points of controversy politi­cally, ethnically, and economically in modern Iraq. …”
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Representations of OxyContin in North American Newspapers and Medical Journals by Emma Whelan, Mark Asbridge, Susan Haydt

“…The authors of this study aimed to contribute to an understanding of both sides of this controversy by analyzing the coverage of OxyContin in newspapers and medical journals. …”
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Tissue Factor Structure and Function by Saulius Butenas

“…Another subject of controversy is related to the structure/function of TF. …”
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Debatten i debatten by Jenny Eklöf

“… In the late 1970s, the media debate about recombinant DNA technology was Sweden’s first, but far from last, controversy about the risks and possibilities of genetic engineering. …”
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Oiseleurs en temps d’extinction by Charles Stépanoff, Tiffany Chérix Dorsaz, Léa Filiu, Gabriel Tropini

“…While these trapping techniques have been subject to controversy for many years, there has been no comprehensive ethnoecological study on them to date. …”
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Les processus de patrimonialisation de la nature dans le Kodagu (Inde) : pluralités, imbrications, contradictions by Béatrice Moppert

“…This article explores particularly the recent controversy in relation to the application for the nomination of a serial property, made of seven sub-clusters along the Western Ghats, as a UnescoWorld Heritage Site. …”
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A produção ecológica nos assentamentos rurais no Rio Grande do Sul by Michele Lindner, Felipe Seitenfus Brustulin, Rosa Maria Vieira Medeiros

“…For many decades, the struggle for land represents a subject of great controversy in Brazil. However, in addition to the struggle of land conquest, there is also the struggle for the socio-economic inclusion of the settlers. …”
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‘Yet his silence said volumes’: a pragmatic analysis of conversational silence in rapport management by Baoqin Wu, Muhammad Afzaal, Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs

“…As a non-discursive practice, silence can maintain harmonious relationships, avoid controversy, and even trigger conflicts.…”
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On the (im)possible validation of hydrogeological models by Andréassian, Vazken

“…This paper revisits the controversy on the validation of hydrogeological models, 30 years after it broke out with the publications by [Konikow and Bredehoeft, 1992a] and [de Marsily et al., 1992]. …”
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Polygamy in Islam: A Study on Its Religious Justifications and Empowerment of Women Within Islamic Teachings by Gintare Sereikaite Motiejune

“…Traditionally viewed with controversy, especially in Western societies, this study challenges such perceptions by highlighting how polygamous arrangements can foster mutual support, shared responsibilities, and companionship. …”
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La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme et le traitement de la connaissance scientifique sur la nocivité des ondes électromagnétiques, produits chimiques et autres activités pollu... by Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad

“…It shows that the Court adopts two types of strategies : (1) the easiest one occurs when unanimous national studies have concluded to a risk and a causal link or when the thresholds have been clearly exceeded ; (2) the more difficult cases are connected to ongoing scientific controversy and/or uncertainty. In such cases the ECtHR, surprisingly, does not even attempt to seek truth beyond the information given by the respondent State and, taking the easiest way out, hides behind the margin of appreciation doctrine. …”
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Éclairages foucaldiens sur l’incrimination du déisme et de la libre pensée dans la jeune République américaine by Auréliane Narvaez

“…To what extent can Foucault’s concepts of governmentality and biopolitics be conducive to a better understanding of the characteristics and mechanisms of this anti-infidel controversy? These assaults on religious infidelity framed deism as a multifaceted peril disrupting the stability of the young Republic, ultimately forging a form of Protestant governmentality that sought to make the population internalize the rejection of religious skepticism. …”
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Bowel Resection and Ileotransverse Anastomosis as Preferred Therapy for 15 Typhoid Ileal Perforations and Severe Peritoneal Contamination in a Very Elderly Patient by Benjamin Momo Kadia, Desmond Aroke, Martin Hongieh Abanda, Tsi Njim, Christian Akem Dimala

“…Although TIP is a surgical emergency by consensus, there is still much controversy regarding the most appropriate surgical approach to be used. …”
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La Chute d’Icare des Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique réattribuée par l'examen de laboratoire by Léopold Kockaert

“…The controversy about the attribution of « The Fall of Icarus» at the Brussels Museum of Fine Arts has been heightened many times, namely by a radiocarbon dating of the first canvas, from which it is concluded that P. …”
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