FROM ESSENTIALISM TO ANOTHER WAY OF DOING POLITICS: RESUMING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE

From essentialism to another way of doing politics: resuming the transformative potential of the politics of difference

This article aims at resuming and vegas golden knights background critically scrutinizing the debate on the politics of difference taken among liberal feminist political theorists.Firstly, I shall provide an overview of theoretical attempts to legitimate the politicization of collective-based subjects taking into account the problem of essentialism

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The experimental investigation of the failure of load-bearing masonry walls supported by a deflecting structure

The paper presents selected results of tests of full-scale masonry walls linearly supported on a deflecting beam.The walls with thin bed joints and unfilled head joints were 4.55 m long and 2.45 m high, and were made of group 1 calcium silicate masonry units.The tests included walls with and without openings.The tests were carried out in a speciall

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Evaluation of Radar Precipitation Products and Assessment of the Gauge-Radar Merging Methods in Southeast Texas for Extreme Precipitation Events

Many radar-gauge merging methods have been developed to produce improved rainfall data by leveraging the advantages of gauge and radar observations.Two popular merging methods, Regression Kriging and Bayesian Regression Kriging were utilized and compared in this study to produce hourly rainfall data from gauge networks and multi-source radar datase

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Valosin-containing protein modulator KUS121 protects retinal neurons in a rat model of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Abstract Ischemic optic neuropathy is a leading cause of sudden vision loss, particularly in elderly individuals, with no available effective treatments.Ischemia-induced irreversible damage to optic nerve fibers highlights the need for novel therapies with neuroprotective potential.Therefore, we investigated the effects of modulating valosin-contai

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Interplay of Oxidative Stress, Gut Microbiota, and Nicotine in Metabolic-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)

Oxidative stress has been described as one of the main drivers of intracellular damage and metabolic disorders leading to metabolic read more syndrome, a major health problem worldwide.In particular, free radicals alter lipid metabolism and promote lipid accumulation in the liver, existing in the hepatic facet of metabolic syndrome, the metabolic d

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