This article explores deterrence, a time-honoured concept in International Relations (ir), through the application of systemism, a concept borrowed from the philosophy of science. The purpose of this study is to provide a diagrammatic exposition that establishes the “value added” from systemism vis-à-vis the research on deterrence. A series of exchanges involving us-led efforts to deter Saddam ...

Why are humans so vulnerable to pain in interpersonal relations and can so easily hurt others physically and emotionally? We theoretically examine whether being offensively strong but defensively weak can evolve as a strategic trait that fosters cooperation. We study a population comprised of “thick-skinned” and “thinskinned” agents by using an indirect evolution model that combines rational ch...

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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a rare but feared complication in immunocompromised patients. Most experience with PJP stems from patients with the human immunodeficiency infection (HIV) although nephrologists see the occasional case, usually in renal transplant patients during the first post-transplant year. The diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and treatment is with high...

BACKGROUND Adolescent pregnancy has been persistently high in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this review is to identify factors influencing adolescent pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa in order to design appropriate intervention program. METHODS A search in MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of science, and Google Scholar databases with the following keywords: determinants, factors, reasons, sociocul...

textile industries use different chemicals in indigo dyeing processes. interest in eco-friendlyprocessing in the textile industry has recently increased because of a larger awareness of environmental issues. for the case of indigo dyeing process, the reducing agent conventionally used is the - environmentally unfavourable – sodium dithionite, which will be replaced in this study with an ecologi...

How science and policy interact has been a major research focus in the International Relations (IR) tradition, using the epistemic community (EC) concept, as well as in the alternative perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Should science be autonomous and as apolitical as possible in order to ‘speak truth to power’, as suggested by EC or should the inevitable entanglement of scie...

A friendly sequence is one in which successive terms differ by one. Since a friendly sequence may be a repeat on which a longer sequence is based, the first and last terms must be friendly so that repeats are friendly. Friendly sequences often make good candidates for threading and treadling sequences. And since they have alternating parity, they are applicable to weaves that have this requirem...