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描述:: On January 6, 2021, conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic culminated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building by right-wing insurrectionists. This paper examined the aftermath of those attacks by exploring the correlation between right-wing, national...
创造者:: Corso, Sarah
关键词:: GWUR, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, populism, and 2020 election
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: Zoos have been around for centuries, yet they rarely put the needs of the animals within them above those of the visitors. Although recent changes have allowed zoos to benefit conservation efforts and species as a whole, they still often harm the individuals that reside within them. Therefore,...
创造者:: De St. Aubin, Talbot
关键词:: zoos, GWUR, conservation support, zoochosis, and animal ethics
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: Income tax increases have historically faced backlash, especially from the wealthy. Consequently, this group has lobbied intensely against these tax changes, arguing that such measures would ultimately hurt the state as they and many others would simply leave and take their tax revenue with them....
创造者:: Stiebris, Amanda
关键词:: migration, taxation, econometrics, income, interstate, and public economics
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: The British people's vote to leave the European Union in 2016 — known as the Brexit vote — represents the outcome of a successful populist movement. More recently, the Conservative Party’s staggering 2019 electoral success shows that the populist “Get Brexit Done” message remains popular amongst...
创造者:: Winn, Jacob
关键词:: populism, Euroscepticism, European Union, right-wing, Brexit, and British politics
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: The Gwangju Uprising provided pivotal momentum for South Korea’s path toward democracy and was assisted by the artwork by Minjung artists. However, the state’s continuous censorship of democratic art ironically contradicts with the principles that Gwangju upholds, generating the question: how...
创造者:: Kong, Vivian
关键词:: Korean democracy, art censorship, and Gwangju Uprising
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: Argentina’s implementation of neoliberal economic policies in the 1990s caused unprecedented levels of poverty and unemployment. In the face of political and economic subordination, the working class and unemployed turned to collective action and formed the Piquetero movement, carrying out...
创造者:: Guen, Abby
关键词:: Piquetero, unemployment, Argentina, social movement, and neoliberalism
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: This thesis analyzes the strategies implemented by state governments in the Sahel, foreign powers, and regional/international organizations to mitigate the growing threat of violent extremist organizations (VEOs) in the region. Current efforts to combat VEOs in the Sahel have generally involved...
创造者:: Dion, Keely
关键词:: Africa, counterterrorism, Sahel, and violent extremism
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: To further understand mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disease(s) and their impact on physiological systems, improved pre-clinical models and innovative methodology are needed to assess the internal physiological state of the animal in real-time. To address this challenge we developed a...
创造者:: Turley, Ben
关键词:: telemetry, cardiovascular, fear conditioning, and biofeedback
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: Point mutations in the SIX1 gene play a major role in branchio-oto-renal spectrum disorders (BORSD), a birth defect that leads to mixed hearing loss. Permanent malfunction of the middle and inner ear can be attributed to the malformation of the ear’s ossicles and middle ear space, as well as...
创造者:: Ahsan, Sarah
关键词:: Xenopus, neural crest, transcription, and cranial placodes
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

描述:: From the outbreaks of the bubonic plague in the Middle Ages to the COVID-19 pandemic, women in Islamic history have been entangled in contagious disease perceptions. An examination of theories developed by scholars at the onset of the Bubonic Plague and cholera outbreaks reveals connections...
创造者:: Kiker, Lauren
关键词:: women, contagious diseases, Islam, COVID, and sexism
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: Article

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