THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN (UFM): A CRITICAL APPROACH

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM): A critical approach

The seventh anniversary of the establishment of the Union for the Mediterranean enables to have a greater perspective to examine its development.Therefore, this work provides Wood Pipe some reflections on the path followed by the Union for the Mediterranean, which has generally been described by the doctrine as negative.The initial project promoted

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The Interlocking Processes Constraining the Struggle for Sanctuary in the Trump Era: The Case of La Puente, CA

By 10 January 2017, activists in the predominately Latina/o working class city of La Puente, California had lobbied the council to declare the city a sanctuary supporting immigrants, people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.The same community members urged the school district to declare itself a sanctuary.While community

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Identification of adaptive mutations in the influenza A virus non-structural 1 gene that increase cytoplasmic localization and differentially regulate host gene expression.

The NS1 protein of influenza A virus (IAV) is a multifunctional virulence factor.We have previously characterized gain-of-function mutations in the NS1 protein arising from the experimental adaptation of the human isolate A/Hong Kong/1/1968(H3N2) (HK) to the mouse.The majority Comb of these mouse adapted NS1 mutations were demonstrated to increase

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