When the Cold War was ended in 1989, Francis Fukuyama wrote, three years later, his very well-known book proposing a quite original thesis.He argues that the end of fascism and of communism means the triumph of Eastern liberalism in history.Following a Hegelian perspective, Fukuyama said contrary to Marx that communism, like the other previous econ
Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) has used artificial inoculation trials to evaluate progenies of thousands of Pinus monticola and P.lambertiana selections from Oregon and Washington for resistance to white pine blister rust caused by Cronartium ribicola.In addition, early results are now available for P.albicaulis and P.strobiformis.DGRC has a
This research aims to explore the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of negative emotions in mainland China during different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and the external factors influencing this clustering.Using Baidu Index data for 91 negative emotion keywords, a retrospective geographic analysis was conducted across Chinese provinces from 1
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in concrete production is crucial to achieve sustainability goals.One of the primary solutions is employing environmentally friendly cements with lower clinker content, such as those containing supplementary cementitious materials.However, concretes produced with some of these cements are vulnerable to fast Dab Rig
The history of elasmobranch ageing highlights the difficulty of age estimation in animals lacking ossified structures.Ageing techniques are numerous, yet all are limited by difficulties of validation and verification and inherent subjectivity.Sample scarcity further Journal hinders progress as limited samples cannot be risked on exploratory techniq