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The Global Pandemic Has Spawned New Forms of Activism — and They're Flourishing

The authors have identified nearly 100 distinct methods of nonviolent action that include physical, virtual and hybrid actions.




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What Policymakers Should Ask Modelers

With decision-makers relying on a growing torrent of forecasts regarding COVID-19 and other important issues, it is more important than ever that they ask questions about how the projections were made. To use predictive tools more effectively, policymakers should ask four questions in particular.




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This Virus Is Tough, but History Provides Perspective: The 1968 Pandemic and the Vietnam War

Nathaniel L. Moir recounts the events of 1968: The war in Vietnam and extensive civil unrest in the United States — and yet another big problem that made life harder. In 1968, the H3N2 pandemic killed more individuals in the United States than the combined total number of American fatalities during both the Vietnam and Korean Wars.




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How COVID-19 is Testing American Leadership

Joseph Nye suggests that a new U.S. administration might take a leaf from the success of the post-1945 American presidents that are described in Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump. The United States could launch a massive COVID-19 aid program like the Marshall Plan.




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Why Bernie Sanders Will Win in 2020, No Matter Who Gets Elected

Stephen Walt writes that even though Bernie Sanders is out of the presidential race, the time has come for many of the policies that he promoted: Universal Healthcare; Democratic Socialism; Income Redistribution; and Foreign Policy.




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Trump Turned the Death Count Into a Story About Himself

Official figures exclude thousands who have died during the pandemic. To draw the right lessons, the United States needs an accurate tally of the victims.




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An Abysmal Failure of Leadership

During times of crisis, the most effective leaders are those who can build solidarity by educating the public about its own interests. Sadly, in the case of COVID-19, the leaders of the world's two largest economies have gone in the opposite direction, all but ensuring that the crisis will deepen.




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Carbon Taxes vs. Cap and Trade: Theory and Practice

How do the two major approaches to carbon pricing compare on relevant dimensions, including efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and distributional equity? This paper addresses this question by drawing on theories of policy instrument choice pertaining to the attributes — or merits — of the instruments.




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HPCA Hosts COP25 Side Event Focused on Reducing GHG Emissions through Carbon Pricing

As negotiators from around the world arrived in Madrid for the second week of the 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP-25), the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements hosted an official COP side event on Dec. 9 focusing on the potential for reducing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions through the use of carbon pricing.




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How Do Past Presidents Rank in Foreign Policy?

How do presidents incorporate morality into decisions involving the national interest? Moral considerations explain why Truman, who authorized the use of nuclear weapons in Japan during World War II, later refused General MacArthur's request to use them in China during the Korean War. What is contextual intelligence, and how does it explain why Bush 41 is ranked first in foreign policy, but Bush 43 is found wanting? Is it possible for a president to lie in the service of the public interest? In this episode, Professor Joseph S. Nye considers these questions as he explores the role of morality in presidential decision-making from FDR to Trump.




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COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerates the Rise of Digital Payments

Could using the cash in your pocket have the potential to spread covid-19? That question has rarely appeared in the news, but many governments and leaders in the digital payments industry are wondering how the virus might impact the use of cash. Several countries have already taken drastic measures to limit circulation of bank notes. Could such interventions lead to the end of cash payments?




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Factoring Pandemic Risks into Financial Modelling

Today’s economic crisis leaves us with an unsettling and perplexing regret. Why weren’t financial portfolios already adjusted for risks that stem from health events such as pandemics? After all, financial portfolios are adjusted for liquidity risks, market risks, credit risks, and even operational and political risks.




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Oil Markets Provide a Glimpse of the Post-Pandemic Future

Henry Kissinger warns that many existing domestic and international institutions that have helped govern the past decades will not survive the Covid-19 crisis. He is surely correct.




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The Global Pandemic Has Spawned New Forms of Activism — and They're Flourishing

The authors have identified nearly 100 distinct methods of nonviolent action that include physical, virtual and hybrid actions.




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Carmen Reinhart Says Argentina’s Debt Workout Won’t Be Its Last

Argentina’s latest effort to restructure its overseas debt probably won’t be its last, according to Harvard University economist Carmen Reinhart, who has sounded alarms over coming emerging markets crises in Venezuela and Turkey.




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What Caused the COVID-19 Testing Deficit?

As the divergent experiences of the US and South Korea show, testing can be the difference between disease containment and catastrophe. Rather than relying on national governments to ensure the rapid development, production, and deployment of diagnostics during outbreaks, the world needs a global coordinating platform.




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Restructuring Argentina’s Private Debt is Essential

Argentina's creditors are being asked to accept a proposal that would reduce their revenue stream but make it sustainable. A responsible resolution will set a positive precedent, not only for Argentina, but for the international financial system as a whole.




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Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson

Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, shared her perspectives on how large organizations are changing in response to the coronavirus pandemic and climate change in the newest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.”




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No, the Coronavirus Will Not Change the Global Order

Joseph Nye advises skepticism toward claims that the pandemic changes everything. China won't benefit, and the United States will remain preeminent.




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Getting Smart on Pandemics: Intelligence in the Wake of COVID-19

This episode of Horns of a Dilemma touches on whether the failure to properly anticipate and warn about the novel coronavirus constitutes an intelligence failure, what changes might be required in the intelligence community in the wake of the pandemic, and what type of investigation or inquiry might be appropriate in order to learn lessons and incorporate changes for both the intelligence community and the whole of government moving forward.




de

The Global Pandemic Has Spawned New Forms of Activism — and They're Flourishing

The authors have identified nearly 100 distinct methods of nonviolent action that include physical, virtual and hybrid actions.




de

What Policymakers Should Ask Modelers

With decision-makers relying on a growing torrent of forecasts regarding COVID-19 and other important issues, it is more important than ever that they ask questions about how the projections were made. To use predictive tools more effectively, policymakers should ask four questions in particular.




de

This Virus Is Tough, but History Provides Perspective: The 1968 Pandemic and the Vietnam War

Nathaniel L. Moir recounts the events of 1968: The war in Vietnam and extensive civil unrest in the United States — and yet another big problem that made life harder. In 1968, the H3N2 pandemic killed more individuals in the United States than the combined total number of American fatalities during both the Vietnam and Korean Wars.




de

How COVID-19 is Testing American Leadership

Joseph Nye suggests that a new U.S. administration might take a leaf from the success of the post-1945 American presidents that are described in Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump. The United States could launch a massive COVID-19 aid program like the Marshall Plan.




de

Why Bernie Sanders Will Win in 2020, No Matter Who Gets Elected

Stephen Walt writes that even though Bernie Sanders is out of the presidential race, the time has come for many of the policies that he promoted: Universal Healthcare; Democratic Socialism; Income Redistribution; and Foreign Policy.




de

Trump Turned the Death Count Into a Story About Himself

Official figures exclude thousands who have died during the pandemic. To draw the right lessons, the United States needs an accurate tally of the victims.




de

An Abysmal Failure of Leadership

During times of crisis, the most effective leaders are those who can build solidarity by educating the public about its own interests. Sadly, in the case of COVID-19, the leaders of the world's two largest economies have gone in the opposite direction, all but ensuring that the crisis will deepen.




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Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding




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Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson’s disease




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Author Correction: <i>Cdkn1a</i> deletion improves stem cell function and lifespan of mice with dysfunctional telomeres without accelerating cancer formation




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Elevated sorbitol underlies a heritable neuropathy




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Mitigating osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) through preventive dental care and understanding of risk factors




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Ionomycin ameliorates hypophosphatasia via rescuing alkaline phosphatase deficiency-mediated L-type Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel internalization in mesenchymal stem cells




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Accesibilidad informacional y diversidad funcional en el contexto universitario: el caso de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Cuevas-Cerveró, Aurora and Razquín-Zazpe, Pedro and Parra-Valero, Pablo and Barrios-Martínez, Cristina and Gómez-Hernández, José-Antonio . Accesibilidad informacional y diversidad funcional en el contexto universitario: el caso de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid., 2020 In: Competencia en Información y Políticas para Educación Superior: Estudos Hispano-Brasileiros. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, pp. 132-146. [Book chapter]




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Centros de documentación de diarios en el siglo XXI. Panorama después del tsunami

Guallar, Javier and Cornet, Anna Centros de documentación de diarios en el siglo XXI. Panorama después del tsunami. BiD, 2020, n. 44. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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e-EMGDE, RIC, NEDA y las normas de codificación: más allá de un perfil de aplicación en archivos

Baños-Moreno, María-José and Valentín-Ruiz, Francisco-José and Blázquez-Martín-de-las-Mulas, Antonio e-EMGDE, RIC, NEDA y las normas de codificación: más allá de un perfil de aplicación en archivos., 2019 . In IV Congreso ISKO España-Portugal, Barcelona, 11-12 de julio de 2019. [Conference paper]




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El aspecto social de la biblioteca pública y la inclusión social de las minorías

Saurin-Parra, Julia . El aspecto social de la biblioteca pública y la inclusión social de las minorías., 2019 In: El libro y la lectura en recintos penitenciarios. Gráfica Nacional, pp. 73-81. [Book chapter]




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El libro y la lectura en los recintos penitenciarios de la región de Valparaíso

Sequeiros, Paula and Silveira, Fabrício José Nascimento da and Rivera Donoso, Miguel and Armingol Jaime, Karla and Díaz Rubio, Sara and Sáez Alarcón, Daniela and Muñoz Muño, Alexia and Saurin Parra, Julia and Cosgrove, Kimberly and Parra, Pablo and Barbosa, Andreza Gonçalves and Piñeiros, Gabriela . El libro y la lectura en los recintos penitenciarios de la región de Valparaíso., 2019 Universidad de Playa Ancha. [Book]




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Análisis de los servicios 'a la carta' de las televisiones autonómicas españolas

Anton, Laura and Guallar, Javier Análisis de los servicios 'a la carta' de las televisiones autonómicas españolas., 2020 . In IV Congreso ISKO España y Portugal, Barcelona, 11-12 July 2019. [Conference paper]




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Cosas de mujeres: lectura y penitenciaría

Sequeiros, Paula . Cosas de mujeres: lectura y penitenciaría., 2019 In: Las prácticas de lectura en los recintos penitenciarios de la región de Valparaíso. Universidad de Playa Ancha, pp. 91-101. [Book chapter]




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Leer, escribir y aprender con Internet. La función educativa de las bibliotecas y las tecnologías participativas de la web social

Gómez-Hernández, José-Antonio . Leer, escribir y aprender con Internet. La función educativa de las bibliotecas y las tecnologías participativas de la web social., 2008 In: Infodiversidad. La biblioteca como centro multicultural. Universidad de Guadalajara, pp. 55-74. [Book chapter]




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La medición de la satisfacción de usuarios como indicador de calidad en los sistemas bibliotecarios: el caso de las universidades públicas de noroeste de México

Verdugo-Sánchez, José-Alfredo La medición de la satisfacción de usuarios como indicador de calidad en los sistemas bibliotecarios: el caso de las universidades públicas de noroeste de México., 2015 PhD Thesis thesis, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. [Thesis]




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The COVID-19 Distance Learning: Insight from Ukrainian students

Nenko, Yuliia and Кybalna, Nelia and Snisarenko, Yana The COVID-19 Distance Learning: Insight from Ukrainian students. Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo, 2020, vol. 5, pp. 1-19. [Journal article (Paginated)]




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Educar para la transparencia y una ciudadanía informada: diseño, aplicación y evaluación del programa IRIS para alumnado de Bachillerato de la Región de Murcia (España)

Campillo-Meseguer, María-José and Galiano-Martínez, Antonio and Gómez-Hernández, José-Antonio and Hidalgo-Pérez, Antonio and López Aniorte, María-del-Carmen and Martínez-Navarro, Emilio and Molina-Molina, José and Mayor-Balsas, José-Manuel and Ros-Media, José Luis and Oliva-Palazón, Elena and Reverte-Martínez, Francisco-Manuel and Baeza-Hernández, María-José . Educar para la transparencia y una ciudadanía informada: diseño, aplicación y evaluación del programa IRIS para alumnado de Bachillerato de la Región de Murcia (España)., 2020 In: Competencias en Información y Políticas para Educación Superior: Estudios Hispano-Brasileños, volumen 1. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, pp. 123-138. [Book chapter]




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Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak // Impacto del Covid-19 en el sistema de medios. Consecuencias comunicativas y democráticas del consumo de noticias durante el

Casero-Ripollés, Andreu Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak // Impacto del Covid-19 en el sistema de medios. Consecuencias comunicativas y democráticas del consumo de noticias durante el brote. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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Comunicación corporativa, relaciones públicas y gestión del riesgo reputacional en tiempos del Covid-19

Xifra, Jordi Comunicación corporativa, relaciones públicas y gestión del riesgo reputacional en tiempos del Covid-19. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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Ritmo de crecimiento diario de la producción científica sobre Covid-19. Análisis en bases de datos y repositorios en acceso abierto

Torres-Salinas, Daniel Ritmo de crecimiento diario de la producción científica sobre Covid-19. Análisis en bases de datos y repositorios en acceso abierto. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 2. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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La radio: el medio que mejor se comporta en las crisis. Hábitos de escucha, consumo y percepción de los oyentes de radio durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19

Rodero, Emma La radio: el medio que mejor se comporta en las crisis. Hábitos de escucha, consumo y percepción de los oyentes de radio durante el confinamiento por el Covid-19. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 92, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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Comunicación y crisis del coronavirus en España. Primeras lecciones // Communication and coronavirus crisis in Spain. First lessons

Costa-Sánchez, Carmen and López-García, Xosé Comunicación y crisis del coronavirus en España. Primeras lecciones // Communication and coronavirus crisis in Spain. First lessons. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]




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Noticias sobre Covid-19 y 2019-nCoV en medios de comunicación de España: el papel de los medios digitales en tiempos de confinamiento // News on Covid-19 and 2019-nCoV in Spanish media: The role of digital media in times of confinement

Lázaro-Rodríguez, Pedro and Herrera-Viedma, Enrique Noticias sobre Covid-19 y 2019-nCoV en medios de comunicación de España: el papel de los medios digitales en tiempos de confinamiento // News on Covid-19 and 2019-nCoV in Spanish media: The role of digital media in times of confinement. El profesional de la información, 2020, vol. 29, n. 3. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]