Falling in the Midst of Crisis: The Collapse of the Mangkunegaran Autonomous Government in the Social Revolution Era, 1945-1946 by Fauzan Syahru Ramadhan, Alamsyah Alamsyah, Haryono Rinardi

“…This article examines the social revolution in Surakarta, characterized by the anti-autonomous movement during the early years of the Indonesian Republic's independence, leading to the collapse of the Mangkunegaran autonomous government. …”
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Le « retour à la terre » : entre utopie et nostalgie   by Madeleine Sallustio

“…Utopian and nostalgic imaginations feed each other and allude to an unloved present while, at the same time, proposing the creation of a radical alternative that involves the entire existence. …”
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Autoportraits photographiques américains : De la blancheur à l’ombre chez Alfred Stieglitz ; de la nudité au pastiche chez Lee Miller by Marie Cordié-Levy

“…This self-portrait which acts as a signature gave full power and independence to American photography for the next hundred years. …”
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Local government in Kazakhstan: an attempt to create a national model by Nikolay Yuvitsa

“…With the development of independence, all public institutions, including the Institute of local government, have undergone changes in Kazakhstan. …”
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Sudanese totalitarianism: violent jihad as a state policy [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Karolina Zielińska

“…The case of Sudanese violent jihadism is a specific one, starting from 1881–1899 Mahdist’s uprising. Since the 1956 independence, the history of Sudan has been marked by civil wars taking place in various parts of its huge territory; violence under the outwardly jihadist banner culminated in the 1990s. …”
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Ewolucja ustawodawstwa i orzecznictwa Sądu Konstytucyjnego Ukrainy w kwestii języka państwowego by Rafał Czachor

“…The language issue was among the most salient problems of Ukrainian public life since gaining independence in 1991. There is no doubt that it was one of the crucial factors that influenced Ukrainian politics and driving its dynamics. …”
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Etat et croyance(s) dans la Bolivie « plurinationale » d’Evo Morales by Christine Delfour

“…This represents a radical change compared with the Constitution of 1967 which, in its 3rd article, stipulates that « the State recognizes and supports the Roman Catholic Apostolic religion ». …”
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Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), from Unitarianism to Agnosticism by Odile Boucher-Rivalain

“…This article examines Harriet Martineau’s evolution from the Unitarian heritage of her family’s education to the free thinking of her mature age, religious doubt having been a source, not of anxiety, but of a keenly desired independence and liberty of action.…”
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Anchored in Justice: Yorùbá Philosophy and the Politics of a Diverse State by Segun Gbadegesin

“…To illustrate, I recount a few historical and mythical examples from the radical and unconventional social critics, Kọrú Ọjà, Ọpálábà and Aróhánrán of the Old Ọyọ Empire, to the historical Àare ̣ Kúrunmí of Ìjàyè. …”
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Measurement events relative to temporal quantum reference frames by Ladina Hausmann, Alexander Schmidhuber, Esteban Castro-Ruiz

“…The Page-Wootters formalism is a proposal for reconciling the background-dependent, quantum-mechanical notion of time with the background independence of general relativity. However, the physical meaning of this framework remains debated. …”
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Efficacy and safety of transanal endoscopic microsurgery for early rectal cancer: a meta-analysis by Chunqiang Wang, Tianye Huang, Xuebing Wang

“…BackgroundThe gold standard for the treatment of rectal cancer is radical surgery with total mesorectal excision (TME). …”
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A Gestalt perspective on Manichaean worldviews and individuals’ engagement in violence: the case of the Italian far left by Giulia Grillo, Giulia Grillo

“…This work provides important insight to better understand radicalization and engagement in violence, and to develop appropriate responses to prevent it.…”
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Treatment-related mortality in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation: results of a meta-analysis of published trials by Cristina Gurizzan, Michela Cinquini, Lorenzo Legramandi, Carlo Resteghini, Marco Siano, Cristiana Bergamini, Luigi Lorini, Davide Smussi, Alberto Paderno, Lisa Licitra, Paolo Bossi

“…None of the predictors proved to be independently correlated with TRD at multivariable analysis. …”
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Initial Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Radiologic Assessment for Renal Mass Edge Detection as an Indication of Tumor Roughness to Predict Renal Cancer Subtypes by Rahul Rajendran, Kevan Iffrig, Deepak K Pruthi, Allison Wheeler, Brian Neuman, Dharam Kaushik, Ahmed M Mansour, Karen Panetta, Sos Agaian, Michael A. Liss

“…Thirty randomly selected patients who underwent nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) had their images independently reviewed by engineers. Tumor “Roughness” was based on image algorithm of tumor topographic features visualized on computed tomography (CT) scans. …”
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The economic situation of state farms and collective farms Altai Territory in the second half of 1980s by D. S. Orlov, A. A. Chirkov

“…At the same time, the ruling elite did not provide for a radical revision of the system of economic relations between the state and agricultural producers. …”
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TYPOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODELS (TO THE PROBLEM OF VALUE IDENTIFICATIONS OF UKRAINIANS) by V. V. Mudrakov, O. S. Polishchuk

“…The research is limited to the Soviet period and the period of independence, which is reflected respectively in Thesis I – The Phenomenon of Homo Sovieticus and Thesis II – A Person in the Situation of Post-Homo Sovieticus. …”
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FREEDOM OF THE INFORMATION SPACE. IS IT A REALITY OR ILLUSION? by Elena V. Korableva

“…The new communicative surroundings are radically transforming traditional communication between people. …”
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Institute of higher education: the first quarter of a century by Василь Кремень

“…Secondly, it was necessary to carry out radical changes in the entire system of higher education of Ukraine, to create a coherent national and modern system of higher education, which involved not only the implementation of changes at the national level, but also a significant restructuring of the universities themselves. …”
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The state of scientific research of militia activity in Ukraine during the period of partial liberalisation of the political regime in the USSR (1953–1962) by V. A. Grechenko, O. N. Yarmysh

“…The historiography of militia activity during the years of partial de-Stalinisation is divided into two stages: the Soviet period and the period of Ukraine’s independence. The 1960s-1980s were marked by a significant increase in researchers' interest in studying the general issues of the history and legal foundations of internal affairs. …”
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eHealth, digital information and technology use of men with prostate cancer by Stuart R Jackson, Paul Yu, Steven Sowter, Stefano Occhipinti, Suzanne Chambers, Scott Leslie, Manish I Patel

“…Mean age of respondents was 69.6 years (SD 7.8). 74.5% ( n = 260) had undergone radical prostatectomy, while 10% ( n = 35) reported locally advanced/metastatic disease. …”
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