Scholars exploring transitions to personalist rule focus on coercive power transfer rulers and argue that forming viable political coalitions, undermining power-sharing agreements, mobilizing non-democratic institutions play a crucial role in transferring power. However, no regime can by coercion alone, also involve making new frameworks of legitimacy. Exploring the connections between Turkey's...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the diametral tensile strength (DTS) and Knoop hardness (KH) of direct (Filtek Z350-3M/ESPE and Charisma-Heraeus Kulzer) and indirect composites (Sinfony-3M/ESPE and Signum-Heraeus Kulzer) kept in storage for two periods of time, 24 hours and 10 months, in distilled water. METHODS Twenty-five specimens of each material were prepared. DTS (...

The extraordinary life and fate of Joan of Arc are well known; so is her association with the prophetic preacher, Brother Richard, who predicted the Apocalypse. Less well explained is why contemporaries initially took such an interest in this association, and how and why it began to fade from official memory after Joan’s death. Max Weber’s concepts of “charisma” and “routinization” offer valuab...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy on the diagnosis of secondary caries-like lesions simulated on esthetic restorations of different materials, changing the incidence vertical angle (IVA) of the x-ray beam. Twenty human teeth received MOD inlay preparations. In the experimental group (n=10), a round cavity was made in the floor of the proximal box to simulate the caries-like les...

Abstract If David Bell in his book Men on Horseback (2020) focuses what is political charisma, how it functions, and means ‘to write its history’, this article examines Brazil's ex-President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (‘Lula’) acquired charisma during the dramatic 1978–80 metalworkers’ strikes industrial ABC region of São Paulo, Brazil. While generating a vast literature, scholars have evaded qu...

In this chapter, we present as scripted drama our data from a case study on the features and functions of educational leadership in process multi-academisation. Our objectives are to realise potential drama, specifically Brechtian-inspired aesthetic, foreground rich truths about phenomenon. We do through materialising symbolic, symbolising significant insights themes, embodying reported tension...