Nigeria has had an elected federal government only 17 of its 46 years since independence in 1960; experiencing a civil war, 1967-70 (Nafziger 1983); persistent military repression; and a series of irregular regime transfers through overthrows, assassinations, and coups. “The consequences of frequent military intervention in Nigerian politics have been devastating – human rights repression, mili...

Despite constant monitoring, we lack a good explanation for the 2018–2019 protest crisis in Nicaragua. The escalation of protests, repression, duration, and death toll are surprising. Applying novel political economic cost framework, benchmark Nicaragua’s historical recent protests explain Ortega administration’s responses, thus providing rich case (with comparative data context) that makes sen...

Abstract What is political about refugeehood? Theorists have assumed that refugees are special because their specific predicament as those who persecuted sets them aside from other “necessitous strangers.” Persecution a form of wrongful harm marks the repudiation person's membership and cannot—contrary to certain harms—be remedied where they are. It makes asylum necessary remedial institution. ...

The Tup1–Ssn6 complex has been well characterized as a Saccharomyces cerevisiae general transcriptional repressor with functionally conserved homologues in metazoans. These homologues are essential for cell differentiation and many other developmental processes. The mechanism of repression of all of these proteins remains poorly understood. Srb10 (a cyclin-dependent kinase associated with the M...

Duplications allow for gene functional diversification and accelerate genome evolution. Occasionally, the transposon amplification machinery reverse transcribes the mRNA of a gene, integrates it into the genome, and forms an RNA-duplicated copy: the retrogene. Although retrogenes have been found in plants, their biology and evolution are poorly understood. Here, we identified 251 (216 novel) re...

A glucose kinase (glkA) mutant of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) M145 was selected by the ability to grow in the presence of the nonmetabolizable glucose analog 2-deoxyglucose. In this glk4 mutant, carbon catabolite repression of glycerol kinase and agarase was relieved on several carbon sources tested, even though most of these carbon sources are not metabolized via glucose kinase. This suggest...

Background: Two CDK subunits of the Mediator complex play pivotal roles in transcription by a mechanism that has not yet been elucidated. Results: The histone arginine methyltransferase PRMT5 is a Mediator CDK-interacting protein. Conclusion: Mediator-associated PRMT5 symmetrically dimethylates histone H4 arginine 3, and this might cause transcriptional repression. Significance: This work enabl...

The paper presents forms of commemoration the Bleiburg tragedy and Way Cross in communities Croatian political refugees West different interpretations mentioned events. It also analyzes some cases which world public was made aware massacres committed by communist Yugoslavia, as well repression diplomatic pressure Yugoslav authorities to prevent commemorations Bleiburg.

Therapists treating individuals who have been traumatized by violent political repression may undergo intense emotional responses, ranging from denial to overidentification. In discussing these reactions, establishment of a therapeutic alliance and awareness of the sociopolitical context of the trauma are highlighted as central elements in the treatment process.