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The American war in Afghanistan : a history
\"The American War in Afghanistan is a full history of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It covers political, cultural, strategic, and tactical aspects of the war and details the actions and decision-making of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban. The work follows a narrative format to go through the 2001 US invasion, the state-building of 2002-2005, the Taliban offensive of 2006, the US surge of 2009-2011, the subsequent drawdown, and the peace talks of 2019-2020. The book examines the overarching questions of the war: Why did the United States fail? What opportunities existed to reach a better outcome? Why did the United States not withdraw from the war?\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Insurrection
Insurrection offers a profound and incisive analysis of the underlying factors that culminated in the assault on Washington's Capitol on that fateful day in January 2021. Going far beyond journalistic accounts, the book delves into structural trends within the United States, providing a broader and deeper context for comprehending the magnitude of the uprising. It explores the crisis of democracy, escalating violence, widening inequality and the prominence of conspiratorial discourse within American politics. By examining long-term issues as well as the tumultuous events of 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, policing challenges and the fiercely contested presidential election, this book uncovers the catalysts behind conspiracy theories and the politics of outrage. This compelling narrative is essential reading for all those interested in the contemporary face of the USA.
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Myanmar in Crisis
Myanmar in Crisis brings together scholars from across the social sciences to analyse the dual crises of COVID-19 and the 2021 military coup. All of the essays address one of four themes around the concept of crisis: society in crisis, a state in crisis, an economy in crisis, and international relations in crisis. Several authors examine the contested nature of state authority in the post-coup revolutionary context, including the emergence of new governance dynamics; others discuss heterogenous forms of resistance and the potential for building a more inclusive, just, and tolerant society in the future of Myanmar. The volume also explores the economic crisis caused by the pandemic and the coup and its devastating effects on people's lives and livelihoods: the authors provide a deep dive into the impacts of restrictive COVID-19 prevention measures on local communities, the growing livelihoods crisis since the coup, and the impacts of both crises on foreign trade and investment. Scaling up from that local perspective, the book also looks at Myanmar's history of foreign relations, the response of the international community to the coup and the challenges faced by foreign governments and regional bodies in navigating the deteriorating political situation. Held together, the volume highlights the ongoing state of crisis in Myanmar, its impact on society and the possibilities for recovery and reform, amidst a powerful new revolutionary movement. Beyond providing crucial insights to Southeast Asian area specialists, the book offers deep insights into the way that multiple crises interact, amplify one another, and open up possibilities for hope amidst tragedy.
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Risk prediction in financial management of listed companies based on optimized BP neural network under digital economy
In the era of \"Internet plus,\" the world economy is becoming more and more globalized and informationalized. China's enterprises are facing unprecedented opportunities for their operation and development. However, it is also facing the financial uncertainties brought about by the fluctuations of the general economic environment, and the company is facing increasing financial risks. The reason why most enterprises encounter a serious financial crisis or even close down in the later stage is that they do not pay full attention to the initial financial problems and do not take effective measures to deal with the crisis in time. Financial risk warning has become an important part of modern enterprise financial management. This paper mainly puts forward the optimized BP neural system as the financial early warning model and ensures its high prediction accuracy. In the research, the operation principle and related reasoning process of the model are described, its shortcomings are analyzed, and solutions are put forward. Through the financial risk analysis of listed companies from 2017 to 2020, we find that the correct rate of the prediction results of the financial distress of normal companies in the selected companies based on the optimized BPNN has reached more than 80%, which proves the effectiveness of the optimized BPNN.
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The Afghans : three lives through war, love and revolt
In 'The Bookseller of Kabul', Seierstad studied life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Now twenty years later, the Taliban is back in power, and Seierstad returns with 'The Afghans', a book to help us understand Afghanistan's past, present and future, told through the lives of three unforgettable people: - Jamila, Bashir and Ariana - as well their families, friends, foes and co-fighters. Jamila is a women's rights activist; Bashir is a Taliban commander; Ariana is a law student who had one semester left when the Taliban came to power. The stories of these three Afghans encompass love, loss, revolt and war as well as the everyday rhythms of family life. Through them, we experience and come to understand the lead-up to the Taliban retaking power in 2021, how the first year of Taliban rule unfolded, and where this leaves Afghans today, and tomorrow.
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White matter hyperintensities and brain microbleeds in ataxia-telangiectasia: the Cambridge cohort
BackgroundIsolated reports indicate the presence of MRI T2 white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and brain microbleeds (BMB) in ataxia telangiectasia (AT), but this has not previously been assessed in a sys- tematic way. We report the MRI brain findings of a large cohort of adults with variant and classical AT.MethodsTwo investigators independently assessed T2-FLAIR, SWI, GRE sequences of 38 AT patients, for WMH using the Fazekas and modified-Scheltens scales, and for probable BMB using the BOMBs scale.ResultsWMH were observed more frequently in variant AT (81.8% vs 58.3% classic), in the periventricular and deep white matter. Modified-Scheltens score was mean 2.29 (range 0- 11, SD 2.46), without signifi- cant differences between classic and variants (p=0.51); our cohort scored between mean 0.32 (range 0–1, SD 0.47) using Fazekas scale (p=0.25).BMB were seen more frequently in classic AT (57.1% versus 4.6% variant, p<0.01, SD 33.80) in cortical and subcortical regions. Three classic AT patients had extensive (>100) BMBs.ConclusionsMild WMH is a common finding in AT, of which the significance is unknown. The presence of BMBs in a large proportion of patients supports the presence of neurovascular abnormalities in AT, which could contribute to the neurodegenerative process or predispose to cerebral haemorrhage.myt29@cam.ac.uk
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قراءة خليجية لتوجهات بايدن نحو الشرق الأوسط
تنقسم هذه الورقة إلى مجموعة من المحاور الرئيسية التي تسعى إلى تسليط الضوء على ملامح سياسة بايدن الخارجية إزاء منطقة الشرق الأوسط عموما ومنطقة الخليج خصوصا، وما قد يواجهها من تحديات في سبيل تنفيذ هذه السياسة وتحقيق أهدافها، بالإضافة إلى نظرة دول الخليج إلى هذه السياسة وما قد تفرزه من تداعيات، وما ينبغي لهذه الدول القيام به من أجل التعاطي مع هذه السياسة.
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009 Language decline following white matter tract damage during anterior temporal lobe resection in language dominant hemisphere
Anterior temporal lobe resection (ATLR) for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) has remission rates up to 80%, however is underutilised, in part because of the risk of language decline following surgery. Language decline occurs in up to 50% of ATLR in the language dominant side. This can occur despite careful planning with functional MRI (fMRI) language mapping. Several white matter bundles are close to the resection area which could contribute to language decline. Diffusion MRI-based fibre tracking to map the arcuate, uncinate, inferior fronto-occipital, inferior, and middle longitudinal fasciculus was performed on 43 patients. We extracted the left-sided bundles in those temporal lobe epilepsy patients who had left-dominant language based on verbal fluency functional MRI (fMRI) and a left-sided resection. Resection masks were manually drawn and used as exclusion regions. Changes from pre- to post-operative tractography and language ability were measured as percentages. Linear regression revealed that the McKenna Graded Naming test decline was predicted by the arcuate and middle longitudinal fasciculus resection (F(2,41)=5.562, p=0.007) with an adjusted R2 of 0.175. These findings demonstrate that damage to anterior arcuate extensions and the middle longitudinal fasciculus affects picture naming ability.lawrence.binding.19@ucl.ac.uk
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