Coalition or Opposition? The Behaviour of Regionalist Parties in Multi-level Competition: The Cases of the Basque Country and Scotland

This article compares the positioning behaviour of parties and reveals why one party joins a coalition, while others do not.The cases of two regionalist parties of the UK and Spain are depicted: the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Basque National Party (BNP).The study is a contribution to the problems of positioning behaviour of parties in decent

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Global Screening of Genomic and Transcriptomic Factors Associated with Phenotype Differences between Multidrug-Resistant and -Susceptible Candida haemulonii Strains

ABSTRACT Candida haemulonii, a close relative of Candida auris, is an emerging pathogen which frequently shows multidrug resistance especially to triazoles, the most used antifungal drugs.The mechanisms of drug resistance in C.haemulonii, however, are largely unknown.Here, we sequenced and annotated the genomes of two reference strains from the C.h

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Seeking Mechanism Improvement of Optimum Prices for New Services in Long-Distance Trains through Use of Nonlinear-in-the-Parameter Analysis Models of Price Elasticity of Demand

There is discussed usage pattern of the nonlinear-in-the-parameter economic and mathematical models aimed at increase in efficiency of price elasticity of demand analysis mechanism and search of optimum fees for services of railway passenger Mains Block Insulator transport within the solving framework of profitability management problems.Based on t

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Illicit drugs use in South African female correctional centres

The number of male prisoners is several times that of female prisoners worldwide, yet paradoxically, women illicit drug users outnumber men.Even though the use of illicit drugs is prohibited within prisons, the substances continue to permeate prisons and the behaviour thrives therein.The channels through which illicit drugs make their way into Ligh

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