The AU Model Law on Universal Jurisdiction: An African Response to Western Prosecutions based on the Universality Principle

The African continent has been consistent in placing its concerns regarding the manner in which international criminal justice is administered on the international platform.For the past decade, the continent has minced no words about its misgivings concerning the use of universal jurisdiction (UJ) by both foreign States and the International Crimin

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Structure and Aggregation Mechanisms in Amyloids

The aggregation of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several misfolding diseases known weekend friend juneshine as amyloidoses.Alzheimer′s, Parkinson′s and Huntington’s diseases are some of the approximately 50 amylo

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Study of the impact of consanguinity on abortion and mortality in the population of Beni Abbes (southwestern Algeria)

Abstract Background Despite the numerous studies confirming the involvement of consanguinity in health problems, some populations around the world continue to practice this marital behavior.Algeria, like many Arab-Muslim countries, has very high consanguinity rates that require studies to measure the effects on public health.This study aims to esti

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The processing of intimately familiar and unfamiliar voices: Specific neural responses of speaker recognition and identification.

Research has repeatedly shown that familiar and unfamiliar voices elicit different neural responses.But it has also been suggested that different neural correlates associate with the feeling of having heard a voice and knowing who the voice represents.The terminology used to designate these varying responses remains vague, creating a degree of conf

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A new approach to study of seabird-fishery overlap: Connecting chick feeding with parental foraging and overlap with fishing vessels

Incidental fisheries bycatch is recognised as a major threat to albatross populations worldwide.However, fishery discards and offal produced in large quantities might benefit some scavenging seabirds.Here, we demonstrate an integrated approach to better understand the ecological ramifications of fine-scale overlap between seabirds and fisheries.As

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