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Reconceptualizing resistance organizations and outcomes: Introducing the Revolutionary and Militant Organizations dataset (REVMOD) by Acosta, Benjamin

“…In recent years, scholars of various forms of conflict involving revolutionary and militant organizations (such as terrorism, civil war, and nonviolent…”
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Live to Win Another Day: Why Many Militant Organizations Survive Yet Few Succeed by Acosta, Benjamin

“…Militant organizations pursue two common aims: to survive and to achieve the goals that define their raison d'être. Yet, elements that sustain the life spans…”
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: First registry effort in Mexico by Robles‐Castro, Julieta, Niembro‐Zúñiga, Ana, Ortiz‐Azpilcueta, Mariana, Betanzos‐Cabrera, Yadira, Arreguín‐González, Farina, Barrera‐Villegas, Gabriela, Ortiz‐Morales, Daniel, Arroyo‐Acosta, José Benjamín, Zapata‐Tarrés, Marta

“…Introduction Brainstem tumors comprise 10.9% of all brain tumors, and pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) have a fatal prognosis. Some countries…”
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Introducing the 1993 Terrorism and Political Violence Dataset by Acosta, Benjamin, Ramos, Kristen

“…The introduction of the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) nearly a decade ago sparked a revolution in terrorism studies. However, one major flaw in the database…”
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High burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Mexico: An epidemic of ischemic heart disease that may be on its way? by ACOSTA-CAZARES, Benjamín, LA PENA, Jorge Escobedo-De

“…Background Whereas developed nations have witnessed a drop in the occurrence and mortality of ischemic heart disease, developing nations have recorded a…”
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Illuminating the Global Suicide-Attack Network by Acosta, Benjamin, Childs, Steven J.

“…This article examines the contemporary phenomenon of suicide attacks by fusing network analysis and time-series econometrics. We find that a global network of…”
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Lipoprotein(a) and Homocysteine Potentiate the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Male Subjects by Baños-González, Manuel Alfonso, Anglés-Cano, Eduardo, Cardoso-Saldaña, Guillermo, Peña-Duque, Marco Antonio, Martínez-Ríos, Marco Antonio, Valente-Acosta, Benjamin, González-Pacheco, Héctor, Peña-Díaz, Aurora de la

“…Background: Lipoprotein (Lp(a)) and homocysteine (Hcy) are independent risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Hcy promotes the release of free apo(a)…”
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Secondary immune thrombocytopenia supposedly attributable to COVID-19 vaccination by Fueyo-Rodriguez, Omar, Valente-Acosta, Benjamin, Jimenez-Soto, Rodolfo, Neme-Yunes, Yvette, Inclán-Alarcón, Sergio Ignacio, Trejo-Gonzalez, Roxana, García-Salcido, Miguel Ángel

“…Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has been widely reported as a complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but to our knowledge, there have been no reports on the…”
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From Bombs to Ballots: When Militant Organizations Transition to Political Parties by Acosta, Benjamin

“…When do militant organizations transition to political parties? Once reaching the productive limits of political violence, militant organizations sometimes…”
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Exclusionary Politics and Organized Resistance by Acosta, Benjamin

“…In seeking to overthrow, reform, or separate from an existing political system, both violent and nonviolent resistance organizations emerge. A common finding…”
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Dying for survival: Why militant organizations continue to conduct suicide attacks by Acosta, Benjamin

“…Suicide attacks continue to plague a multitude of conflict zones. However, the scholarly literature on the phenomenon has yet to produce a theory that explains…”
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The Breast of Antinous. The Male Body as Erotic Object in Hellenistic Image and Text by Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin

“…The subject of this article is the brief period of young male beauty prior to becoming a fully mature man. For this state to endure beyond the brief time…”
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Concomitant Cytomegalovirus Viraemia in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults (MIS-A) following COVID-19 by Valente-Acosta, Benjamin, Moreno-Sánchez, Francisco, Neme-Yunes, Yvette, López-Rueda, Sara, Hoyo-Ulloa, Irma, Garcia-Gutierrez, Mónica

“…Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) is recognised as an infrequent complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This syndrome occurs…”
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A Man in His Forties with Recurrent Cat-Scratch Disease by López-Rueda, Sara, Valente-Acosta, Benjamin, Murillo-Zolezzi, Adrian, Moreno-Sánchez, Francisco, Hoyo-Ulloa, Irma, Baquera-Heredia, Jesús Javier

“…Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a self-limited zoonotic infection transmitted by felines caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Bartonella henselae. It usually…”
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Dying for survival |s Why militant organizations continue to conduct suicide attacks by Acosta, Benjamin

“…Suicide attacks continue to plague a multitude of conflict zones. However, the scholarly literature on the phenomenon has yet to produce a theory that explains…”
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Friends in the Profession: Rebel Leaders, International Social Networks, and External Support for Rebellion by Huang, Reyko, Silverman, Daniel, Acosta, Benjamin

“…Abstract What drives foreign state support for rebel organizations? While scholars have examined the geopolitical and organizational factors that fuel foreign…”
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1886. Prevalence Of Latent TB Infection Among Critically Ill COVID-19 Population In a Tertiary Teaching Hospital In Mexico by Montiel, Santiago, Valente-Acosta, Benjamin

“…Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is defined as TB…”
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Prevalence of Central Obesity in Mexico: A National Study by Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, MD

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Fibrinolytic Activity of Circulating Microvesicles Is Associated with Progression of Breast Cancer by Valente-Acosta, Benjamín, Flores-García, Mirthala, González-Zárate, Georgina, Gerson-Cwilich, Raquel, Maldonado-Méndez, Marai, Juárez-Vega, Guillermo, Anglés-Cano, Eduardo, Peña-Díaz, Aurora de la

“…The fibrinolytic system plays an important role in breast cancer, favoring progression through extracellular-matrix degradation, angiogenesis, apoptosis and…”
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Introducing ROLE: A database of rebel leader attributes in armed conflict by Acosta, Benjamin, Huang, Reyko, Silverman, Daniel

“…Existing literature on civil wars relies predominantly on state- and organization-level variables to understand conflict dynamics and outcomes. In this…”
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