MUTUAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF STATE AND TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY. THE RENEWED ROLE OF CHIEFS IN POLICING AND JUSTICE ENFORCEMENT IN MOZAMBIQUE

Mutual Transformations of State and Traditional Authority. The renewed role of chiefs in policing and justice enforcement in Mozambique

This article explores the renewed role of chiefs in policing and justice enforcement from the perspective of every-day practices and modes of organising the relationship between chiefs and local state institutions.Based on ethnographic material from Dombe in Sussundenga District, in Mozambique, it asks what the newly forged Cooker relationship impl

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Wrist-Worn Wearables for Monitoring Heart Rate and Energy Expenditure While Sitting or Performing Light-to-Vigorous Physical Activity: Validation Study

BackgroundPhysical activity reduces the incidences of noncommunicable diseases, obesity, and mortality, but an inactive lifestyle is becoming increasingly common.Innovative approaches to monitor and promote physical activity are warranted.While individual monitoring of Holiday Decorations physical activity aids in the design of effective interventi

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Pangolins Lack IFIH1/MDA5, a Cytoplasmic RNA Sensor That Initiates Innate Immune Defense Upon Coronavirus Infection

Zoonotic infections are an imminent threat to human health.Pangolins were recently identified as carriers and intermediate hosts of coronaviruses.Previous research has shown that infection with coronaviruses activates an innate immune response upon sensing of viral RNA by interferon-induced with helicase C domain 1 (IFIH1), also known as MDA5.Here,

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