cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.gsbnvv
title: The JOBS Act and the boost for start-up fundraising: A Regression Discontinuity design approach

description: &lt;p&gt;Crowdfunding plataforms are becoming increasingly popular, allowing micro-entrepreneurs&lt;br&gt;to raise money to fund projects in various categories. The present study aims to explorar &lt;br&gt;the effects of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups, JOBS) Act, which fostered&lt;br&gt;the crowdfunding model by smoothing several securities regulations, on fundraising, &lt;br&gt;attraction of backers and fundraising categories, seeking to identify ifthere has been a change &lt;br&gt;in the backer profile for the crowdfunding market, especiallyin the Kickstarter.com platform.&lt;br&gt;The empirical analysis used a Regression Discon- tinuity Design model. The discontinuity &lt;br&gt;lies in verifying the incentive provided by the increase in the number of backers and the &lt;br&gt;volume of fundraising after the Act came into effect. When assessing the results, it could be &lt;br&gt;noticed that the Act af- fected fundraising levels for start-up projects in 75%. In a similar &lt;br&gt;way, it affected the number of backers in 59%. In order to test model specification, &lt;br&gt;robustness tests were performed by fundraising category. The Design, Video Games and &lt;br&gt;Technology categories presented both positive and significant results and reinforced the&lt;br&gt;titleof capital increase. There was an increase of US$ 22,599 in the coefficient, which&lt;br&gt;represents a variation of 106% in relation to the average for the Design category.For the &lt;br&gt;Video Games category, the increase was of US$ 42,523, or a variation of 222% in relation &lt;br&gt;to the average. For the Technology category, it was observed that the effect generates an &lt;br&gt;increase of US$ 52,733, or a variation of 174% in relation to the average. Looking at project&lt;br&gt;quality and how it might attract backers, resultsfor successful and unsuccessful projects &lt;br&gt;and for average fundraising were estimated. The results indicate a significative increase in &lt;br&gt;fundraising for successful projects and that they also present evidence on a higher &lt;br&gt;fundraising average. The growth of the crowdfunding movement associated with the JOBS &lt;br&gt;Act brought more institutional and legal security to micro-entrepreneurs, backers and users &lt;br&gt;of crowdfunding plat- forms, demonstrating a positive effect for projects hosted on the &lt;br&gt;Kickstarter.com platform, boosting their volume of fundraising.&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.3535/jdd-vn7-vwv
title: Nepeta foliosa Moris

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/xzp-2pq-c21
title: Selliguea hastata (Thunb.) Fraser-Jenk.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/jm3-7qx-74m
title: Equisetum palustre L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/za4-e0k-lqg
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.gsbnvv/pgoujk
title: basejobs2016.tab
DOI: 10.3535/chj-e22-td0
title: Pteris cretica L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/sy6-e42-9jr
title: Campyloneurum amphostenon (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Fée

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/c6l-f9j-1ej
title: Campyloneurum amphostenon (Kunze ex Klotzsch) Fée

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/ge8-yq9-9z4
title: Asplenium trichomanes L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.4dstzd
title: Efeitos do horário de verão sobre acidentes no Brasil: Uma abordagem de Regressão Descontinua

description: &lt;p&gt;O horário de verão é uma política de redução do consumo de energia instituída no Brasil&lt;br /&gt;todos os anos a partir da segunda semana de outubro. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo &lt;br /&gt;avaliar os possíveis efeitos da política do horário de verão sobre os acidentes nas rodovias &lt;br /&gt;federais brasileiras. Os dados de ocorrência de acidentes da polícia rodoviária federal &lt;br /&gt;utilizados compreendem o período de 2007 a 2013, agregados por dia e hora para cada &lt;br /&gt;Estado brasileiro. Primeiramente foram apreciados os efeitos a curto prazo sobre o número&lt;br /&gt;de acidentes na transição de entrada do horário de verão nos estados que sofreram a&lt;br /&gt;intervenção, por meio do modelo de Regressão Descontinua. A transição para o horário de &lt;br /&gt;verão, aproximadamente os primeiros vinte e quatro dias, reduzem o risco de acidentes nas&lt;br /&gt;rodovias federais através da realocação de uma hora de luminosidade da manhã para a&lt;br /&gt;tarde. Logo após foi mensurada a duração do efeito da mesma política a longo prazo em &lt;br /&gt;todos os estados, por meio do modelo de Diferenças em Diferenças. Ambos os modelos&lt;br /&gt;revelaram que a aplicação da política do horário de verão apresentou evidências na redução&lt;br /&gt;sobre o número de acidentes nas rodovias federais brasileiras. A fim de complementar a&lt;br /&gt;análise, foram realizados testes de robustez que determinaram os efeitos de tendências&lt;br /&gt;anteriores, Estados com maior risco de acidentes, decomposição em horas de luminosidade&lt;br /&gt;e período final do horário de verão. Os resultados apontaram que os Estados em que a política &lt;br /&gt;do horário de verão foi utilizada os acidentes sofreram redução de 10% (dez por cento).&lt;/p&gt;
DOI: 10.3535/774-nty-rb8
title: Micromeria graeca (L.) Benth. ex Rchb.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/k86-7bn-2y8
title: Asteraceae Dumort.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/5rq-lyl-l8r
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/577-7y9-x5e
title: Limonium coralliforme Alf. Mayer

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/zkr-vy9-a4s
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.4dstzd/pr7zny
title: dstacidente0312completo.rar
DOI: 10.3535/k3e-1ls-1lq
title: Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/tj7-6c3-l2q
title: Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A. R. Sm. & R. C. Moran

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz
title: Pro-angiogenic photo-crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel: a potential candidate for repairing alveolar bone defects

description: This study aimed to develop a pro-angiogenic hydrogel with in situ gelation ability for alveolar bone defects repair. Firstly, silk fibroin was chemically modified by Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA) to obtain photo-crosslinkable silk fibroin. Next, scratch assay, transwell-based migration assay and angiogenic assay were conducted to investigate the effect of the photo-crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel on the migration and tube formation behavior of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Finally, subcutaneous implantation experiments were conducted to further examine the pro-angiogenic ability of the photo-crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel. According to our results, it is concluded that the photo-crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel possessed pro-angiogenic ability while inhibiting inflammation. Besides, the photo-crosslinking ability makes it suitable for matching irregular alveolar bone defects.
DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier.19340130
title: PS1 3{pi} analysis of z~0.3 QSOs host galaxies

description: VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astrophysical Journal with title ' The star-forming main sequence of the host galaxies of low-redshift quasars.' (bibcode: 2022ApJ...934..130Z)
DOI: 10.3535/ar3-ejm-nz1
title: Asplenium harpeodes Kunze

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/p6r-l95-dqg
title: Elaphoglossum paleaceum (Hook. & Grev.) Sledge

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/2tq-4cn-clj
title: Elaphoglossum engelii (H. Karst.) Christ

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/tt0-47j-b8k
title: Melpomene moniliformis (Lag. ex Sw.) A. R. Sm. & R. C. Moran

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/x6e2ez
title: Table_1

description: The forward and reverse sequences for angiogenic genes (VEGF and HIF-1α)
DOI: 10.3535/ajd-9x0-x8v
title: Pleopeltis montigena (Maxon) A. R. Sm. & Tejero

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/qgk-392-03b
title: Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/luoi0n
title: Graphical_Abstract

description: Graphical Abstract
DOI: 10.3535/ajd-m9t-xby
title: Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/hfp-2ab-w68
title: Elaphoglossum erinaceum (Fée) T. Moore

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/hrp-e08-9vb
title: Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/c0eqtj
title: Figure_3

description: The conditioned medium of MeSF promoted the migration of HUVECs with transwell assay. 
(A) The schematic picture of the transwell assay. (B) The fluorescence images of HUVEC nuclei, stained by DAPI (blue). The images showed the HUVECs which migrated from the upper surface of the microporous membrane to the lower surface of the microporous membrane. Scale bar: 500 μm. (C) Quantification of the migrated cell densities in different group (***p&lt;0.001; n=3).
DOI: 10.3535/41b-0ck-g5g
title: Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/wft-4e8-vgn
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/8qj-lwd-qzf
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/ebs-se5-l3c
title: Limonium × dolcheri Pignatti

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/3qrk1y
title: Figure_6

description: MeSF promoted vascularization and inhibited inflammation in vivo. 
(A) Immunofluorescence staining for arteriole marker, α-SMA, and cell nuclei (DAPI). Scale bar: 100 μm. (B) Quantification of arteriole densities (****p&lt;0.0001; n=3). (C) Immunofluorescence staining for capillary marker, CD31, and cell nuclei (DAPI). Scale bar: 100 μm. (D) Quantification of arteriole densities (***p&lt;0.001; n=3). (E) Immunofluorescence staining for inflammatory cytokine, TNF-α, and cell nuclei (DAPI). Scale bar: 100 μm. (F) Quantification of mean fluorescence intensity (ns: not significant; n=3). (G) Immunofluorescence staining for inflammatory cytokine, IL-1β, and cell nuclei (DAPI). Scale bar: 100 μm. (H) Quantification of mean fluorescence intensity (ns: not significant; n=3).
DOI: 10.3535/14r-qqg-3tz
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/j6w-npc-awz
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/djuein
title: Supplementary_Figure_2

description: Angiogenic gene (VEGF and HIF-1α) expression of HUVECs cultured with blank plates, MeSF hydrogels evaluated by qRT-PCR. (**p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001; n&gt;3)
DOI: 10.3535/jj4-c18-y0t
title: Limonium × dolcheri Pignatti

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/4xm-669-3pg
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/5ym-skz-7zm
title: Equisetum palustre L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/colqgn
title: Figure_1

description: The synthesis and characterization of MeSF. 
(A) The chemical reaction for synthesizing methacrylated silk fibroin (MeSF). (B) 1H-NMR spectra of silk Fibroin and MeSF. The 1H-NMR showed the the increased signals of methacrylate vinyl group (a: δ=6.2-6 and 5.8-5.6 ppm), methyl group (b: δ=1.8 ppm) and methylene group (c: δ=3.53-3.69) due to the GMA modification. (D) The photo-induced gelation. With photo-initiator and 405 nm light, the MeSF solution crosslinked to form hydrogel.
DOI: 10.3535/1wq-c0s-58p
title: Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/hbz-cz9-cap
title: Asplenium trichomanes L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/xy5bvy
title: Supplementary_Figure_3

description: The effect of MeSF hydrogel leaching liquor supplemented medium on the proliferation activity of L929 cells was detected by CCK-8 kit. (n&gt;3)
DOI: 10.3535/w01-qbw-vd3
title: Asplenium onopteris L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/fce-n8f-pz0
title: Osmunda regalis L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/zyj-34a-37l
title: Limonium × dolcheri Pignatti

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/tyukph
title: Figure_5

description: MeSF promoted vascularization in vivo. 
(A) The schematic picture of the subcutaneous implantation experiment. The control group is normal subcutaneous tissue; the MeSF group is the MeSF hydrogel implantation group. (B) The gross pictures of the subcutaneous tissues. Compared to normal subcutaneous tissue (control), the implantation of MeSF hydrogel led to neovascularization, indicated by white arrows. Scale bar: 5 mm. (C) The H&E staining images. The implantation of MeSF hydrogel promoted vascularization. The black arrows indicate the newly formed vessels and the blue arrow indicate the degraded MeSF hydrogel. Scale bar: 400 μm.
DOI: 10.3535/1ry-2f9-yws
title: Limonium sulcitanum Arrigoni

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/hah-t7a-qr3
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/efe-zcs-4kw
title: Asplenium markusbeckeri Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/qgn-48w-553
title: Limonium tibulatium Pignatti

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/uzxotq
title: Figure_2

description: The MeSF-conditioned medium promoted the migration of HUVECs with scratch assay. 
(A) Scratch assay images of HUVECs migration. Control group was treated with L-DMEM, while MeSF group was treated with MeSF leaching liquor-supplied L-DMEM. Scale bar: 400 μm. (B) Quantification of cell migration area after incubation for 24 h (**p&lt;0.01; n=3).
DOI: 10.3535/6rn-y9t-xdh
title: Dryopteris schizopaleata Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/8pq-hpb-l2r
title: Asplenium markusbeckeri Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/edcdt5
title: Figure_4

description: MeSF promoted the tube formation of HUVECs in vitro. In vitro angiogenesis assay was used to test the ability of MeSF to promote the tube formation of HUVECs. (A) In control group, cells were seeded in blank well. In Matrigel 354230 group, HUVECs were seeded in well coated with Matrigel 354230 which was used as a positive control. In MeSF group, HUVECs were seeded in well coated with MeSF hydrogel. In the MeSF group, the tube formed in 72 h and are indicated by black arrows. Scale bar: 500 μm. (B) Quantitative analysis of the number of joint by hydrogels co-cultured HUVECs using ImageJ 1.52q1.52v software.
DOI: 10.3535/8ry-7v5-m4a
title: Dryopteris schizopaleata Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/1nq-aws-1x5
title: Dryopteris schizopaleata Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/tp2-c3j-h7f
title: Asplenium uschiae Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/qpzdoq
title: Supplementary_Figure_1

description: The effect of MeSF hydrogel leaching liquor supplemented medium on the proliferation activity of HUVECs was detected by CCK-8 kit. (*p&lt;0.05, **p&lt;0.01, ***p&lt;0.001; n&gt;3)
DOI: 10.3535/3m6-s3c-95h
title: Fritillaria persica L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.ykrikz/rtpbiq
title: README.txt

description: This contains detailed information for all the data files and methods for collecting the data.
DOI: 10.3535/091-cpb-px8
title: Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/dht-5qh-v24
title: Limonium lilacinum (Boiss. & Balansa) Wagenitz

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/3vt-bgx-lp6
title: Genista salzmannii DC.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/ts5-hn6-ydc
title: Ononis spinosa L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.scqyen
title: Data for: REBEn 2023-0246: Déficits Generalizados de Resistência em pessoas privadas de liberdade: perspectivas para a promoção da saúde

description: O conjunto de dados é resultante de parte de uma pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva, exploratória. Realizada por meio de entrevista com uso de questão norteadora, junto a uma unidade prisional de um município do sul do Brasil com 38 pessoas proivadas de liberdade. O objetivo deste foi identificar déficits generalizados de resistência ou ausência de recursos neste grupo populacional para manejo de sua saúde. Os dados foram coletados em fevereiro a julho de 2022.
DOI: 10.3535/j4a-aje-0d2
title: Amorpha fruticosa L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/yvh-t7e-016
title: Euphorbia paralias L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/2ew-g5d-jmy
title: Papaver rhoeas L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.scqyen/z5uvt9
title: Entrevistas.docx

description: REBEn-2023-0246 - Déficits Generalizados de Resistência em pessoas privadas de liberdade: perspectivas para a promoção da saúde
DOI: 10.3535/gmh-z5s-q1q
title: Barbarea vulgaris W. T. Aiton

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/yst-vfk-022
title: Micromeria graeca (L.) Benth. ex Rchb.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.scqyen/dyivnz
title: README.txt

description: Arquivo README_ "Data for: REBEn 2023-0246: Déficits Generalizados de Resistência em pessoas privadas de liberdade: perspectivas para a promoção da saúde"
DOI: 10.3535/ezh-1gx-69h
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/maf-xwb-mez
title: Limonium Mill.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/mwf-432-szx
title: Xanthium orientale var. italicum (Moretti) M. Hassl.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/t8p-hns-8gz
title: Cynanchum acutum L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/hbt-qwt-l4b
title: Seseli tortuosum L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.3535/rtn-zy3-nbc
title: Juncus acutus L.

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin.
DOI: 10.48331/scielodata.7a4qod
title: Why Russia invaded Ukraine and how wars benefit autocrats

description: &lt;p&gt;Contrary to Vladimir Putin's geopolitical arguments to justify the 2022 large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the confrontation has not benefited Russia's position in the European balance of power, though it may bring significant gains to his personalist autocracy. This paper aims to shed light on the causes of Russia's military aggression by addressing the following research questions: (1) Why did Russia invade Ukraine? (2) How do wars benefit autocrats? I argue that the securitization of the West and Ukraine as existential threats to Russia has been mobilized by Putin as a paramount regime legitimation strategy, aiming to boost his popularity, justify the crackdown on critics and oppositionists, empower the security establishment and reinforce nationalism and the regime's ideological precepts, such as the the supremacy of Russian "traditional" values over Western "decadent" liberal values – reference by Kremlin ideologues to LGBTQIA+ movements and representative democracy. I draw on a multi-methods research design, including survey analysis, discourse analysis, legislative content and inferential statistics. The results show that wars can benefit autocrats in different manners. The regime's survival is also a realpolitik goal: Putin and his security establishment need a hostile West and a threatful Ukraine for self-legitimation.&lt;/p&gt;