Accounting for Existence: Boundary Bookkeeping in a Relational Universe
Modern cosmology balances its energy budget by introducing dark matter and dark energy to the bulk, yet continues to treat real physical boundaries as essentially free, even though every stable structure pays to exist at its edges. This work asks what changes if we enforce that edge cost.
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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The Physics, Information, and Computation of Perennial Learning: Kolmogorov Complexity, Information Distance, and Port-Hamiltonian Thermodynamics. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel)Bajaj C.
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Environmental Accounting System Model Based on Artificial Intelligence Blockchain and Embedded Sensors. [PDF]
Comput Intell Neurosci, 2022 Zhang W, Zhu M.
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
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Optimized functional zoning based on land use carbon emissions and carbon balance: a case study in Shaanxi Province, China. [PDF]
Carbon Balance ManagMu Q +6 more
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Success and failure in England's patent system: New evidence from patent applications, 1783–1834
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Our understanding of the relationship between the English patent system and technical change during the industrial revolution is based entirely on the study of successful patents. We address this feature by providing the first study of unsuccessful patent applications in England during the first industrial revolution.
Stephen D. Billington, Joe Lane
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The influencing factors, diversification trends, and motivation-enhancement strategies of learning motivation among undergraduate students in Chinese application-oriented universities in the digital age: a grounded theory analysis based on Y University. [PDF]
Front PsycholGuo M, Wang Q, Zhang L, He L.
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith +8 more
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