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Tri‐stereoscopic PeruSat‐1 imagery enables the simultaneous generation of 0.70 m‐resolution topography and spatially distributed Manning roughness maps, achieving 0.434 m vertical accuracy. Integrated into HEC‐RAS, these products provide consistent, high‐resolution inputs that improve hydraulic modelling and flood risk assessment in data‐scarce river ...
Jorge L. Miranda‐Pita +3 more
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Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers
ABSTRACT The theory of welfare deservingness provides valuable insights into the social legitimacy of welfare programs and the principles underlying policy design. In examining the question of who deserves what and why, established deservingness criteria emphasize that individuals demonstrating motivation to work (“reciprocity”) are typically perceived
Juhyun Bae
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Aplicación de los juegos cooperativos al reparto de costes
La aplicación de la teoría de juegos a las ciencias sociales ha supuesto un importante avance a todos los niveles. La teoría de juegos estudia situaciones en las que interactúan dos o más jugadores racionales que se plantean un conflicto de intereses.
Eulalia Romero Palacios +2 more
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Policy Innovation in Barcelona and Utrecht: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Multilevel Contexts
ABSTRACT This article explores how policy innovation in local social policies emerges within a multilevel governance context. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), it examines how beliefs, coalitions, and institutional arrangements interact across different political arenas—European, national/regional, and local—to foster innovative social
Bruno Miguel Oliveira
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ABSTRACT This study explores governance and systems integration challenges in complex infrastructure megaprojects through a comparative qualitative analysis of the UK's Crossrail and High Speed 2 programs. Drawing on project documentation and interview evidence, it examines how strategic pressures, institutional governance arrangements, and project ...
Seraj Kindakji, Mikela Chatzimichailidou
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ABSTRACT Objective To investigate whether combining abnormal morphological features observed on ultrasound in live pregnancies that ended in a first‐trimester miscarriage can predict an abnormal karyotype. Methods This retrospective observational cohort study was conducted at the early‐pregnancy assessment unit at University College London Hospital ...
T. Setty +5 more
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Achieving Transboundary Water Security Through Water Innovations: A Framework and Cases
ABSTRACT Alternative sources of freshwater, provided by various innovations, have long been available to countries facing acute water stress. We hypothesize that avoiding and/or resolving conflict with neighbors—caused by the uncertainty of continued access to shared surface water and groundwater sources—is another driver of innovation adoption ...
David Lewis Feldman
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the rise and collapse of the 2021 United Arab Emirates (UAE)–Israel–Jordan Water‐for‐Energy Deal, a landmark initiative that sought to exchange Jordanian solar energy for Israeli desalinated water. Presented as a breakthrough in regional cooperation and environmental peacebuilding, the agreement was brokered under the ...
Majed Abu‐Zreig, Hussam Hussein
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The Chilean Revolts and the Failure of the Constituent Process
This article aims to contextualise the recent constituent process in Chile and its subsequent failure, paying attention not only to the so‐called contingent nature of the revolts inaugurated in October 2019, but also to the reengineering process implemented by the Pinochet dictatorship.
Sergio Villalobos‐Ruminott
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ABSTRACT Local governments increasingly rely on contractual relationships with third parties for public service delivery, blending formal agreements with relational mechanisms to reduce risks and uncertainties. While most research on these contracts has focused on relationships between two parties, this work adopts a network perspective to analyze how ...
Raúl Gutiérrez‐Meave +3 more
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