Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa
ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
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Solving Laplace's equation in a rectangle by alternating direction implicit methods
Hadjidimos, Apostolos +1 more
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Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling of Inter-Pass Forging in Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing of Inconel 718. [PDF]
Smetannikov OY +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines how governments measure administrative burdens in citizen–state interactions. Although scholarly interest in the burden framework has grown, little is known about how states themselves track and reduce these costs. A scoping review of 38 academic and gray sources, complemented by interviews with 11 experts, identifies six ...
Pierre‐Marc Daigneault +3 more
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Image reconstruction from incomplete data via approximated pseudo-inverse and dual-domain coupled diffusion posterior sampling. [PDF]
Xing Q +5 more
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Reimagining clinical psychology for a changing planet
Abstract Objectives The interconnected climate and ecological emergencies (CEE) are driving irreversible planetary changes with profound consequences for physical and mental health. Clinical psychology holds valuable skills for mitigating and adapting to these impacts, yet the profession lacks a coherent vision for its role.
Georgia King +3 more
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Reversible polarization-enabled hydrogen evolution reaction on two-dimensional ferroelectric Cu <sub><i>n</i></sub> (CrSe<sub>2</sub>) <sub><i>n</i>+1</sub> monolayers. [PDF]
Zhang W, Wang J, Wang Q, Si Y, Yang G.
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ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
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In-Orbit MapAnything: An Enhanced Feed-Forward Metric Framework for 3D Reconstruction of Non-Cooperative Space Targets Under Complex Lighting. [PDF]
Lu Y +6 more
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A Complexity‐Based Approach to Migration Policy Change: The Case of the German Residence Act
ABSTRACT This paper adapts and applies existing indicators to measure the complexity of German migration policy over time. Building on recent scholarship that conceptualizes migration policy as multidimensional, I adapt a measurement strategy from the EUPLEX Project to capture three key components of regulatory complexity: structural, linguistic, and ...
Pau Palop‐García
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