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Bicomplex Bloch and little Bloch Spaces

Journal of Fractional Calculus and Applications
stanzin Dolkar, Sanjay Kumar
openaire   +1 more source

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides a systematic synthesis of contemporary elite sociology through the analytical lens of change and stability. We distinguish between two types of change: change within elites, referring to transformations in elite composition, circulation, or internal characteristics; and change by elites, designating processes whereby ...
Lena Ajdacic, François Schoenberger, Johanna Behr, Fabio Cescon, Lion Hubrich, Emma Ischinsky, Muneeb Salman, Juliana Mazzucotelli, Laura Mrčela, Alonso Pi Cholula, Céline Roy, Sophie Serrano, Helle Dyrendahl Staven, Tina Thakur   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

<i>PyExtal</i>: a Python package for quantitative convergent-beam electron diffraction. [PDF]

J Appl Crystallogr
Ni HC, Busch R, Zuo JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Strategic Influencers and the Shaping of Beliefs

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Influencers, from propagandists to sellers, expend vast resources targeting agents who amplify their message through word‐of‐mouth communication. While agents differ in network position, they also differ in their bias: Agents may naturally read articles with a particular slant or buy products from a certain seller.
Akhil Vohra
wiley   +1 more source

Continuously trapped matter-wave interferometry in magic Floquet-Bloch band structures. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Chai X, Nolasco-Martinez E, Liang X, Tanlimco JL, Simmons EQ, Zhu E, Sajjad R, Mas H, Halawani SN, Cao A, Weld DM.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainability Controls as Technologies of Actorhood: Constructing the Responsible Supplier in Global Supply Chains Le contrôle de la durabilité comme technologie d'actorialité : façonner le fournisseur responsable dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement mondiales

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how accounting and control practices constitute and distribute agency and responsibility for sustainability in global supply chains. Drawing on a field study in the fashion industry, we describe the sustainability control practices used by a major buyer firm vis‐à‐vis its suppliers and trace their evolution from a ...
Martin Messner, Marek Reuter, Torkel Strömsten   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental realization of logical elastic bits as qubit analogues in a nonlinear oscillator. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mahmood KT, Faiaz AN, Hasan MA, Deymier PA, Runge K, Levine JA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the long‐term effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
wiley   +1 more source

Skyrmionic Polarization Textures in Structured Dielectric Planar Media. [PDF]

Nanophotonics
Di Colandrea F, Marrucci L, Cardano F.
europepmc   +1 more source