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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Between Construction and Inheritance: The Hidden Frame of Colonialism in Galician Nationalism
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the 1960s and 1970s, anticolonial liberation narratives transcended the geopolitical boundaries of the Global South and profoundly shaped nationalist movements in Europe. Although the anticolonial frame gained momentum during this period, its overtly confrontational rhetoric was gradually supplanted by moderate frames that aligned with ...
Xavier de Pablo, Ramón Máiz
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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe +2 more
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Does the European Union ‘Rule the World’? Competition Law Diffusion to Singapore and Hong Kong
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines why Singapore and Hong Kong adopted competition law by testing four diffusion mechanisms: coercion, competition, learning, and the Brussels Effect. Using structured process tracing and extensive archival evidence, it evaluates the distinct observable implications of each mechanism.
Yannis Karagiannis
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Virtues of Regulatory Criminology
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This special issue demonstrates that regulatory studies and criminology both have virtue. Regulatory criminology has neglected virtues that exceed the sum of its parts. The editors did a splendid job of pointing out in their introduction that criminology created a number of theoretical traditions that have had moments of passing value and ...
John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 1069-1088, September 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
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Wind Energy, Volume 29, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Due to their superior load density, planetary gear journal bearings (PGJB) are progressively replacing rolling element bearings in wind turbine gearboxes; therefore, accurately revealing the dynamic characteristics of drivetrains supported by these bearings under variable operating conditions is crucial for ensuring operational reliability ...
Pengcheng Jin +3 more
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WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2026.Overview of fall‐detection approaches and technologies in geriatric care. ABSTRACT This systematic review provides a critical examination of fall detection (FD) technologies in geriatric care, analyzing both technological innovations and implementation challenges across diverse healthcare environments.
Hamid Ali +6 more
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Satellite‐Based Fishing Fleet Tracking: A New Foundation for Fisheries Science and Management
Fish and Fisheries, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1134-1150, September 2026.ABSTRACT Satellite‐based vessel‐tracking technologies have ushered in a new era for monitoring fishing activity at scale. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) methods with remotely‐sensed data, researchers can now detect, classify and analyse fishing behaviour across vast and previously unobservable ocean regions.
Jennifer Raynor, Tai Lohrer
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