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The World Bank's Business Ready Project: The Labor Topic, ILO Standards and the Role and Impact of Labour Regulation

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 3, Page 347-378, May 2026.
The World Bank's new Business Ready (B‐READY) project replaces the controversial Doing Business index in assessing global business and investment environments and is intended to galvanise legal reform in countries across the world. The project is driven by a set of indicators that measure and compare key facets of countries' business environments.
Sangheon Lee, Deirdre McCann
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Shear behavior of the interface between asphalt concrete core and transition under seepage effect. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wen L, Huang J, Yang Y.
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ‘ACCEPT’ URBAN SHRINKAGE? A Comparative Analysis of Discursive Pathways to Policy and Action on Shrinking Cities in the Netherlands and Finland

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 731-752, May 2026.
Abstract Shrinking cities are increasingly drawing global attention, but urban shrinkage is seldom considered as an enduring structural condition necessitating a move beyond growth‐centric strategies. The focus often remains on mitigating symptoms rather than embracing the broader implications of long‐term decline. Understanding of what drives decision‐
Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius
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A Study on the Measurement Method of Biot Coefficient for Concrete Based on Experimental Approaches. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Hu Y, Ru N, Zhou Q, Cheng H, Zhang G.
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THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 545-566, May 2026.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
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Coupled effect of unloading rate and water content on mortar under differential cyclic loading. [PDF]

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Liu Z, Cao P, Liu L, Wang F, Han D, Xu C.   +5 more
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Articulating Sovereignties: Struggles for Subaltern Hegemony in Ecuador and Bolivia

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the cycles of articulation and disarticulation between working‐class and indigenous‐campesino movements in Ecuador and Bolivia. While the former advances national‐popular sovereignty, aiming to strengthen the state against imperialism, the latter defends community‐territorial sovereignty against internal colonialism ...
Diego Andreucci, Diana Vela‐Almeida, Geovanna Lasso, Marie Theresa Jasser   +3 more
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Impact of linear infrastructure and landscape characteristics on wildlife roadkill in the Nelliyampathy Hills, Western Ghats, India. [PDF]

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Sushanth S, Praphul G, Ganesh SR, Molur S, Kumara HN, Singh M.   +5 more
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Meanings and practices of accountability in the international development sector: The limits of “vernacularization” in rural Cambodia

Development Policy Review, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 2026.
Abstract Motivation Accountability agendas have long been promoted through the policies and programmes of international development organizations around the world. Despite increasing scholarly interest in how political concepts, such as human rights, are “vernacularized” into local contexts, there has been little consideration to date of the ...
Tamas Wells, Kate MacDonald, Shelley Marshall, Ruth Bottomley   +3 more
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Experimental study on dynamic mechanical properties and damage mechanisms models of concrete under freeze-thaw cycles. [PDF]

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Cao Y, Zhou J, Shao Y, Ye W, Wang H, Hua X, Bian H, Jin H.   +7 more
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