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Institutionalisation and Institutional Evolution: A Model of Selecting Government Officials in Ancient China

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 359-367, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The evolution of institutions in selecting government officials in ancient China reflected efficiency considerations and increased power concentration in the hands of the ruler. Selecting government officials in ancient China became more rule‐based over time, and standardisation and centralisation were some key features of this process.
Haiwen Zhou
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Cambio climático y arqueología en el Desierto de Sonora

Anales de Antropología, 2018
La relación de la investigación arqueológica con el análisis del cambio climático ha sido indisociable durante los últimos cien años. Analizando a detalle nos percatamos que las clasificaciones culturales guardan una estrecha relación con el clima.
César Villalobos Acosta
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Addressing Medical Deserts in Europe: Lessons From a Comparative Analysis

Health Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background European countries face a common problem of medical deserts—areas where the population has limited access to healthcare services. Objective This article aims to define medical deserts and provide an in‐depth overview of the factors driving desertification and the solutions applied to reduce its negative consequences across six ...
Alicja Domagała, Katarzyna Dubas‐Jakóbczyk, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Gonzalez, Robert Likic, Kamila Michalska, Iwona Kowalska‐Bobko, Christoph Sowada, Linda Flinterman, Sorin Dan, Ronald Batenburg   +9 more
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Assessment of Soiling Dynamics and Cleaning Efficiency for Photovoltaic Modules Under Different Dust Environments

Solar RRL, Volume 10, Issue 6, 29 March 2026.
A laboratory framework reproduces site‐specific soiling and cleaning dynamics of photovoltaic modules using real dusts from contrasting climates. Accelerated humidity–temperature cycling replicates 1 month of outdoor cementation in only ≈ 1.5 days.
John (Ioannis) A. Tsanakas, Jean Patrice Rakotoniaina, J. Montoya, Douglas Olivares Soza, Eric Pilat, Aitor Marzo, Valeria Del Campo, Edward Vidal Fuentealba, Martin Gaete, Jérémie Aimé, Delfina Muñoz   +10 more
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Represas puntanas: Acceso, gestión y gobernanza del agua en las tierras áridas de San Luis

Ecología Austral
Los pobladores de la llanura árida del noroeste de San Luis cosechan agua de lluvia en pequeñas represas (tajamares) para producir ganado bovino y caprino en bosques nativos.
Patricio N. Magliano, Marcos J. Niborski, Francisco Murray, Guillermo Heider, María V. Petit, Aldana Calderón Archina, Silvina I. Ballesteros, Ricardo A. Páez, Luis Jobbágy, Tomás Milani   +9 more
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Microstratigraphy and Site Formation Processes at Quebrada Jaguay 280 (Peru)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents a microanalytical, geoarchaeological study of Quebrada Jaguay (QJ)‐280, a Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene coastal site in southern Peru. Combining micromorphology, µXRF and µFTIR, we develop a site formation model that also reassesses site use and forager behaviour.
Sarah A. Meinekat, Emily B. P. Milton, Daniela P. Osorio, Susan M. Mentzer, Christopher E. Miller, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Kurt Rademaker   +6 more
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El desierto como posibilidad: Raúl Zurita y Hugo Mujica después del nihilismo

Recial, 2019
“El desierto crece” afirma Nietzsche, pero ¿dónde está el desierto? Más allá de Chile o Argentina el paisaje de las arenas ha cobrado un sentido ético y filosófico negativo a instancias de la modernidad tardía. Öde (desierto) en alemán significa el vacío,
Mauricio Cheguhem Riani
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El desierto de Ildefonso de Toledo. Notas sobre la construcción de la autoridad episcopal en el reino visigodo

Gerión, 2019
En este artículo se analizan los usos de la imagen del desierto en De itinere deserti de Ildefonso de Toledo, una obra breve, elaborada a mediados del siglo VII, en la que se destaca el ideal de austeridad y disciplina de los santos.
Dolores Castro
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Navigating Neoliberal Pressures and Patriarchal Legacies: The Lasting Impact of Feudal–Patriarchal Work Relations in Polish Artistic Universities

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 379-398, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the persistence and transformation of patriarchal–feudal structures in Polish art universities in the context of post‐1989 higher education (HE) reforms. Drawing on 22 in‐depth interviews with socially engaged academic staff (18 women and four men) across 11 Polish artistic institutions, the study explores how ...
Marta Kosińska, Karolina Sikorska
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Material Aspirations, Cultural Change, and the Transition Toward Sustained Growth

International Economic Review, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 199-223, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We highlight the role of economic materialism as a cultural phenomenon of significance in relation to economic transformation and development. By inducing material aspirations, an endogenous cultural change toward more widespread adherence to materialistic values is both a cause and an effect of productivity growth.
Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos, Dimitrios Varvarigos   +1 more
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