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Strategic Influencers and the Shaping of Beliefs

open access: yesThe 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

Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

Free quantum computing. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Carette J   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Astigmatic changes after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in decompensated penetrating keratoplasty grafts

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the surgery‐induced changes of astigmatism after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) in eyes with failed previous penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Design Retrospective, interventional cohort study based on prospective DMEK database.
Florian Thomas Steinberg   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining associations between foundational and complex mathematics skills in people with Down syndrome and typically developing children

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Acquiring mathematical competence is essential to independent living. In this study, we investigated the mathematics profile in young people with Down syndrome (DS), and the relations between foundational and more complex mathematics skills.
Su Morris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Hodge polynomials for nonalgebraic complex manifolds. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Katzarkov L   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Social and emotional pathways to shame reduction: An RCT with preservice teachers

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Shame is an unpleasant, activating emotion that has been shown to undermine learners' motivation and achievement and identity development in mathematics education. Recent studies have implemented positive psychology interventions (PPIs) to reduce preservice teachers' shame in mathematics, with promising quantitative outcomes ...
Lara Gildehaus, Lars Meyer‐Jenßen
wiley   +1 more source

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