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Local gauge invariant operator on isometry breaking background
Journal of High Energy PhysicsWhereas local field operators play the crucial role in reconciling quantum mechanics and special relativity, they are not trivially compatible with the diffeomorphism invariance of gravity.
Min-Seok Seo
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS)—such as Fairtrade International and the Forest Stewardship Council—aim to improve sustainability in global supply chains by setting high social and environmental standards and certifying businesses that adopt them.
Elizabeth A. Bennett
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More Than Regulation: Challenging Habermas on the Future of the Public Sphere
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Bernardo Ferro
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
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Is Eternal Inflation Past-Eternal? And What if It Is?
, 2012 As a result of discussions with Bousso and Vilenkin I want to return to the question of whether the multiverse is past-eternal or if there was a beginning. Not surprisingly, given three people, there were three answers. However, the discussions have led to some common ground.
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Faith in the Marketplace: Christian Legal Narratives and the Refusal to Serve Gay Customers
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In June 2023, the US Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis held that an anti‐discrimination statute could not force a Christian business owner to provide certain business services to gay people. The decision has created a slew of legal and social uncertainties, which require a deeper investigation of the contemporary conflict between the gay
Mantas Grigorovicius
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How decoherence affects the probability of slow-roll eternal inflation [PDF]
, 2017 Slow-roll inflation can become eternal if the quantum variance of the inflaton field around its slowly rolling classical trajectory is converted into a distribution of classical spacetimes inflating at different rates, and if the variance is large enough
Carroll, Sean M. +2 more
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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Spatial productivity disparities in Great Britain
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 372, Page 1533-1570, October 2026.We study productivity disparities across metropolitan and non‐metropolitan areas in Great Britain. Spatial disparities in productivity are large and persistent. Using a development accounting framework, we show that differences in area size and in the spatial distribution of human and business capital are key explanatory factors.
Mimosa Distefano +3 more
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Fertile Soils Increase Susceptibility of Pinus sylvestris to Cronartium pini
Forest Pathology, Volume 56, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Cronartium pini, Scots pine blister rust, is a rust fungus that has caused severe damage in both old and young Scots pine (P. sylvestris) forest stands in northern Fennoscandia. To understand the many drivers of these outbreaks we examined putative factors and their explanatory power of C.
Juha Kaitera +5 more
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