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The Astrophysical Journal LettersQuasiperiodic oscillations in gamma-ray burst afterglows have been suggested as probes of the central engine. Such interpretations generally assume that the observed modulation frequency directly corresponds to an intrinsic oscillation frequency of the ...
Noémie Globus
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Bright fireballs associated with the potentially hazardous asteroid 2007LQ19 [PDF]
, 2014 We analyse here two very bright fireballs produced by the ablation in the atmosphere of two large meteoroids in 2009 and 2010. These slow-moving and deep-penetrating events were observed over Spain in the framework of our Spanish Fireball Network ...
Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep María +9 more
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Evidence for nanoparticles in microwave-generated fireballs observed by synchrotron X-ray scattering
, 2008 International audienceThe small-angle x-ray scattering method has been applied to study fireballs ejected into the air from molten hot spots in borosilicate glass by localized microwaves [V. Dikhtyar and E. Jerby, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 045002 (2006)10.1103/
Sztucki, Michael +5 more
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“Green Developmentalism” and the Role of International Law in Negotiating the Energy Transition
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Policy evolutions in North American and European capitals have prompted debates about ongoing shifts in global economic governance from a primary emphasis on promoting markets to a more extensive role for the state in steering economic relations.
Lorenzo Cotula
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The Continuity and Rupture of the ‘New Washington Consensus’: From Biden to Trump 2.0
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ‘New Washington Consensus’ (NWC) represents a major intellectual shift in the US approach to global economic governance. However, the NWC has never been subject to systematic academic critique. With Trump's return to the White House ushering in a new era of US trade policy, the NWC is widely considered to be politically irrelevant in the ...
Ming Du
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Plasma fireball sheath dynamics: a brief review and meta-analysis
Discover SpaceWe present a progressive overview of diverse plasma fireball sheath (PFS) structures, sheath-induced collective phenomena, and associated instability excitation processes, illustratively.
Subham Dutta +2 more
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The Riddle of Ball Lightning: A Review
The Scientific World Journal, 2006 One of the most intriguing and enduring scientific challenges is to find an explanation for ball lightning, the shining fireballs that sometimes appear near lightning strokes.
José Donoso +2 more
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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The Royal Commission on the Constitution, 1927–1929
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) is a little‐remembered event in Australian political, policy and legal history, which produced—in the words of the constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Sawer—‘a useful student's textbook and a minor alteration in the Judiciary Act’.
Carolyn Holbrook
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