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Calculus for Functions with Fuzzy Inputs and Outputs: Applications to Fuzzy Differential Equations [PDF]

arXiv
This article presents a theory of differential and integral calculus for mapping between Banach spaces formed by subsets of fuzzy numbers called A-linearly correlated fuzzy numbers, where both the domain and codomain are spaces composed of fuzzy numbers. This is one of the main contributions of this study from a theoretical point of view, as well-known
arxiv  

Slippery Knowledge: Ignorance, Ecologies, and Environment in Endometriosis Framing

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite a growing body of literature linking environmental toxins and endometriosis, environmental issues make only occasional appearances in public, patient, and specialist conversations about endometriosis. These conversations may hover at the edges of public discourse, but do not gain traction.
Andrea Ford
wiley   +1 more source

Hand in hand: Consuming symbols, language and identity in post‐ETA Basque society

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the evolution of ethnic symbol consumption in the Basque Country following the end of ETA's violent activities in 2011. It delves into the shifting political and cultural context of the Basque provinces during this period, underscoring the impact that terrorism and its cessation have had on creating distinct patterns of ...
Asier H. Aguirresarobe
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of microenterprise credit programs on women in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 1996
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60).by Rumana Huque.M.C ...
Huque, Rumana
core  

National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Hybrid Social Media: A Case Study of Employees' Boundary Management Strategies on Wechat

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social media has been integrated into our everyday life and is widely used for work communication and collaboration in many companies, which leads to blurring of the boundaries between work and life and makes employees' boundary management more difficult.
Tianjiao He
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Approaches to Digitalization Strategy

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to existing strategic management literature certain sets of alignments between the content and key elements of strategy enhance organizational performance. While local governments are increasingly adopting strategic approaches to manage digitalization, research that examines such alignments in strategy for digital change is scarce ...
Jakob Kühler, Tobias Polzer, Isabella Proeller, Sabine Kuhlmann, Justine Marienfeldt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitude change by facilitating choice: Experimentally evaluating a social identity‐based intervention to nativist populist rhetoric

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Nativist populism is on the rise across many liberal democratic contexts, yet we know relatively less about how to challenge its negative impacts. This study investigates the effectiveness of a novel intervention designed to counter nativist populist rhetoric.
John Shayegh, Gülseli Baysu, Rhiannon N. Turner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The authoritarian personality model of punitiveness is inconsistent in predicting punishment preferences: A sentencing vignette study in a representative sample from six countries

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) are routinely used to predict punitiveness and believed by some to form the dispositional basis of punitive attitudes toward offenders. The measures of punishment preferences employed in this line of research show conceptual overlap with RWA items and could have biased ...
Andrzej Uhl, Malia M. Marks, Paweł Ostaszewski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating identity dilemmas in protest: Everyday discursive strategies of engagement in the Catalan independence movement

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past decade, large‐scale protests have been pivotal in shaping institutional dynamics and triggering societal change. Despite increased academic attention, the understanding of participants' experiences remains limited. This paper argues for adopting an actor‐centered perspective to gain novel insights into protest dynamics ...
Cristina Pradillo‐Caimari
wiley   +1 more source