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Democracy, Representation and Local Governance in Crisis: Reflections on the 2026 Tower Hamlets Elections

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a practitioner‐scholar reflection on the 2026 Tower Hamlets local elections, in which the Aspire party secured thirty‐three of forty‐five council seats, the Labour Party was reduced to five and the Green Party emerged as an equal opposition force.
Gulay Icoz
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Cosmography with the Double-source-plane Strong Gravitational Lens AGEL150745+052256

The Astrophysical Journal
Strong gravitational lenses with two background sources at widely separated redshifts are a promising independent probe of cosmological parameters. We can use these systems, known as double-source-plane lenses (DSPLs), to measure the ratio ( β ) of ...
Nandini Sahu, Anowar J. Shajib, Kim-Vy Tran, Hannah Skobe, Sunny Rhoades, Tucker Jones, Karl Glazebrook, Thomas E. Collett, Sherry H. Suyu, Keerthi Vasan G. C., Tania M. Barone, Duncan J. Bowden, Daniel Ballard, Glenn G. Kacprzak, Sarah M. Sweet, Geraint F. Lewis, Themiya Nanayakkara   +16 more
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Bubbling saddles of the gravitational index

SciPost Physics
We consider the five-dimensional supergravity path integral that computes a supersymmetric index, and uncover a wealth of semiclassical saddles with bubbling topology.
Davide Cassani, Alejandro Ruipérez, Enrico Turetta
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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Black Accountants' Pursuit of Partnership La quête de l'accession au statut d'associé des comptables de race noire

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent AICPA surveys indicate disproportionate attrition among Black professionals attaining partnership in US public accounting firms, underscoring the need to better understand their experiences. Despite repeated calls for examination, understanding of these experiences remains limited, partly due to the difficulty in accessing the few Black
Jennifer Joe, Eldar Maksymov, Kerri‐Ann Sanderson   +2 more
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Impact of retinal break location on surgical outcomes in primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Superior versus inferior breaks

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare the anatomical and functional outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with superior versus inferior retinal breaks. Methods This retrospective study included 675 eyes of 675 patients, of which 476 had exclusively superior breaks and 199 had at least one ...
Ioanna Dimakopoulou, Michael Georgopoulos, Philipp Toubia Scholz, Jakob Kraiger, Johannes Iby, Sam Hedo, Stefan Sacu, Georgios Mylonas   +7 more
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Beyond Bia Hơi? Distinction and Aspiration in Hanoi's Craft Beer Scene

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article we examine the emergence of Hanoi's craft beer scene as a window into shifting class identities, aspirational consumption, and local–global negotiations in contemporary Vietnam. We bring together Bourdieu's theorisation of taste as symbolic capital with Appadurai's concept of aspiration to analyse how consumption practices ...
Sarah Turner, Chính Trọng Nguyễn
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Lodge moraines: a common yet underreported end‐moraine type—a review

Boreas, EarlyView.
Lodge moraines are a distinct genetic type of end moraine formed by submarginal accretion of subglacial till; they are some of the largest end moraines in the world. Although underreported in the literature, they are of equal importance to push, dump and hummocky end moraines. End moraines are formed at glacier ice margins and show the extent of former
Mark D. Johnson, Jose Luis Antinao, Ívar Örn Benediktsson, David A. Grimley, Carrie E. Jennings, Henry M. Loope, Tom V. Lowell, David M. Mickelson, Peter L. Moore, Thomas A. Nash, J. Elmo Rawling III, Jamey Stutz   +11 more
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The State of the Art in Visualization Literacy

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
In this survey paper, we review 385 visualization literacy papers to understand the state of the field. We discuss 5 different types of research contributions, as well as 4 competency themes that capture the skills relevant to visualization literacy. Abstract Research in visualization literacy explores the skills required to engage with visualizations.
Matthew Varona, Karen Bonilla, Maryam Hedayati, Alark Joshi, Matthew Kay, Lane Harrison, Carolina Nobre   +6 more
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