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Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence area, but not intensity, is associated with myopia [PDF]
, 2019 Healy, Martin +6 more
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CEOs' Political Ideology, Social Capital and Corporate Tax Avoidance
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building on institutional theory, we explore the interaction between social capital and CEO political ideology on corporate tax avoidance. Using CEOs' political donations to identify their political ideology, we find that firms led by Republican CEOs tend to have lower (higher) effective tax rates when located in communities with lower (higher)
Tien‐Shih Hsieh +2 more
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Simón Rodríguez and the sentimental roots of social republicanism
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 471-482, April 2025.Abstract In this article, I claim that Simón Rodríguez, a 19th‐century Venezuelan thinker, used and reconfigured Jean‐Jacques Rousseau's understanding of amour‐propre to construct a new political foundation for Latin America. He sought to channel it and other sentiments toward productive ends with a social education. In doing so, Rodríguez departs from
Alejandro Castrillón
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Collective procrastination and protest cycles
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This paper studies a model of “pivotal protesting,” in which citizens act in order to change the outcome rather than to collect private benefits. We show that, when citizens face repeated opportunities to protest against a regime, pivotal protesting entails complex dynamic considerations: The continuation value of the status quo influences the
Germán Gieczewski, Korhan Kocak
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Myopia Outcome Study of Atropine in Children (MOSAIC): an investigator-led, double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
, 2019 Strang, Niall
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How budget trade‐offs undermine electoral incentives to build public housing
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Housing shortages and rising rents have increased demands for affordable housing. In this paper, we examine whether electoral constraints can undermine local politicians' incentives to build public housing. Empirically, we draw on the full‐count census of all housing built in Germany, data on 19,685 local elections between 1989 and 2011, and ...
Hanno Hilbig, Andreas Wiedemann
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Left to Live and Die: Resource Security and the Biopolitics of Land Stockpiling in China
Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract Beginning in 2007, the Chinese state used liberalising policy and funding to encourage the expansion of large‐scale grain farming. Despite this support, many of the new farms have struggled financially and folded. Drawing on Foucauldian biopolitics and resource security literature, I argue that, with modernised agriculture, the state primarily
Ross Doll
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The Role of Scalp EEG Recordings During Cortical Visual Prosthesis Testing
Artificial Organs, EarlyView.This article describes the role of recording scalp EEG for projects that are developing cortical visual prosthesis systems. It concludes that EEG is not required during basic threshold and spatial mapping studies, but should be considered when higher levels of stimulation and video‐camera stimulation are employed.
Katarina Stephan +13 more
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Acta Ophthalmologica, Volume 103, Issue 3, Page e156-e164, May 2025.Abstract Purpose To compare vitrectomy with and without internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in small idiopathic macular holes. Methods Retrospective multicentre study including consecutive eyes with ≤250 μm idiopathic macular hole treated with vitrectomy. The primary outcome was hole closure rate.
Paola Marolo +93 more
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of 12 months of spectacle lens wear incorporating cylindrical annular refractive elements (CARE) in slowing myopia progression compared to single vision (SV) spectacle wear. Methods In an ongoing 2‐year prospective, double‐masked, multi‐centre clinical trial, 240 Chinese children aged 6–13 years, spherical
Xiaoqin Chen +10 more
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