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Invisible Labor and the “Ghost Particle”: Underground Physics at the Kolar Gold Fields**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Abstract When cosmic rays—high‐energy particles from outer space—encounter the Earth's atmosphere, they produce particles called neutrinos. To detect them, physicists go underground inside deep mines where the overlying rock can filter out the cosmic‐ray background radiation.
Nithyanand Rao
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting and Accountability in the Transition to Zero‐Carbon Energy for Climate Change: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the body of literature on decarbonization management practices that use renewable resources and green technologies to meet zero‐carbon energy targets for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 to ‘Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts’.
Assunta Di Vaio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigration and Innovation Policy

open access: yesMigraciones, 2016
We are in the age «of immigration». This article makes an historical and bibliographical detailed review of the political studies that have been produced on immigration.
Ricard Zapata-Barrero
doaj  

U.S. Immigration Policy at a Crossroads [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Two issues have taken center stage in the recent debates about U.S. immigration policy: one, illegal immigration and more generally the entrance of poorly educated individuals into the U.S. economy and two, whether the U.S. should continue its family-based admissions system or move towards a skills-based system. This paper analyzes these issues culling
openaire   +3 more sources

Migration Regulation Contagion [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the political economy of a selective immigration policy in a model with incomplete information on the characteristics of migrants.
Brücker, Herbert   +1 more
core  

U.S. Immigration Policy: Family Reunification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This issue brief covers the 1965 Immigration Act, the preference category framework, the immigrant visa petition application and approval process. The author argues that family reunification is in jeopardy, and concludes with possible solutions and ...
Patricia Hatch
core  

Perceived Security, Confidence in the Police and Subjective Well‐Being in Hong Kong: Evidence from the World Values Survey

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The legitimacy of the Hong Kong police has somewhat plummeted amid the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and the Pro‐Democracy Movement in 2019. This study aims to explore the dynamics among Hong Kongers' perception of security, confidence in the police, and their subjective well‐being using the Wave 7 (2017–2022) of the World Values Survey (WVS‐7 ...
Melody W. S. Ip   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The key milestones of liberalization process of Canadian immigration policy in 1945-2012

open access: yesАмериканська історія і політика, 2018
Nowadays, different countries and their governments are faced with challenges caused by the current migration crisis. Different issues of immigration process have a great influence on the various areas of society’s life.
Mariia Burtseva
doaj  

The Female‐Responsive Mentoring Model: A Constructivist Grounded Theory

open access: yesCounselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Researchers used constructivist grounded theory within a feminist standpoint theory framework to examine female counselor educators’ (n = 15) mentorship experiences throughout their academic careers. Findings yielded a feminist, process‐centered model for mentoring female counselor educators (FRMM) that emphasizes relational and holistic ...
Kellin Cavanaugh, Melissa M. Luke
wiley   +1 more source

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