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Extremely thin but very robust: Surprising cryptogam trait combinations at the end of the leaf economics spectrum. [PDF]
Plant DiversWuyun T +8 more
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Managing Procurement Auction Failure: Bid Requirements or Reserve Prices?
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines bid requirements, where the government may cancel a procurement contract unless two or more bids are received. Using a first‐price auction model with endogenous entry, we compare the bid requirement and reserve price mechanisms in terms of auction failure and procurement costs.
Jun Ma, Vadim Marmer, Pai Xu
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Signal Extraction and Forecasting of the UK Tourism Income Time Series. A Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach [PDF]
We present and apply the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA), a relatively new, non-parametric and data-driven method used for signal extraction (trends, seasonal and business cycle components) and forecasting of the UK tourism income. Our results show that
Leon, Costas +2 more
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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
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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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Valuation of spectrum for mobile broadband services: Engineering value versus willingness to pay [PDF]
Radio spectrum is a vital asset and resource for mobile network operators. With spectrum in the 800 and 900 MHz bands coverage can be provided with fewer base station sites compared to higher frequency bands like 2.1 and 2.6 GHz. With more spectrum, i.e.
Mölleryd, Bengt G., Markendahl, Jan
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Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
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What Outcomes Matter in Vital Pulp Therapy? Current Concepts and Challenges
Australian Dental Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Vital pulp therapy (VPT) has re‐emerged as a practical and biologically sound alternative for managing deep caries and carious pulp exposures. Although its clinical use is now widespread, the outcomes used to judge the success of VPT remain inconsistent and often difficult to compare across studies.
Philip Yuan‐Ho Chien +5 more
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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The market presence of cooperative banks and stability in European banking: New evidence
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Most studies examining differences between cooperative banks (CBs) and other banking institutions rely on bank‐level data, thereby overlooking effects of the market presence of CBs on banking market structures. To address this gap, we test whether CB's domestic market share predicts national banking stability (Z‐scores) using a unique panel ...
Hans Groeneveld
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