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Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Laws play some role in explanations: at the very least, they somehow connect what is explained, or the explanandum, to what explains, or the explanans. Thus, thermodynamical laws connect the match's being struck and its lightning, so that the former causes the latter; and laws about set formation connect Socrates' existence with {Socrates}'s ...
Julio De Rizzo
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An investigation of mechanisms other than lightning to explain certain wideband plasma wave bursts detected in the Venusian nightside ionosphere [PDF]
Several related topics are briefly discussed. Reviewed here is work on an investigation of plasma wave phenomena associated with the question of lightning on Venus.
Carpenter, D. L.
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“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change
Political Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
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On the Impact of Digital Technologies on Corruption: Evidence from U.S. States and Across Countries [PDF]
We hypothesize that the spread of the Internet has reduced corruption, chiefly through two mechanisms. First, the Internet facilitates the dissemination of information about corrupt behavior, which raises the detection risks to shady bureaucrats and ...
Carl-Johan Dalgaard +3 more
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Strategic Use of Ad Hoc Commissions for Blame Avoidance: Evidence From Chile
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ad hoc commissions are well known in policymaking, yet their strategic deployment during crises remains less understood. This study examines how governments rely on expert commissions to manage blame and political risk in response to critical events.
Carla Cisternas
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Cell Mergers and Their Impact on Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Over the Houston Area [PDF]
A previous hypothesis advanced from observational studies such as METROMEX suggests that the intensity, frequency, and organization of cumulus convection may be impacted by the forcing of enhanced merger activity downstream of urban zones.
Carey, Lawrence D. +2 more
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The international climate change regime and general principles of law
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract The Climate Change Advisory Opinion (AO) by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demonstrates the growing prominence of general principles of law in international law. The Climate Change AO was handed down at the end of the International Law Commission's project on general principles of law with the adoption of its Draft Conclusions.
Renatus Otto Franz Derler, Mads Andenas
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3G Internet Diffusion and Secondary Education Attainment: Evidence of Opportunity Cost in Vietnam
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mobile internet diffusion has led to significant societal and economic transformations since its early diffusion, especially in the Global South. This has implied changes in human capital formation, particularly through education, and has reshaped the trade‐off between education and employment, especially among the younger population.
Trang Thi Pham, Bernardo Caldarola
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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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