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Focusing, collimation, and beam expansion of high‐energy X‐rays with diamond refractive lenses

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.
The effectiveness and versatility of diamond refractive optics for high‐energy X‐rays (> 40 keV) is presented in applications to focusing, collimation, and beam expansion, along with design and implementation details.Diamond is extremely well suited for synchrotron X‐ray refractive optics.
Sarvjit D. Shastri, Sergey Antipov
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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
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Editorial. Alegeri 2016 [PDF]

Polis: Revista de Stiinte Politice, 2017
2016 Elections were held in Moldova, the USA and Romania, The which have highlighted the fact that was won the vote democratic. Even the losers have been the Actors Considered to be more political and democratic reformers, benefiting from strong support ...
Aurela-Peru BALAN, Floorin GRECU
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Privileged Precarity: How the Mobile Middle Class Leverage Housing Insecurity as Labour Market Strategy

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does the ability to weather insecurity give some an upper‐hand over others? This paper examines the interrelationship between housing and labour market precarity among middle class young professionals. Drawing on interviews with residents of co‐living schemes—for‐profit shared housing where tenants are on temporary rental contracts—it ...
Tim White
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Moldovan Researchers’ Views on Predatory Publishing: Awareness, Experience and Policy Implications

Central European Journal of Public Policy
Predatory publishing practices undermine the credibility of scientific research, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Despite international concern, little is known about how researchers themselves perceive and respond to this phenomenon ...
Cuciureanu Gheorghe, Turcan Nelly, Vrabie Valeria   +2 more
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Continental‐wide prioritization of protected areas to address global and habitat‐specific goals for avian biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations and European Union have set ambitious conservation goals to halt and reverse declines in biodiversity by protecting 30% of land and sea areas by 2030. Effective conservation planning requires evidence‐based spatial prioritization to maximize the coverage of species within designated protected areas.
Yanjie Xu, Diego Pavón‐Jordán, Tyler Hallman, Tristan R. M. Bakx, Lluís Brotons, Sergi Herrando, Alison Johnston, Brett K. Sandercock, Thomas Sattler, Alaaeldin Soultan, Vitalie Ajder, Dawn E. Balmer, Brian Burke, Thiago Cavalcante, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Ruud P. B. Foppen, Anthony D. Fox, Verena Keller, Tatiana Kornienko, Peter Knaus, Heini Kujala, Åke Lindström, Qenan Maxhuni, Károly Nagy, Ingar Jostein Øien, Tomas Pärt, Dimitrije Radišić, Draženko Z. Rajković, Iván Ramirez, Paul Shimmings, Karel Šťastný, Thomas Vikstrøm, Tomasz Wilk, Aleksi Lehikoinen   +33 more
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Access to Credit and Employment Liquidation. Firm‐Level Evidence From Eastern and Central Europe (2001–2007)

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the changes in the structure of employment in Central and Eastern European firms between 2001 and 2007, before the Global Financial Crisis and following the reforms in the labour and credit markets in these economies.
Elisabetta Magnani
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Public Opinion and the Attitudes of Ethnic Groups on European Integration in Moldova (2000 – 2008) [PDF]

Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 2009
This article explores the dynamics of public opinion and the attitudes of ethnic groups on European integration in Moldova for the 2000-2008 period. Drawing on data provided by sixteen surveys, it reveals the sociological profile of “Europtimists” in ...
Sergiu Buşcăneanu
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Українське усне мовлення сучасної молоді України та зарубіжжя: нестійкі норми вимови

Мова: класичне, модерне, постмодерне, 2017
Статтю присвячено українському усному мовленню на синхронному рівні, зокрема ви-мовним особливостям української мови. На основі соцопитування зроблено спробу виявлення, аналізу та опису девіацій, що виникають у результаті порушення нестійких норм ...
Maria Druzhynets
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