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Examination of Afghanistan's Development Traps
Abstract We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically,
Klemen Knez, Tina G. Lokar
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Mission Planning and Decision Support for Underwater Glider Networks: A Sampling on-Demand Approach
This paper describes an optimal sampling approach to support glider fleet operators and marine scientists during the complex task of planning the missions of fleets of underwater gliders.
Gabriele Ferri+2 more
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Accessible Text Descriptions for UpSet Plots
Abstract Data visualizations are typically not accessible to blind and low‐vision (BLV) users. Automatically generating text descriptions offers an enticing mechanism for democratizing access to the information held in complex scientific charts, yet appropriate procedures for generating those texts remain elusive. Pursuing this issue, we study a single
A. McNutt+8 more
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded with the purpose of containing and deterring the Soviet Union. The enormous threat it posed has gone away. Russia does not pose a similar threat. Thus, the following problem has arisen: is NATO still indispensable and if so, what kind of NATO is needed in the 21st century?
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A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) structure with three-zero dispersion wavelengths (ZDWs) and a flat dispersion curve was designed by adjusting the structural parameters (the diameters of small air holes inserted between standard lattices in the first and ...
Ying Huang+4 more
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Trigonometric Calogero-Moser System as a Symmetry Reduction of KP Hierarchy [PDF]
Trigonometric non-isospectral flows are defined for KP hierarchy. It is demonstrated that symmetry constraints of KP hierarchy associated with these flows give rise to trigonometric Calogero-Moser system.
arxiv
Time‐Varying Interactions Between US–China Political Relation, Flight Frequency, and Inbound Tourism
ABSTRACT This study investigates the dynamics among US–China political relations, flight frequency, and inbound tourism through the utilization of a time‐varying parameter vector autoregression model. As political relations warm, there is a notable uptick in flight frequency between the two nations.
Shiteng Xu+3 more
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On the FP7 BlackSeaHazNet project and its possible application for harmonic existence of the region [PDF]
The FP7 IRSES BlackSeaHazNet project aims and some preliminary results are ...
arxiv
Between theft and treason: latrocinium in Carolingian capitularies
Suppressing robbery, latrocinium, was a priority for Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, Charles the Bald, and Louis II at key political moments. Latrones were conceptualized as ordinary thieves, as highway robbers, and as threats to peace and security. In capitularies, latrocinium was implicitly and explicitly associated with infidelity.
James R. Burns
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The journey through the world of adolescent sleep [PDF]
Sleep-wake patterns and the electroencephalogram (EEG) during sleep undergo fundamental changes during adolescence. Scientific evidence indicates that these changes represent components of an extensive maturational brain remodeling process.
Cervena, Katerina, Darchia, Nato
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