VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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Induced Circular Dichroism From the Binding of Achiral Bivalent Ligands to Transthyretin. [PDF]
Wood S +7 more
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Crossroads of the Life of Vittorio Alfieri
Abstract This article examines Vittorio Alfieri's Life as a deliberately constructed narrative of cultural, linguistic, and political self‐fashioning within eighteenth‐century European intellectual networks. Rather than treating the autobiography as a transparent record of experience, the article argues that Alfieri retrospectively reorganizes his ...
Sara Gallegati
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Emerging Trends in Ultrasonic and Friction Stir Spot Welding of Polymers and Metal-Polymer Hybrids: A Review of Process Mechanics, Microstructure, and Joint Performance. [PDF]
Kumari K +5 more
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Abstract Recent advances in biologging have led to the widespread use of accelerometers, which generate high‐resolution movement data essential for understanding animal behaviour. Derived from tri‐axial accelerometry, Overall Dynamic Body Acceleration (ODBA) serves as a proxy for energy expenditure that is less invasive and more cost‐effective than ...
Noémie Muquet +7 more
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Arctic Sea Ice Melting Controls Sea Spray Aerosol Production. [PDF]
Dall'Osto M +11 more
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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Bifurcation and synchronization analysis in a stall-flutter aeroelastic system under varying preset angles and frequency ratios. [PDF]
Kumar S, Venkatramani J, Gupta A.
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The choice argument for proportional representation
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
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The influence of structured reporting on the accuracy of head and neck sonographies. [PDF]
Weimer JM +9 more
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