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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Genomic selection (GS) is critical for accelerating genetic gain in modern plant breeding. Deep learning approaches offer powerful non‐linear representation capabilities for modelling non‐additive effects. However, their application in GS remains restricted, as high‐dimensional, low‐sample and noisy data hinder the identification of ...
Yuexin Ma +7 more
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Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Digital Client Encounters
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As governments increasingly digitalize client encounters, there are growing concerns that standardized platforms may reduce bureaucratic responsiveness, particularly for historically underserved communities. We examine whether frontline workers help close that gap through their use of civic‐tech platforms.
Gregory A. Porumbescu +2 more
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Cultural Capture Among Regulators: A Systematic Review
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In established democracies, the threat of regulatory capture—often implicated in major crises—is usually less about financial mechanisms like bribery and more about the subtle social processes of cultural capture. But how exactly is cultural capture defined, theorized, and assessed, and what are its underlying mechanisms, manifestations, and ...
Alexandra M. Chesterfield +2 more
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Bureaucratic Politics and Aid Allocation: Evidence From the US Agency for International Development
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the impact of bureaucratic politics within the US Agency for International Development on the allocation of its development assistance. Existing studies of aid allocation have focused on donor interests, recipient needs, and recipient merit without accounting for the bureaucratic decision‐making process that helps determine these ...
Gus Greenstein, Mirko Heinzel
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“I Can Do It, We Can Change It”: Protest as a Catalyst for Political Efficacy
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how protest episodes foster political efficacy among ordinary citizens. Based on 44 in‐depth interviews with participants in two major 2018 mobilizations in Spain—the feminist strike of International Women's Day and the pensioners' protests—the analysis identifies discursive expressions that reflect attitudinal change ...
Manuel Jiménez‐Sánchez +2 more
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios
FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scenario reports, holding a long‐standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field ...
Gerhard Schönhofer +3 more
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Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 115, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Background The complexity of engineering practice highlights the need to make students aware of their responsibility as future professionals. However, integrating this concept into the engineering curricula remains a challenge. Purpose The study explores how engineering students conceptualize their responsibilities as future professionals and ...
Diana Adela Martin, Gunter Bombaerts
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‘Clinging Together Against the Dark’: A Pragmatist Reading of Sustainability Conversations
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 744-763, April 2026.ABSTRACT In this paper, we present a typology of managers' interpretations of sustainability as ‘narrative fields’ derived from a qualitative multi‐site study and offer a Pragmatist reading of the results. Pragmatism is grounded in an ethic of meliorism, the belief in the possibility of gradually improving the world through human effort and ...
Barry A. Colbert, Elizabeth C. Kurucz
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Opening the Black Box of EU Digital Sovereignty: A Macro‐Level Analysis of the Concept's Development
Governance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Digital sovereignty has emerged as a central organizing principle in European Union governance, yet systematic understanding of its conceptual evolution remains limited. This article provides the first macro‐level analysis of how digital sovereignty evolves across institutional and academic domains.
Aleksei Turobov +2 more
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