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High temporal resolution monitoring of illicit drug consumption across England via wastewater analysis

open access: yesAddiction, Volume 121, Issue 8, Page 2043-2059, August 2026.
Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Violent and sexual victimisation and incident anxiety, mood and substance use disorders in childhood and adolescence: a co‐sibling study

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 67, Issue 8, Page 1383-1392, August 2026.
Background Studies on the association between victimisation in childhood and adolescence and psychiatric disorders increasingly acknowledge that these associations might be partly confounded by unmeasured familial factors. However, previous quasi‐experimental evidence is largely based on retrospective self‐reported data with potential response biases ...
Joonas Pitkänen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Empirical Analysis of Institutional Coevolution in the European Union

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 842-857, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Institutional effectiveness is widely considered an important factor for the success of the European integration process. The article investigates how the coevolution of formal and informal institutions influenced economic performance within the European Union from 1980 to 2019.
Sara Casagrande, Bruno Dallago
wiley   +1 more source

Tackling the Regressivity at the Top of the Italian Tax System: An Optimal Taxation Framework With Heterogeneous Returns to Capital

open access: yesReview of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this work, we exploit the new data available from the European Central Bank's Distributional Wealth Accounts to reconstruct the distribution of capital income in Italy by accounting for heterogeneous returns to capital. We find stark disparities in returns to wealth: average rates rise from 2.5% for the bottom 90% to 5% for the top 10% of ...
Matteo Dalle Luche   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Max Planck (1858–1947): A Revolutionary Against His Will

open access: yesNatural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2026.
Max Planck (1848–1947) in 1937. Photograph by Tita Binz. Archive of the Max Planck Society, Berlin. ABSTRACT We examine Max Planck's pivotal role in the emergence of quantum physics and the paradoxical nature of his legacy. Planck's derivation of the black‐body radiation law in 1900 and his introduction of the quantum of action, h, initiated a profound
Dieter Hoffmann, Bretislav Friedrich
wiley   +1 more source

Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Affirmative Action in Local Elite Colleges and Subject Choice

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, Volume 93, Issue 1, Page 457-473, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Women are largely underrepresented in STEM careers associated with higher labor market returns. This gender gap is even more stark in a context where societal biases are prevalent and female role models are lacking. This paper investigates the impact of an affirmative action (AA) policy implemented in an elite educational institution in India ...
Ritika Gupta
wiley   +1 more source

Europium‐ and dysprosium‐modified strontium aluminate: A luminescent marker system for enhanced gunshot residue detection

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 71, Issue 4, Page 1607-1620, July 2026.
Abstract Forensic ballistics is essential in analyzing evidence from firearm use in criminal investigations, with gunshot residue (GSR) detection providing key information about the firearm and shooting conditions. Traditional methods like spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have limitations in sensitivity, cost, and accessibility ...
Paulo Tonin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 912-924, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 1164-1180, July 2026.
Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
wiley   +1 more source

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