VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.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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NOCTURNAL INFORMALITY: Rethinking the Temporal Politics of Urban Informality
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban informality has long been theorized as a spatial condition of urban life—an expression of negotiation, improvisation, and survival within the uneven terrains of legality and governance. Yet this emphasis on space has obscured the temporalities through which informality is lived, governed, and contested. This essay develops the concept of
Elmond Bandauko
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Self‐Description and the Agro‐Industry's Response to Environmental Crises
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores how self‐descriptions can orient organisations towards trajectories that sustain activities that contribute to environmental crises while simultaneously acknowledging both the crises themselves and the need for transformative responses.
Sharon Kishik, Morten Knudsen
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How do AI micro-dramas lead to addictive use among older adults? A chain mediation model of escapism motivation and flow experience. [PDF]
Front PsycholLi W, Cheng S, Xiao J, Lan H, Li X.
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Measuring levelling up in a many‐dimensioned world: an application to the United Kingdom
Fiscal Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The analysis of regional growth or levelling up in income, health and human resources is a challenge as it involves measuring growth multidimensionally with ordered categorical variables. The lack of a cardinal measure and the ambiguity inherent in its arbitrary cardinalisation is the source of the problem.
Gordon Anderson +1 more
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Easy come, easy go: non‐compliance, overwithholding and income tax revenue in Germany
Fiscal Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines tax non‐compliance among individuals in Germany who were legally required to file a tax return but failed to do so. Using administrative tax data and simulation‐based analysis, we quantify the financial implications of non‐compliance for approximately 1.5 million affected individuals.
Sven Stöwhase
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Autonomous air combat decision making via graph neural networks and reinforcement learning. [PDF]
Sci RepHuo L, Wang C, Han Y.
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The carbon content of billionaire wealth: composition, concentration and taxation
Fiscal Studies, EarlyView.Abstract How large are billionaires' carbon footprints? While increasing evidence highlights large disparities in emissions between and within countries, detailed individual‐level data on emissions portfolios remain scarce. In this paper, we analyse the wealth composition of the top 500 billionaires and construct a dataset linking each of their assets ...
Krystian Bua +5 more
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Multi-Head Attention Deep Q-Network with Prioritized Experience Replay for UAV Path Planning in Dynamic Environments: A Bio-Inspired Approach. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Li Y, Qian X, Zhang J, Yang X, Deng C.
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty
Insect Science, EarlyView.Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia +3 more
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