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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement.
Zhao Alexandre Huang, Xiang Meng
wiley   +1 more source

Markov chain-based turnout state prediction and lifespan simulation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wu Z, He W, Wu Z, Gu S, Li C, Guo J.
europepmc   +1 more source

A framework for capturing indirect impacts in site‐level screening for biodiversity risks

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Site‐based industrial operations such as mining, oil and gas extraction and renewable energy development are associated with many direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity. Consideration of the full range of these impacts when selecting a buffer distance to approximate the Area of Influence (AoI) of a project is critical for effective ...
Divya Narain, Jacob Bedford, Elspeth Grace, Alfred Muge, Aime Rankin, Matthew I. Jones, Sebastian Dunnett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Evaluation of traffic congestion mitigation techniques using an entropy-TOPSIS integrated method. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hussain D, Jamal A, Farooq A, Almoshaogeh M, Alharbi F, Farooq D.   +5 more
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Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
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Feasibility of Employing Semi-Hard Magnetic Materials for Hysteresis Magnetic Clutches in Railway Systems. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Pistelok P, Adamiak M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Investors’ Information‐acquisition Ability Affect IPO Underpricing? Evidence from a Quasi‐natural Experiment

Abacus, EarlyView.
Initial public offering (IPO) underpricing, driven by information asymmetry, is a prevalent and serious global phenomenon. In addition to the influence of information providers such as IPO firms, investors’ ability to acquire information may also significantly affect IPO underpricing.
Haipeng Yu, Xiaoke Cheng, Caiyue Ouyang, Wenxia Ge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A rapid detection method for coal dust thickness in heavy-haul railway ballast based on time and frequency domain response characteristics from GPR signal. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang W, Gao J, Xu Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic Freedom and Audit Fees: Evidence From the USA

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the association between US state‐level economic freedom and audit fees. We argue that economic freedom lowers clients' perceived business risk, thereby requiring reduced audit effort and exposing auditors to a lower probability of litigation risk, which enables auditors to charge lower audit fees to clients headquartered in states ...
Mahmud Hossain, Ahsan Habib, Dinithi Ranasinghe, Marlissa Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of geological hazards susceptibility along a key railway based on machine learning. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Liang J, Qi W, Xu C, Wang P, Sun J, Zhang X, Xue Z, Chen J, Cui Y, Pan J, Wang J, Sun Q.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source