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Railway noise annoyance on the railway track in northwest slovakia.
Noise Health, 2018 Pultznerova A +3 more
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American Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 171-182, May 2026.Abstract In Colombia's northeastern borderlands, agrarian economies shape how disease risk and stigma are understood and managed. As shown in ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Catatumbo region, cutaneous leishmaniasis—a sandfly‐transmitted disease that produces chronic skin lesions—appears in two radically different guises across adjacent ...
Javier Lezaun, Lina Pinto‐García
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the emergence of “green fintech,” a diverse subset of new financial technologies with expressly environmental aims. We suggest that an analysis of “green fintech” offers us a useful lens on the contradictions of green finance more generally.
Nick Bernards +2 more
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British Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 31, Issue 2, May 2026.Abstract Objectives Sufficient physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of chronic disease. In Australia, men experience higher rates of overweight, obesity and cardiovascular disease than women. Gender‐sensitized PA interventions like Australian Fans‐In‐Training (Aussie‐FIT) leverage men's interest in sport to promote behaviour change and have shown ...
Brendan J. Smith +8 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.Habitat fragmentation and climate change jointly threaten the persistence of wide‐ranging species, posing complex challenges for conservation planning. However, most current connectivity approaches overlook the integration of species‐specific constraints, climate‐driven dynamics, and quantitative robustness assessments. To bridge this gap, we propose a
Mengdi Fu +3 more
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A Physics-Guided Quantitative GPR Framework for Detecting Hanging Sleepers in Ballasted Railway Tracks. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Yang W, Gao J, Xu Z.
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Consumer Mobility, Offline and Online Regional Trade: Evidence From High‐Frequency Transaction Data
International Economic Review, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 565-579, May 2026.ABSTRACT The shift from offline to online purchasing is reshaping trade patterns: a weaker effect of distance has been observed in digital transactions. This study analyzes these dynamics at an unprecedented scale and granularity, using interregional gravity models estimated from billions of geolocated French card transactions.
David Bounie +2 more
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 1400-1417, May 2026.ABSTRACT The heavy reliance of many African nations on a few export products (typically primary products) for export earnings often creates significant development challenges. China's participation in Africa has been steadily growing, presenting both opportunities and risks for the continent's economic progress. This study aims to analyse the impact of
Aliyu Buhari Isah
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Generation Inequality in an Aging Society: The Demographic Welfare Dilemma
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 551-571, May 2026.ABSTRACT This study provides empirical evidence that Japanese local governments have political incentives to prioritize policies favoring the elderly population in order to secure electoral support. Such preferences may come at the expense of the younger generation, whose presence is often associated with reduced short‐term political performance.
Dachen Sheng, Heather A. Montgomery
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