An Introduction to Predictive Processing Models of Perception and Decision‐Making
Abstract The predictive processing framework includes a broad set of ideas, which might be articulated and developed in a variety of ways, concerning how the brain may leverage predictive models when implementing perception, cognition, decision‐making, and motor control.
Mark Sprevak, Ryan Smith
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Improving the Surface Quality of Network Microstructure Titanium Matrix Composites Using Electrochemical Milling Following EDM. [PDF]
Hu Y, Zhang L, Gong S, Wang Z.
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia
ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
Peer Schouten +2 more
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Ultrasonic vibration-assisted arc machining of Inconel 718: Achieving concurrent processing efficiency enhancement and microstructure regulation. [PDF]
Ding S +10 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Towards Manufacturing High-Quality Film-Cooling Holes Using Femtosecond Laser Combined with Abrasive Flow. [PDF]
Wang L, Wang Z, Xu J, Zhao W, Zhang Z.
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An Emergent Seafood Nationalism Takes Hold in the United States
ABSTRACT This paper introduces the concept of ‘seafood nationalism’ to describe how, since 2024–2025, the United States increasingly uses tariffs, trade remedies, food safety enforcement and origin‐based rules to favour American seafood over foreign products.
Owen Temby
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Effect of powder particle concentration, pulse duration, and pulse current on machined surface characterization produced via EDM of biocompatible WE-43Mg alloy. [PDF]
Khan SA +4 more
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Enchanting the Otherwise: Magical Realism and the Gendered Ontologies of Organizational Becoming
ABSTRACT This paper enacts a feminist‐posthumanist reimagining of gender as ontological disturbance, using magical realism not as metaphor but as epistemological method. Rejecting representational logics and the managerial rationalities of organizational realism, we advance gender not as identity or role but as spectral interference—a transversal ...
Max Ganzin, Diana Ivanycheva
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