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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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A rumor spreading model based on information entropy. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Wang C +5 more
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The Use of Home Fortification Products in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review
Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Home fortification products (HFPs), including multiple micronutrient powders and small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements, are specialized, nutrient‐filled products added to foods with the aim of filling critical nutrient gaps. Despite their potential, there is limited documentation of the use of HFPs in humanitarian settings.
Jacqueline M. Lauer +4 more
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Forgive, Because You Were Forgiven
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Philosophical orthodoxy has it that forgiveness is always discretionary—a gift we are free to extend to those who wrong us, but one that we are never morally required to offer. I dispute this orthodoxy, arguing that forgiveness is sometimes obligatory, even though wrongdoers can never demand or otherwise extract it from us.
Abraham Mathew
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Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the online spread of political misinformation. We present evidence from the 2020 U.S.
Morgan Wack +5 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In the late fifteenth century, the Hungarian royal court at Buda was home to a cosmopolitan community of humanists. In early modern historiography, this cultural milieu has often been interpreted as one of the new, emergent ‘centres’ of the Renaissance in East Central Europe.
Eva Plesnik
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
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Privacy as a Defense Against Premature Representation
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Jordan Wallace‐Wolf
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Macroeconomic Expectations in a War
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using short‐ and long‐term macroeconomic forecasts, we estimate the projected cost of the Russian full‐scale invasion of Ukraine for countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly after the invasion, the projected cumulative cost over 6 years stood at $2.44 trillion for the region.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Vittal Vasudevan
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