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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

Weather, EarlyView.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
wiley   +1 more source

Monolithic integration of SiC diode detectors into scanning X‐ray microscopy optical elements for in situ beam diagnostics

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, EarlyView.
Silicon carbide detectors are monolithically integrated into order‐sorting apertures and center stops for in situ soft X‐ray beam diagnostics in STXM. Functionalized components enable simultaneous monitoring of incident beam intensity and the transverse position at sample‐relevant locations without degrading optical performance.Reliable monitoring of ...
Gabriele Trovato, Simone Finizio, Samuele Moscato, Jörg Raabe, Joakim Reuteler, Massimo Camarda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospitaller Revenues, Bourbon Regalism: The Financial Administration of the Grand Priory of Castile and León under an American Parvenu

History, EarlyView.
Abstract After the vicissitudes of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), the consolidation of the Bourbon Monarchy in early eighteenth‐century Spain allowed Philip V's ministry to implement the so‐called Nueva Planta in his various kingdoms and lordships of the Crown of Aragon, but also in Castile.
Roberto Quirós Rosado
wiley   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
wiley   +1 more source

Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of hereditary angioedema population in Argentina: A nationwide study. [PDF]

World Allergy Organ J
Josviak D, Vázquez D, Martínez P, Medina I, Zwiener R, Berardi A, Chorzepa G, Luna C, Pussetto V, Fili N, Marocco M, Fueyo G, Indiveri M, Baillieau F, Baillieau R, Brandi A, García M, Vijoditz G, Oleastro M, Parisi C, Chinigo M, Gómez Raccio A, Mariño A, Ronco P, Schmid A, Cambiasso C, Espantoso D, Galicchio M, Onetti C, Kahn A, Fantini C, HAE Scientific Committee of Asociación Argentina de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica (AAAeIC) and Argentine Physicians Interested in HAE.   +31 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prosocial CEOs and Accounting Manipulation Le comportement prosocial des PDG et la manipulation comptable

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between CEOs' prosocial tendency and their firms' likelihood of accounting manipulation. We measure CEOs' prosocial tendency based on their involvement with charitable organizations. We find that prosocial CEOs are less likely to engage in accounting manipulation, as proxied by material non‐reliance ...
Mei Feng, Weili Ge, Zhejia Ling, Wei Ting Loh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting Galápagos' marine ecosystems: Biosecurity and network design against invasive species from tourist vessels. [PDF]

iScience
Campbell ML, Le CTU, Hewitt CL.
europepmc   +1 more source

An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, Jessica A. Schoenherr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source