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A Conversation With David Bellhouse

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary David Richard Bellhouse was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 19 July 1948. He studied actuarial mathematics and statistics at the University of Manitoba (BA, 1970; MA, 1972) and completed his PhD at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in 1975. After being an Assistant Professor for 1 year at his alma mater, he joined the University of Western ...
Christian Genest
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Accelerating Platform User Growth: Pinduoduo's Multi‐Motivational Selfish Referral Strategy

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Referral strategies, whereby existing platform users recruit new users and thereby strengthen same‐side network effects, have long been central to digital platforms' efforts to grow the installed user base. Current referral strategies often require the referee to complete a transaction as a prerequisite for the referrer to receive the reward ...
Runyu Shi, Panos Constantinides, Federico Iannacci   +2 more
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Bridging the Gap Between the ED and Home: The Community Paramedic‐Led Transitions Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 6 million persons living with dementia (PLWD) in the United States rely on the emergency department (ED) for unscheduled care, with up to half discharged home after treatment. The ED‐to‐home transition poses significant challenges for PLWD and their care partners (referred to as “dyads”), contributing to high rates of ED revisits and
Meghan Jenkins Morales, Stephanie Ricketts, Corita R. Grudzen, Abraham A. Brody, Joshua Chodosh, Keith Goldfeld, Manish N. Shah, ED‐LEAD Investigators, Lauren Abbate, Rebecca Anthopolos, Alicia Arbaje, Fernanda Bellolio, Jonathan Berkowitz, Andrea Blome, Erik Jonathan Blutinger, Justin Kenneth Brooten, Reed Caldwell, Christopher Caspers, Nathaniel Chin, Edward Cisek, Valerie Cotter, Jeremy Thomas Cushman, Dan David, Allison L. Ducharme‐Smith, Scott Dresden, Mary Ellen Dupont, Marie Carmelle Elie, Andra Farcas, Bucky Ferozan, Jori Fleisher, Nicholas Genes, Cameron Gettel, Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovski, Scott Goldberg, Elizabeth Goldberg, Satheesh Gunaga, Heather Heaton, Courtney Jones, Maura Kennedy, Timmy Li, Joseph Miller, Brian Mittman, Kei Ouchi, Brian W. Patterson, Jennifer Portz, Alex Quinones, Ashley Shreves, Michelle Simpson, Silas Smith, Payal Sud, Joe Suyama, Scotty Thomas, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Ian Wittman, Nancy Wood   +54 more
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(De)Legitimizing Language Policing: Enregisterment and Linguistic Authority in Taiwan's Digital Public

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how ordinary Taiwanese netizens perform linguistic authority by policing others’ use of Mainland Chinese expressions in everyday online interactions not originally intended to be political and how such policing is subsequently supported, resisted, or (de)legitimized in the context of Taiwan–China relations. Three orders
Hsi‐Yao Su
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Linguistic dynamics of online scam conversations: a multi-stage analysis based on the COLD framework

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The global rise of online scams poses escalating social risks, yet the underlying linguistic dynamics remain underexplored. Grounded in the Contextual Organization of Language in Deception (COLD) framework, this study applies a multi-stage analysis of ...
Danyang Li, Ruilin Zheng, Xiao Fan Liu, Baojun Ma, Haowen Sun, Li Crystal Jiang   +5 more
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Emerging Financial Scams In The Indian Banking Sector: Challenges And RBI’s Preventive Framework

Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
The digital transformation of India’s banking sector has significantly enhanced convenience, financial inclusion, and efficiency. However, this evolution has been accompanied by a sharp rise in emerging financial scams such as UPI frauds, phishing ...
Dr. Richa Singhal, Priyanka Bargujar
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Do deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights?

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Unauthorised deepfakes are deeply problematic, from the spreading of misinformation to non‐consensual pornographic content. This paper asks whether deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights. To address this question, it examines the harms that deepfakes can cause through disinformation, demeaning content ...
Hayleigh Bosher
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The genetic architecture of leaf vein density and its importance for photosynthesis in maize

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Vein types in maize leaves. Summary Leaf venation density has significantly increased during plant evolution. Higher densities are observed in angiosperms compared with early land plants, and among angiosperms, recently diverged C4 species have the highest values.
José Luis Coyac‐Rodríguez, Sergio Pérez‐Limón, Elizabeth Hernández‐Jaimes, Marcela Hernández‐Coronado, Daniel Camo‐Escobar, Ana Laura Alonso‐Nieves, María de Jesús Ortega‐Estrada, Nicole Gómez‐Capetillo, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Carlos Ortiz‐Ramírez   +9 more
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Analysing motivations of Ponzi victims in West Bengal, India

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The state of West Bengal, in Eastern India, has been affected by recurring Ponzi scams from the 1970s. In the last cluster of these scams, between 2000–2013, over three million depositors lost ~2.5 billion USD (2015 equivalent).
Navajyoti Samanta
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Understanding Online Freelancers' Labour Agency at the Intersection of Platforms, Wider Labour Markets, and Households: Evidence From the Philippines

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on the labour agency of remote‐based online freelancers has often struggled to account for the interplay between platform dynamics, broader labour market conditions, and gendered household responsibilities. This article addresses this gap by proposing an integrated analytical framework that synthesises these dimensions to examine how ...
Jorien H. Oprins
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