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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 581-594, September 2026.ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
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Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 73, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Bacterial symbiosis is well‐documented in chemosynthesis‐based ecosystems, but associations with microeukaryotes remain overlooked. In this study, using scanning electron microscopy and 18S rDNA barcoding, we investigate the presence, diversity, and biogeographic patterns of ciliate epibionts associated with two deep‐sea caridean families ...
Lison Hey +5 more
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Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Many coastal and riverine communities lack dedicated flood protection and face growing flood risk from climate change and urban development. In such areas, flood insurance is one of few mechanisms to manage financial exposure, yet how adaptation measures, participation structures, and infrastructure policy jointly shape long‐term insurability ...
Cees Oerlemans +3 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2026.Abstract This article investigates how Kenyan citizens access healthcare within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it reconceptualizes waiting as a politically structured phenomenon rather than a simple delay. The analysis shows that UHC reforms do not eliminate waiting but instead redistribute it,
Edwin Ambani Ameso
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Iran's Gas Sector in Conflict: Infrastructure Vulnerability & Market Implications
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.Abstract This article examines the structural vulnerability of Iran's natural gas sector under conditions of conflict, focusing on the March 2026 strikes on the South Pars/Asaluyeh complex. Despite holding the world's second‐largest reserves and ranking among the top producers, Iran's gas system is characterized by high infrastructure concentration ...
Umud Shokri
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Risk, Overlap, and Two Forms of Aggregation
Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 673-684, September 2026.ABSTRACT In this paper, we introduce a new class of cases to the debate on rescue dilemmas and whether to save the greater number. We argue that situations involving both risk and overlap shine a new light on some of the most important issues within this discussion.
Lukas Tank +2 more
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Incident Risk Prediction for Global Maritime Networks Under a Changing Climate
Risk Analysis, Volume 46, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Maritime risk is a fundamental component of operational cost and decision‐making in global container shipping, yet quantitative, route‐comparable risk estimates, especially in monetary terms and under future climate conditions, remain limited.
Alireza Azadnia, Elise Miller‐Hooks
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Ethnographies of Human‐AI Collaborations: What Arrangements of Expertise Emerge?
Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT In this review, I outline four arrangements on the spectrum of human experts‐AI collaboration, as studied from an ethnographic, grounded perspective by sociology, management, and STS scholars. Starting with the sociology of expertise's definitions of what constitutes “expert work,” I first review cases in which AI almost replaced human ...
Netta Avnon
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