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SDSL-Mobile: Enabling space-efficient data structures for mobile applications
This paper presents the process and results of porting the Succinct Data Structure Library 2.0 (SDSL-lite), a robust and well-established open-source C++11 library, to Android platforms.
Alexander Barquero +6 more
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The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008
Abstract Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel dataset spanning 135 years (1874–2008), this study finds support for a crucial role played by structural transformation in convergence. The pace of
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
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Implementing the Just Transition Fund: Patterns of Multilevel Governance
Abstract Multilevel governance has been a central feature of EU policy‐making, especially in the context of cohesion policy, where the concept was extensively theorised. Building on insights from long‐standing scientific research on the topic, this article explores the implementation of the recently established Just Transition Fund (JTF), focusing on ...
Ekaterina Domorenok, Beniamino Masi
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong +7 more
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Better VAT for Both Explicit and Implicit Financial Fees
Abstract Recently, several countries have initiated reforms on their VAT regimes to include financial services, following the emergence of various methods for taxing both implicit and explicit fees. This article provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of these reforms.
Guillermo Peña
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ABSTRACT This paper introduces and conceptualizes midocracy as an emergent organizational form in the public sector, characterized by the growth and dominance of a professionalized administrative middle layer. The study argues that midocracy draws on elements associated with both New Public Management (NPM) and post‐NPM reform agendas.
Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger +1 more
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‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
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Abstract The space of human goals is tremendously vast; and yet, from just a few moments of watching a scene or reading a story, we seem to spontaneously infer a range of plausible motivations for the people and characters involved. What explains this remarkable capacity for intuiting other agents' goals, despite the infinitude of ends they might ...
Tan Zhi‐Xuan +3 more
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Technologies for engineering repetitive DNA
Abstract Repetitive DNA, a fundamental architectural element of genomes, is widespread across organisms and comprises about 54% of the human genome. With advances in long‐read sequencing and bioinformatics approaches, highly repetitive sequences can now be characterized in depth.
Shuting Ma, Yali Cui, Yi Wu
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Index structures for distributed text databases
The Web has became an obiquitous resource for distributed computing making it relevant to investigate new ways of providing efficient access to services available at dedicated sites.
Juan Mauricio Marin Cahiuan
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