The Impact of TikTok on Elections: (Mis)information and Regulatory Challenges
ABSTRACT TikTok's algorithm‐driven feed is reshaping electoral communication, yet a clear understanding of its effects is lacking. This study synthesizes and appraises evidence on how the platform's design and governance shape political (dis)information and may affect electoral dynamics.
Michele Giuseppe Giuranno +1 more
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5G RF EMF Spectral Exposure Assessment in Four European Countries. [PDF]
Deprez K +11 more
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Mitigating the digital divide: exploring moderation and mediation effects on eHealth performance in a comparative study of Europe and Southeast Asia. [PDF]
Chen CH.
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Iran's Forward Defense in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Abstract This article examines Iran's security and defense initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa between 1990 and 2024 and how they reflect the extraterritorial application of the regime's forward defense doctrine. In response to the long‐term erosion of its homeland defense capabilities since the Iran‐Iraq War of the 1980s—driven by infrastructure ...
Ariel Limanya Limbu, Ronen A. Cohen
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Do Environmental Degradation, ICT, Health Expenditure, and Institutional Quality Affect Life Expectancy? [PDF]
Zhang H, Shao Q, Uddin I, Zhang X.
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Accounting for Cross‐Country Differences in Output Per Worker: A Sectoral CES Perspective
ABSTRACT The standard macroeconomic literature suggests that richer countries employ more productive technologies. Removing technological disparities between countries would hence narrow the substantial variation in output per worker across countries.
Jan Trenczek, Konstantin M. Wacker
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Electricity usage prediction using developed human evolutionary optimization algorithm and Xception neural network. [PDF]
Yu D, Wu D, Liao C, Cao Z, Pouramini S.
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Digital Roots or Digital Routes? Broadband Expansion and the Rural‐Urban Migration in China
Abstract This study investigates how broadband internet affects rural–urban migration in China using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program launched in 2015 as a quasi‐experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013–2021) with difference‐in‐differences estimation, we find that improved internet ...
Shuang Ma, Ren Mu
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