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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Futures for the World’s Largest Yellowfin Tuna Population Under the Combined Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The impacts of climate change are expected to have profound effects on the fisheries of the Pacific Ocean, including its tuna fisheries, the largest globally.
Simon Nicol   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Posttraumatic stress, perceived hostile intention and reactions to peer provocation: A longitudinal study in US inner‐city youth

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
This longitudinal study examined how posttraumatic stress (PTS) affects adolescents' responses to peer provocation, using self‐reports from 2014 predominantly ethnic minority youth aged 12–14. Path analysis showed that higher PTS was linked to more aggression, greater perceived hostility, and a lower tendency to ignore provocation, especially among ...
Vladislav Ruchkin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Modeling to Forecast Student Outcomes and Drive Effective Interventions in Online Community College Courses

open access: yesOnline Learning, 2012
Community colleges continue to experience tremendous growth in online courses. This growth reflects the need to increase the numbers of students who complete certificates or degrees. Retaining online students, not to mention assuring their success, is a
Vernon C. Smith   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The institutional context of rationality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the last three decades, mainstream economics has been influenced by authors associated with new institutional economics and new behavioral economics.
Godłów-Legiędź, Janina
core   +1 more source

Annual Research Review: Associations of socioeconomic status with cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement in youth: a systematic review of mechanisms and protective factors

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 417-439, April 2025.
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In particular, SES is a powerful predictor of executive function (EF), language ability, and academic achievement.
Divyangana Rakesh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combination strategies for pandemic influenza response - a systematic review of mathematical modeling studies

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2009
Background Individual strategies in pandemic preparedness plans may not reduce the impact of an influenza pandemic. Methods We searched modeling publications through PubMed and associated references from 1990 to 30 September 2009. Inclusion criteria were
Lee Vernon J   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

UA68/6/2 Banquet Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 1950
Program for Leiper English Club banquet celebrating 25 years of the College Heights Herald. Includes articles: Stone, Vernon. Congratulations Miss [Frances] Richards Stone, Vernon. Dr. Mims is English Club Banquet Speaker [Omer] Gosnell Does Portrait
Lieper English Club
core   +1 more source

Modulation of succinyl‐CoA:3‐ketoacid CoA transferase activity by a single amino acid residue in acetate:succinate CoA transferase from Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African sleeping sickness

open access: yesProtein Science, Volume 35, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Trypanosomatids are protozoan parasites that remain a global health challenge due to the limited efficacy, safety, and durability of current treatments. Acetate: succinate CoA transferase (ASCT), together with succinyl‐CoA synthase (SCS), forms the ASCT/SCS cycle that fuels ATP production and generates acetate, a central metabolic intermediate
Kota Mochizuki   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fracture‐Assisted Pressure Solution Creep of Granite: An Example From the Mont Blanc Massif, Western Alps

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract The Mont Blanc granite, as other deformed granites, has splitting properties attributed to two perpendicular planes: one formed by aligned fractures and the other by aligned micas in foliation planes. It is shown that this microstructure results from ductile deformation with stress‐driven dissolution of quartz and feldspar that passively ...
Jean‐Pierre Gratier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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