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When Do Citizens Support Corrupt Politicians? The Trade‐Offs Between Corruption and Competence

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intriguing paradox of wide public disdain for corruption alongside popular corrupt politicians exists globally. By speaking to public ethics theory and rational choice theory, this study examines the trade‐off in which citizens tolerate corrupt officials in exchange for their competence to deliver public benefits.
Wenyan Tu, Hanyu Xiao, Xing Ni
wiley   +1 more source

Countering the Somali Pirates: Harmonizing the International Response

open access: yesJournal of Strategic Security, 2009
The growing threat to international shipping in the Gulf of Aden and neighboring regions from pirates operating off the shores of lawless Somalia has engendered an unparalleled global response.
Richard Weitz
doaj  

Counterexamples to a Weitz-Style Reduction for Multispin Systems

open access: yesCoRR
In a seminal paper, Weitz showed that for two-state spin systems, such as the Ising and hardcore models from statistical physics, correlation decay on trees implies correlation decay on arbitrary graphs. The key gadget in Weitz's reduction has been instrumental in recent advances in approximate counting and sampling, from analysis of local Markov ...
Kuikui Liu   +2 more
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From Threat to Challenge: Addressing Resistance to Diversity Through Holistic Diversity Previews and Tools

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is a core public value and central to public administration. Yet, as diversity is realized through shifts in employee representation, organizational norms, and implementation practices, some members of socially privileged groups (e.g., White employees, men) experience discomfort and anxiety in
Ines Jurcevic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Iscrtavanje granica oko posthabsburške Rijeke. Narativizacija granica u Luci ljubavi Giovannija Comissa i Danuncijadi Viktora Cara Emina

open access: yesPoznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
U razdoblju između 1917. i 1923., u kojem se urušavaju kontinentalni imperiji i osnivaju nove nacionalne države, nastaju i brojni radikalni političko-ideološki pokreti koji propovijedaju i prakticiraju (para)vojno nasilje.
Marijan Bobinac
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(Re)inventing Genocide: Legal and Political Implications of the “Genocide of Soviet People” in (Post‐)Soviet Russia

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the emergence and instrumentalization of the concept of the “genocide of the Soviet people” in both Soviet and post‐Soviet contexts, tracing its historical evolution and contemporary use in chronological perspective.
Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Irina Rebrova
wiley   +1 more source

Low‐threshold cutaneous mechanoreceptors on the foot sole have enhanced sensitivity when skin temperature is elevated

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Schematic illustration of microneurography recordings used to examine the effects of local skin heating on cutaneous mechanoreceptor responses in the human foot (left panel). A microelectrode inserted into a peripheral nerve records single‐unit activity from tactile afferent fibres while controlled mechanical stimuli are applied ...
Erika E. Howe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paul Weitz

open access: yes
An image of Paul Weitz, Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice.

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Croatian-German Conversation Dictionary from 1747

open access: yesLibellarium: Journal for the Research of Writing, Books, and Cultural Heritage Institutions, 2009
The little Croatian-German dictionary titled Nemske skole navuk is printed on 32 pages of octavo format, without a cover page, and the data on the place and time of printing are contained in the colophon.
Zoran Velagić
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Tillage does not impact soil greenhouse gas emissions in a Central Texas rainfed maize–cotton system

open access: yesAgrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Agricultural soils are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily as N2O. Monitoring how management practices impact soil gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, and N2O) is useful for making sure conservation practices (e.g., no‐till) are sustainable with regards to all potential environmental impacts.
Dorothy Menefee, Hal Collins, Doug Smith
wiley   +1 more source

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