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Quantization of derived cotangent stacks and gauge theory on directed graphs (2023)
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Benini, M., Pridham, J. P., & Schenkel, A. (2023). Quantization of derived cotangent stacks and gauge theory on directed graphs. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 27(5), 1275-1332. https://doi.org/10.4310/atmp.2023.v27.n5.a1

We study the quantization of the canonical unshifted Poisson structure on the derived cotangent stack T ∗ [X/G] of a quotient stack, where X is a smooth affine scheme with an action of a (reductive) smooth affine group scheme G. This is achieved thro... Read More about Quantization of derived cotangent stacks and gauge theory on directed graphs.

The future of the food supply chain: a systematic literature review and research directions towards sustainability, resilience, and technology adoption (2023)
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Su, I., Wu, L., & Hua Tan, K. (2023). The future of the food supply chain: a systematic literature review and research directions towards sustainability, resilience, and technology adoption. Journal of Digital Economy, 2, 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2024.03.001

In recent years, our food supply chain facing various disruptions shows a need for higher resilience and sustainability. To better prepare for future uncertainties the food supply chain may encounter, it is imperative to understand the status quo of... Read More about The future of the food supply chain: a systematic literature review and research directions towards sustainability, resilience, and technology adoption.

Chronic back pain prevalence at small area level in England - the design and validation of a 2-stage static spatial microsimulation model (2023)
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Smalley, H., & Edwards, K. (2024). Chronic back pain prevalence at small area level in England - the design and validation of a 2-stage static spatial microsimulation model. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 48, Article 100633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2023.100633

Spatially disaggregated estimates provide valuable insights into the nature of a disease. They highlight inequalities, aid public health planning and identify avenues for further research. Spatial microsimulation is advantageous in that it can be use... Read More about Chronic back pain prevalence at small area level in England - the design and validation of a 2-stage static spatial microsimulation model.

Postcards from the past: fascist site-seeing in post-war Italy (2023)
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Pucci, L. (2023). Postcards from the past: fascist site-seeing in post-war Italy. Annali d’italianistica, 41,

This article examines picture postcards of Fascist-era sites that were mailed after the fall of the regime. Sent between the 1940s and the 1980s, the postcards carry images of both highly recognisable and less well-known examples of Fascism’s symboli... Read More about Postcards from the past: fascist site-seeing in post-war Italy.

Digital video activism: Fan Popo’s queer Asian diasporic politics (2023)
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Bao, H. (2023). Digital video activism: Fan Popo’s queer Asian diasporic politics. Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 17(1), 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508061.2024.2312681

This article examines queer Chinese filmmaker Fan Popo's fiction films and curatorial practices since he moved from Beijing to Berlin in 2017. It focuses on how Fan's subject position as queer Asian diaspora impacts on his filmmaking, identity and po... Read More about Digital video activism: Fan Popo’s queer Asian diasporic politics.

Adelung's English-German dictionary (1783, 1796): its achievements and its relationship to the dictionaries of Samuel Johnson and Johannes Ebers (2023)
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McLelland, N. (2023). Adelung's English-German dictionary (1783, 1796): its achievements and its relationship to the dictionaries of Samuel Johnson and Johannes Ebers. Historiographia Linguistica, 50(1), 62-93. https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.00131.mcl

This article examines Johann Christoph Adelung's English-German dictionary (1783, 1796). The dictionary deserves our attention because it was undertaken by the author of a ground-breaking German dictionary (Adelung 1774-86, 21793-1801), working from... Read More about Adelung's English-German dictionary (1783, 1796): its achievements and its relationship to the dictionaries of Samuel Johnson and Johannes Ebers.

Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History (2023)
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Li, L., & Tang, Y. (2024). Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History. Heritage, 7(1), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7010009

This paper seeks contemporary cultural heritage conservation principles by reviewing its history, starting from the 18th century, in practices, international documents, and the literature on this topic. It intends to lay a foundation to avoid damagin... Read More about Towards the Contemporary Conservation of Cultural Heritages: An Overview of Their Conservation History.

Comparing different approaches of agent-based occupancy modelling for predicting realistic electricity consumption in office buildings (2023)
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Mashuk, M. S., Pinchin, J., Siebers, P., & Moore, T. (2024). Comparing different approaches of agent-based occupancy modelling for predicting realistic electricity consumption in office buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 84, Article 108420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108420

Having a good grasp on modelling the dynamics of occupants for estimating electricity consumption in office buildings is a vital asset for realistic predictions. Nowadays, agent-based models are widely used for this purpose. Previous approaches to mo... Read More about Comparing different approaches of agent-based occupancy modelling for predicting realistic electricity consumption in office buildings.

Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics (2023)
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Lai, H. (2023). Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics. East Asian Policy, 15(4), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930523000296

In 2022 highly restrictive measures were imposed in China to contain the less deadly Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. This study argues that these measures resulted from a move away from pragmatic authoritarianism and toward totalitarianism since 2013... Read More about Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics.

Dishonesty and public employment (2023)
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Cruces, G., Rossi, M., & Schargrodsky, E. (2023). Dishonesty and public employment. American Economic Review: Insights, 5(4), 511-526. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20220550

We exploit a natural experiment to study the causal link between dishonest behavior and public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by both a lottery and a medical examination. To avoid conscri... Read More about Dishonesty and public employment.

The interrater and test–retest reliability of 3 modalities of quantitative sensory testing in healthy adults and people with chronic low back pain or rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
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Brady, S. M., Georgopoulos, V., Veldhuijzen van Zanten, J. J., Duda, J. L., Metsios, G. S., Kitas, G. D., …McWilliams, D. F. (2023). The interrater and test–retest reliability of 3 modalities of quantitative sensory testing in healthy adults and people with chronic low back pain or rheumatoid arthritis. PAIN Reports, 8(6), Article e1102. https://doi.org/10.1097/pr9.0000000000001102

Introduction: Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) modalities used to assess central pain mechanisms require different protocols in people with different musculoskeletal conditions. Objectives: We aimed to explore the possible effects of musculo... Read More about The interrater and test–retest reliability of 3 modalities of quantitative sensory testing in healthy adults and people with chronic low back pain or rheumatoid arthritis.

Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes (2023)
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Ewurama, O., & Zapata, G. C. (2023). Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes. Applied Language Learning, 33, 58-70

This study investigates the effectiveness of the PACE approach (Adair-Hauck & Donato, 2002) for grammar teaching in beginning (novice mid/high) second language (L2) Spanish classes. Even though research has reported instructional benefits for PACE in... Read More about Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes.

Polytopes and machine learning (2023)
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Bao, J., He, Y.-H., Hirst, E., Hofscheier, J., Kasprzyk, A., & Majumder, S. (2023). Polytopes and machine learning. International Journal of Data Science in the Mathematical Sciences, 1(2), 181-211. https://doi.org/10.1142/S281093922350003X

We introduce machine learning methodology to the study of lattice polytopes. With supervised learning techniques, we predict standard properties such as volume, dual volume, reflexivity, etc, with accuracies up to 100%. We focus on 2d polygons and 3d... Read More about Polytopes and machine learning.

Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping (2023)
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Hobson, P. J., Hardwicke, N. L., Davis, A., Smith, T. X., Morley, C., Packer, M., …Fromhold, M. (2023). Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72, Article 1005815. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3284138

Adaptable, low-cost, coils designed by carefully selecting the arrangements and geometries of simple primitive units are used to generate magnetic fields for diverse applications. These extend from magnetic resonance and fundamental physics experimen... Read More about Designing Optimal Loop, Saddle, and Ellipse-Based Magnetic Coils by Spherical Harmonic Mapping.

The problem of Vnuk and the EU response: a critique of the law on compulsory motor vehicle insurance (2023)
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Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2023). The problem of Vnuk and the EU response: a critique of the law on compulsory motor vehicle insurance. Journal of Business Law, 2023(8), 639-660

In 2014 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its ruling in the case Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav, extending the scope of compulsory motor vehicle insurance. The relevant EU legislation, the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directive, imposed a duty o... Read More about The problem of Vnuk and the EU response: a critique of the law on compulsory motor vehicle insurance.

To what extent is the parody exception truly harmonised? An empirical analysis of the Member States’ case law post-Deckmyn (2023)
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Derclaye, E. (2023). To what extent is the parody exception truly harmonised? An empirical analysis of the Member States’ case law post-Deckmyn. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2023(2), 59-85

Over the course of the last three decades, the European Union has adopted 11 legislative instruments in the field of copyright to harmonise many of its aspects and the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU) has over the years been very active... Read More about To what extent is the parody exception truly harmonised? An empirical analysis of the Member States’ case law post-Deckmyn.

IASB'S Recent Update on the Extractive Activities Project: A Comment (2023)
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Abdo, H., & Owusu, F. B. (2023). IASB'S Recent Update on the Extractive Activities Project: A Comment. Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, 71(3), 443-452

In January 2022, the IASB published an article on the Extractive Activities project where Tadeu Cendon explains the IASB's decision on the project. Although the IASB acknowledges the existence of the problem of diversity in accounting practices in th... Read More about IASB'S Recent Update on the Extractive Activities Project: A Comment.