Sweden's image in the world: still a ‘model’? by Schroeder, R

“…Positive models for societal development have existed in the past and included the United States during the heyday of modernization theory. This paper argues that positive models are useful, partly to crystallize options among the much-debated varieties of capitalism, and partly as ideals which can be held up by social thinkers and publics as aspirations for the good society. …”

Elective affinities by Acuña, J, Jairo Acu�a - Alfaro

“…Contrary to standard modernization theory, both processes are intertwined in an endogenous relationship, hi principle, both have the same logic of inference: the promotion of individual freedoms and the expansion of well-being, both political and economic.…”

Preface: Angus Hawkins and the Victorians by Middleton, A

“…The book insists that the ‘modernization theory’ beloved of twentieth-century sociologists cannot be made to fit the facts of nineteenth-century British history, and that a satisfactory grasp of the dynamics of the period must rely on alternative conceptual frameworks.1 Angus intended the volume to be bracing, realised his approach was partial, anticipated that it might attract criticism, and hoped that it would motivate debate. …”

Memory and anticipation: new empirical support for an old theory of the utility function by Knight, J, Gunatilaka, R

“…The paper contrasts early theories of the utility function (starting with Bentham and elaborated by Jevons) with the modern theory (laid down by Fisher and Samuelson). The former include in the utility function not only the sensation of current events but also the memory of past events and the anticipation of future events. …”

Self and self-consciousness: Aristotelian ontology and Cartesian duality by Christofidou, A

“…The claims that Descartes introspectively encounters the self and that the Cartesian extent of inner space is self-contained are profound errors, distortions through the lenses of modern theories.…”

Self and self-consciousness: Aristotelian ontology and Cartesian duality by Christofidou, A

“…The claims that Descartes introspectively encounters the self and that the Cartesian extent of inner space is self-contained are profound errors, distortions through the lenses of modern theories. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.…”

International Political Economy: Some African Applications. by Collier, P

“…Modern theories of political economy analyze the sources of political power and their uses for economic ends. …”

Intergroup bias. by Hewstone, M, Rubin, M, Willis, H

“…We focus on five issues and identify areas for future research: (a) measurement and conceptual issues (especially in-group favoritism vs. out-group derogation, and explicit vs. implicit measures of bias); (b) modern theories of bias highlighting motivational explanations (social identity, optimal distinctiveness, uncertainty reduction, social dominance, terror management); (c) key moderators of bias, especially those that exacerbate bias (identification, group size, status and power, threat, positive-negative asymmetry, personality and individual differences); (d) reduction of bias (individual vs. intergroup approaches, especially models of social categorization); and (e) the link between intergroup bias and more corrosive forms of social hostility.…”

The evolution of social norms by Young, H

“…They also show that the modern theory of norm dynamics yields insights and predictions that go beyond conventional equilibrium analysis.…”

The Evolution of Social Norms by Young, H

“…They also show that the modern theory of norm dynamics yields insights and predictions that go beyond conventional equilibrium analysis. …”

Sex increases the efficacy of natural selection in experimental yeast populations. by Goddard, MR, Godfray, H, Burt, A

“…Further, in organisms with unequal-sized gametes, the female transmits her genes at only half the rate of an asexual equivalent (the twofold cost of sex). Many modern theories that provide an explanation for the advantage of sex incorporate an idea originally proposed by Weismann more than 100 years ago: sex allows natural selection to proceed more effectively because it increases genetic variation. …”

Towards capturing sonographic experience: cognition-inspired ultrasound video saliency prediction by Droste, R, Cai, Y, Sharma, H, Chatelain, P, Papageorghiou, A, Noble, J

“…Here, we propose a temporally bidirectional model for video saliency prediction (BDS-Net), drawing inspiration from modern theories of human cognition. The model consists of a convolutional neural network (CNN) encoder followed by a bidirectional gated-recurrent-unit recurrent convolutional network (GRU-RCN) decoder. …”

An experimental study of the thermodynamic properties of molecularly simple liquid mixtures by Lobo, LQ

“…<p>The object of this work was to provide accurate experimental values of the primary thermodynamic excess functions — the excess Gibbs energy G^E, the enthalpy of mixing HE, and the excess volume V^E — of suitably chosen binary liquid mixtures, with which modern theories of solutions, especially those which take polarity into account, could be tested. …”

Rethinking the Keynesian revolution: Keynes, Hayek, and the Wicksell connection by Goodspeed, T

“…The book aims not only to deconstruct some of the historical misconceptions of the Keynes versus Hayek debate but also to suggest how the insights thus uncovered can inform and instruct modern theory. While much of the analysis is quite technical, it does not assume previous knowledge of 1930s economic theory and thus should be accessible to economists, political scientists, and historians with general economics training, as well as to graduate students in these fields.…”

Bifurcation analysis points towards the source of beta neuronal oscillations in Parkinson's disease by Nevado-Holgado, A, Terry, JR, Bogacz, R

“…Once SNc neurons have died, the basal ganglia starts showing prominent features of malfunction, and the characteristics symptoms of Parkinson's disease began to be observed in the patient (i.e. general difficulty or inability to execute motor movements and limb tremor, among others). Modern theory of Parkinson's disease focuses on the abnormal brain activity oscillations observed in the basal ganglia, which are consistently observed in parkinsonian patients and correlate with their symptoms. …”

A systematic review of mathematical models of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission: 1970-2010. by Reiner, R, Perkins, T, Barker, C, Niu, T, Chaves, L, Ellis, A, George, D, Le Menach, A, Pulliam, JR, Bisanzio, D, Buckee, C, Chiyaka, C, Cummings, D, Garcia, A, Gatton, M, Gething, P, Hartley, D, Johnston, G, Klein, E, Michael, E, Lindsay, S, Lloyd, A, Pigott, D, Reisen, W, Ruktanonchai, N

“…Although the analysis illustrated a growing acknowledgement of geographical, ecological and epidemiological complexities in modelling transmission, most models during the past 40 years closely resemble the Ross-Macdonald model. Modern theory would benefit from an expansion around the concepts of heterogeneous mosquito biting, poorly mixed mosquito-host encounters, spatial heterogeneity and temporal variation in the transmission process.…”

Economic geography and trade by Venables, AJ

“…Classical trade theory gives the insights of comparative advantage and gains from trade but is firmly aspatial, modeling countries as points and trade (in goods and factors of production) as either perfectly frictionless or impossible. Modern theory places this in a spatial context in which geographical considerations influence the volume of trade between places. …”

Speech and action in the Antiquitates Romanae of Dionysius of Halicarnassus: the question of historical change by Hogg, D, Daniel Hogg

“…Chapter 2 is an intertextual analysis of Dionysius' first preface, AR I.1-8, exploring Dionysius' engagement with his Greek and Roman predecessors. I take one modern theory, concerning Dionysius apparent 'idealisation' of the Roman past, in order to examine the relationship between the <em>Antiquities</em> and Dionysius' rhetorical works. …”

Dynamics and mechanisms of interfacial photoinduced electron transfer processes of third generation photovoltaics and photocatalysis. by Bauer, C, Teuscher, J, Brauer, J, Punzi, A, Marchioro, A, Ghadiri, E, De Jonghe, J, Wielopolski, M, Banerji, N, Moser, J

“…We aim to achieve a fundamental understanding of these phenomena by designing experiments that can be used to test and alter modern theory and computational modeling. One example illustrating recent investigations into the details of the ultrafast processes that form the basis for photoinduced charge separation at a molecular/bulk interface relevant to dye-sensitized solar cells is briefly presented here: Kinetics of interfacial PET and charge recombination processes were measured by fs and ns transient spectroscopy in a heterogeneous donor-bridge-acceptor (D-B-A) system, where D is a Ru(II)(terpyridyl-PO3)(NCS)3 complex, B an oligo-p-phenylene bridge, and A nanocrystalline TiO2. …”

A critical edition of Lope de Vega's 'San Nicolás de Tolentino' with an introductory study by Norton, R

“…Section 5 treats the supernatural in <em>'San Nicolás'</em>, demonstrating Lope’s familiarity with early modern theories of supernatural phenomenology and concluding that, despite the typically allegorical names of Ira, Carne, and Inobediencia, for example, these figures are intended, not as literary abstractions, but as real spirits, incorporeal demons. …”