How in-person conversations shape political polarization: quasi-experimental evidence from a nationwide initiative by Fang, X, Heuser, S, Stötzer, LS

“…We provide quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of in-person conversations on individual-level polarization outcomes, studying a large-scale intervention in Germany that matched pairs of strangers for private face-to-face meetings to discuss divisive political issues. We find asymmetric effects: conversations with like-minded individuals caused political views to become more extreme (ideological polarization); by contrast, conversations with contrary-minded individuals did not lead to a convergence of political views, but significantly reduced negative beliefs and attitudes toward ideological out-group members (affective polarization), while also improving perceived social cohesion more generally. …”

Public responses to foreign protectionism: evidence from the US-China trade war by Steinberg, DA, Tan, Y

“…We replicate this finding in parallel experiments on technology cooperation, and provide further external validation with a survey experiment in Argentina. …”

Renewables in GCC countries: the next frontier? by Haug, M

“…The GCC countries may find that long-term commitment, flexibility, and localization of policies may offer cost effective or efficient solutions to this dilemma.…”

Supersymmetric Yang-Mills, spherical branes, and precision holography by Bobev, N, Bomans, P, Gautason, FF, Minahan, JA, Nedelin, A

“…The same calculation can also be performed in supergravity using the recently found spherical brane solutions. We find excellent agreement between the two sets of results. …”

A spatial panel wage curve for Spain by Ramos, R, Nicodemo, C, Sanromá, E

“…Opposite to previous studies, we find that the wage equation is highly autoregressive and that regional spillovers are relevant to explain the relationship between unemployment and wages in the Spanish provinces. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.…”

Job search channels, neighborhood effects, and wages inequality in developing countries: the Colombian case by Nicodemo, C, Adolfo Garcia, G

“…This paper analyzes the relationship between social networks and the probability of finding a job. We explore geographic closeness as the social interaction to explain the job search function. …”

Do wars abroad affect attitudes at home? by Klymak, M, Vlandas, T

“…Our findings highlight the impact of foreign conflicts on a wide range of attitudes in countries that are externally threatened, but neither directly involved militarily, nor necessarily very close to the conflict. …”

Songket Tenun: Reka Bentuk dan Motif (S/O 14816) by Ismail, Adzrool Idzwan, Zainal Abidin, Ahmad Hisham, Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida, Zaibon, Syamsul Bahrin, Alwi, Asmidah

“…This study is using a qualitative method made through interviews to find out directly and indirectly related to the general views of the community from various walks of life about the situation or acceptance of traditional Kedah clothes in the current situation. …”
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Ultra-high Q even eigenmode resonance in terahertz metamaterials by Al-Naib, Ibraheem, Yang, Yuping, Dignam, Marc M., Zhang, Weili, Singh, Ranjan

“…We report the simultaneous excitation of the odd and the even eigenmode resonances in a periodic array of square split-ring resonators, with four resonators per unit cell. …”
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A hierarchical cooperation formation model for downlink data transmission in mobile infostation networks by Li, Yifan, Wang, Ping, Niyato, Dusit, Han, Zhu

“…Focusing on such a network scenario, we find that the cooperation among infostations and mobile users can improve the network performance in term of the expected delay of content distribution experienced by the users. …”
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Aminosilane micropatterns on hydroxyl-terminated substrates : fabrication and applications by Li, Hai, Zhang, Juan, Zhuo, Xiaozhu, Lu, Gang, Yin, Zongyou, Li, Gong Ping, Wu, Tom, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Venkatraman, Subbu S., Zhang, Hua

“…We believe that our method will serve as a general approach and find a wide range of applications in the fabrication of patterns and devices.…”
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The Survey Method : The Contribution of Surveys to Sociological Explanation / by Marsh, Catherine, author 192668

“…Catherine Marsh's aim is to contribute to the methodological debate on survey research; this sixth title in the Con-temporary Social Research series will accordingly find most of its readers among academic sociologists. …”

Exoplanet Albedo Spectra and Colors as a Function of Planet Phase, Separation, and Metallicity by Cahoy, Kerri, Marley, Mark, Fortney, Jonathan

“…While solar system giant planets are well separated by their broadband colors, we find that arbitrary giant exoplanets can have a large range of possible colors and that color alone cannot be relied upon to characterize planet types. …”
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Codesign of quantum error-correcting codes and modular chiplets in the presence of defects by Lin, Sophia Fuhui, Viszlai, Joshua, Smith, Kaitlin N., Ravi, Gokul Subramanian, Yuan, Charles, Chong, Frederic T., Brown, Benjamin J.

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The development and application of mass-spectrometry-based tools to monitor proteome remodeling in microbes by Telusma, Bertina

“…Specifically, I find that autophagic degradation drives proteome remodeling under nitrogen starvation conditions, with selective autophagic degradation of peroxisome supporting the cells transition from methanol media to glucose media. …”
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Controls on eruption style at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea – insights from microlites, porosity and permeability measurements by Bernard, Olivier., Bouvet de Maisonneuve, Caroline

“…From the application of existing percolation models, we find that explosive products yield a percolation threshold comprised between 50 and 60 vol% total porosity, while petrophysical parameters of the lava flow and some of the ballistic bombs are explained by bubble collapse driven by surface tension. …”
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Advanced code reuse attacks against modern defences by Wang, Chenyu

“…The result shows that in addition to the cases that have been discovered in previous work, our tool is able to find more cases of non-blinded constant. We find that array offset, object field, global variable and even number of statements in script can be used to emit non-blinded constant in JIT code.…”
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From phosphate to refugees: the offshore refugee boom in the Republic of Nauru by Morris, J

“…I find that the key motivation for promoting this assumption is the biophysical properties of a mortal and highly moralised commodity.…”

Electrical characterization of three-dimensional graphene infused polymers by Ho, Roderick Zhan Feng

“…Multiple variations of the fabrication method will be experimented on to find the optimal production procedure. One variation example is the type of connection method in which the rectangular electrical contact with lesser surface area is compared to the ring-shaped electrical contact which has larger surface area. …”
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Are You Your Friends’ Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change by Almaatouq, Abdullah, Radaelli, Laura, Pentland, Alex, Shmueli, Erez

“…This could lead to failures in establishing compatible norms, acting together, finding compromise solutions, and persuading others to act. …”
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