Digest: islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows by Estandía, A, Merino Recalde, N

“…Broyles and Myers sequence the genomes of almost 150 individuals from the island-dwelling Pacific swallow (<i>Hirundo tahitica</i>) and its continental counterpart, the welcome swallow (<i>H. neoxena</i>). They find strong population structure only among island populations and attribute this to a behavioral reduction in dispersal propensity following island colonization. …”

Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Around the world, systems of accountability are weak and dictators find ways to avoid the constraints of both national and international laws. …”

Perception and salience of social security contribution incentives: evidence from voluntary contributions by Iraizoz, A

“…Using quasi-experimental variations from three pension reforms, I find that most self-employed workers fail to take advantage of the extraordinary contribution incentives available in Spain, and often make suboptimal contribution choices. …”

The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…<br> The cure is to always assume that someone, somewhere has undertaken a project like yours. If you can’t find an analogue, break your project into components, which may prove comparable with other projects. …”

Dissecting the sinews of power: international trade and the rise of Britain’s fiscal-military state, 1689-1823 by Dal Bó, E, Hutkova, K, Leucht, L, Yuchman, N

“…We construct new historical revenue series disaggregating excise revenues from traded and domestic goods. We find substantial growth in revenue from traded goods, accounting for over half of indirect taxation around 1800. …”

The cost of mass gatherings during a pandemic by Phalippou, L, Zhang, D

“…We exploit variation in rainfall during the protest period as an exogenous source of variation in attendance. We find that good weather coincides with both more people protesting and more subsequent COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”

Measuring Outsourcing Performance of Malaysian Economic Transformation Program by Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Abdullah, Rohani, Razalli, Mohd. Rizal

“…The focus of this research is to find out the strategic relationship among the environmental dynamism, outsourcing success, and the performance of the relationship. …”
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Cell-based assays in flowing and sessile drops by Prastowo, A

“…Fluids and surfactants were screened to find a biocompatible combination for this method. …”

Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…In some cases, these two types of colophons are melded into one, and occasionally, we may find a colophon which contains other types of information. …”

Taylor Swift : In Her Own Words / by Swift, Taylor, 1989-, author 656019, Hunt, Helena, editor 656018, Agate (Online service) 656009

“…Now, for the first time, you can find her most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place.…”
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. …”
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Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3 by Sudhir, Vivishek

“…While we continue to find that the mass distribution of a binary’s more massive component strongly decreases as a function of primary mass, we observe no evidence of a strongly suppressed merger rate above approximately 60 M ⊙ , which would indicate the presence of a upper mass gap. …”
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Molecular characterization of microbial interactions with labile dissolved organic matter by Halloran, Kathryn H.

“…Here, I apply aniline derivatization to filtrate from cultures of Prochlorococcus grown under 24-hour diel light/dark conditions and sampled every two hours. I find that Prochlorococcus cells not only release metabolites into solution, but also take those metabolites up again, with diel rhythmicity. …”
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Imaging the wakes of jets with energy-energy-energy correlators by Bossi, Hannah, Kudinoor, Arjun S., Moult, Ian, Pablos, Daniel, Rai, Ananya, Rajagopal, Krishna

“…This has made it challenging to find experimental observables that provide an unambiguous view of the dynamical response of a droplet of QGP to a jet shooting through it. …”
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Relevance judgment during health information seeking on a discussion forum by Pian, Wenjing

“…These data were analyzed to find associations between users’ eye movement patterns and the relevance criteria they used. …”
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Heat transfer of 3-D printed enhanced tube and fin condenser surfaces by Choke, Chong Wai

“…Pressure drop must be finely tuned with j factor increase to find the best performing condenser which is 4.2 mm louvre fin condenser.…”
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Occurrence, human exposure and dynamics of phthalates in ACMV indoor environments : method development and field studies by Chen, Ailu

“…Human exposure to phthalates in indoor environments has raised public concerns owing to the identified associations between phthalates and a number of adverse human health effects. …”
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Developing a Household Flood Vulnerability Index for Managing the Risk of Flood Disasters (S/O 13584) by Hassan, Sallahuddin, Abu Bakar, Arpah, Othman, Zalila, Khalid, Mohamad Sukeri, Abu Talib, Mansor

“…Flood risk grows over time owing to the interplay of flood hazard and physical, social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. …”
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An on-skin electrode with anti-epidermal-surface-lipid function based on a zwitterionic polymer brush by He, Ke, Liu, Zhiyuan, Wan, Changjin, Jiang, Ying, Wang, Ting, Wang, Ming, Zhang, Feilong, Liu, Yaqing, Pan, Liang, Xiao, Meng, Yang, Hui, Chen, Xiaodong

“…Such an electrode allows the skin‐lipids‐fouled surface to be cleaned by simple water rinsing owing to the superhydrophilic zwitterionic groups. …”
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Wafer-scale growth of vertical-structured SnSe₂ nanosheets for highly sensitive, fast-response UV–Vis–NIR broadband photodetectors by Chen, Zhiyong, Xiong, Lei, Li, Guangyuan, Wei, Lei, Yang, Chunlei, Chen, Ming

“…Owing to the strong light–matter interactions, 2D semiconducting thin films have shown their great potential in the development of high-performance ultraviolet–visible–near infrared (UV–Vis–NIR) broadband photodetectors (PDs). …”
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