Mary of Teck: A Dutiful Consort
Who was Queen Mary of Teck (1867–1953), and how did her relationships, public role, and partnership with George V shape her legacy amidst empire challenges and family tensions?
China’s left-behind children: Parenting, caretaking, and struggles
How has the unprecedented rural-to-urban migration in China over the past three decades impacted the psychological well-being, family dynamics, and educational outcomes of “left-behind” children?
Anatomical and functional connectomes underlying hierarchical visual processing in mouse visual system
Why is the claustrum considered one of the least understood structures in the mammalian nervous system despite its extensive connectivity and involvement in high-cognitive processes
Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California
How does the study of mid-century modern architecture in California between 1920 and 1970 reveal the diverse and often conflicting perspectives of its key practitioners?
The Potential Value of Habituation in the Fetus
How do studies of fetal habituation contribute to our understanding of central nervous system (CNS) development?
Japan in Focus
How is Japan navigating its economic future while balancing demographic shifts, rising inflation, and global trade challenges? What key policy shifts and structural changes will define the trajectory of Japan’s economy?
From 5G to 6G
Why are high-capacity directional wireless communication networks an active area of research, and what challenges arise in their design and implementation, particularly in terms of pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) systems for both RF and FSO technologies?
Helping the ingroup versus harming the outgroup
Under what conditions does “ingroup love” turn into “outgroup hate,” particularly when group membership is based on moral (dis)similarity?
Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach
What is clinical supervision, and why is it important for mental health professionals?
Tackling Tax Evasion via Ghost Firms: Insights from Ecuador
How do ghost firms contribute to tax evasion, and what insights does transaction-level tax data from Ecuador provide about their prevalence and impact?
Industry Mix, Local Labor Markets, and the Incidence of Trade Shocks
How do skill transferability and local industry mix influence worker adjustment costs after a trade shock?
Inflation, Growth, and Trust: Can the Bank of England Meet the Moment?
How can the Bank of England balance inflation control with the pressures of a weakening job market and slow economic growth? With rising inflationary pressures and uncertainty over economic recovery, can the Bank navigate these conflicting challenges?
A Culturally Responsive School Leadership Approach to Developing Equity-Centered Principals
How can principal pipelines be designed to advance educational equity, particularly racial equity, by integrating the characteristics of equity-centered school leaders into their core domains?
Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte, and how did his determination, intelligence, and ambition drive France to conquer Europe
Affective Memory
How does affective response influence the encoding, updating, and retrieval of episodic memories, and what neural mechanisms underlie these processes?
Against Moral Rights
How does moral rights law, particularly the right of integrity, endanger contemporary art by enforcing outdated conceptions of art and authorship, and why does it conflict with modern artistic practices that value modification and destruction?
The Historical Ecology of Malaria in Ethiopia
What is the history and ecological complexity of malaria in Ethiopia, and why does its persistence require a comprehensive understanding of local dynamics and human-environment interactions?
Spencer’s Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST)
What is the origin and scholarly impact of Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer’s PVEST, and how does it integrate phenomenology?
Is Oxytocin “Nature’s Medicine”?
What is the significance of oxytocin, and why is it considered a crucial molecule for health, behavior, and adaptation?
Planet in Peril
What are the top four mega-dangers threatening humanity, and how can we address them?
Intoxicating Pleasures
How did alcohol’s cultural reinvention after the repeal of U.S. Prohibition in 1933 transform wine, beer, and whiskey into symbols of the American good life?
Did Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Teresa cross a seventeenth-century line of decorum?
Is The Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Bernini his most controversial work, and did it transgress the boundaries of decorum as understood by seventeenth-century Catholicism?
Rankings without U.S. News: A revealed preference approach to evaluating law schools
How can law school rankings be improved to reflect students’ actual preferences?
Moravia, il Cinema, L’America
How did Alberto Moravia’s multifaceted relationship with cinema—spanning film criticism, screenwriting, and adaptations of his literary works—reflect and shape the cultural and social dynamics of post-war Italy, particularly in the context of Hollywood’s influence and the evolution of neorealism?
Promotion decisions and the adoption of explicit potential assessment
How effective are potential assessments in performance management systems at identifying promotable candidates, and does supervisor evaluation quality contribute to the Peter Principle?
Treatment patterns and factors associated with discontinuation of monoclonal antibodies
How do drug utilization patterns and factors influencing discontinuation of monoclonal antibodies, known for their specificity and high cost, impact patient care in a UAE secondary hospital?
Architectures of the Technopolis
How do the works of Archigram and British High-Tech architects compare thematically, and what does their shared historical and cultural context in London reveal about the common influences?
Women legislators and economic performance
How has the global increase in the proportion of women in politics over the past two decades influenced economic performance, particularly in India’s state assemblies?
Confidence calibration in a multi-year geopolitical forecasting competition
In what ways does research explore the development of confidence and accuracy over time in forecasting?
The American Road Trip and American Political Thought
Why do Americans love road trips, enjoy reading about them, and watch road trip stories unfold on television and film, making them a central part of American mythology and the American dream?
Transparency about lagging diversity numbers signals genuine progress
Does transparency about lagging diversity numbers, despite being counterintuitive to conventional wisdom, actually enhance perceptions of commitment, progress, and trustworthiness in organizations?
The construction of the sacred through photographs displayed in Latin American homes
How does the practice of displaying pictures at home serve as a form of sacralization?
Currency Management by International Fixed-Income Mutual Funds
How do U.S. international fixed-income funds manage currency risk, and what impact does hedging have on return variability and abnormal returns?
Comparing the Long-Term Predictive Power of Two DSM-5 Models of Personality Disorder
How do the two DSM-5 models of personality disorder predict long-term clinical outcomes in community-dwelling adults?
Party positions and the changing gender gap(s) in voting
Why, despite increased female support, do social democratic parties (SDPs) in most Western European countries face electoral decline?