A unified analytical parametric method for kinematic analysis of planar mechanisms
Kazem Abhary describes a method for unified parametric kinematic analysis of those planar mechanisms whose geometry can be defined with a set of independent vectorial loops.
Food Insecurity, Inflation and Government Aid
Food insecurity has become of increasing concern following the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent sharp rise in inflation, including food price inflation. To better understand the conditions of food insecurity and the impacts of inflation and other drivers of food insecurity in developing Asia, Dina Azhgaliyeva discusses results from a household survey in 2023 in seven countries in Southeast Asia and nine countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
A Modern American Conservative
The late 20th century saw the rise of three closely related phenomena: modern American conservatism, Ronald Reagan, and right-wing Christianity. Russ Freure explores the ascent and convergence of these three forces, which combined to bring about a remarkable shift in the American zeitgeist during the 1980s.
Homegrown Radicals
Youcef Soufi discusses the story of how the War on Terror created the conditions for the emergence of a novel theory of jihad
Projecting Desire: Media Architectures and Moviegoing in Urban India
Tupur Chatterjee discusses how middle-class women transformed India’s screen and exhibition industries
Planting the Seeds of Research
Louis A. Ferleger argues why by the beginnings of the twentieth century the United States dominated agricultural production worldwide.
Acrobatic Friendship as a Means to Détente?
Ana M. Martínez Alemán discusses the politics of friendship and acrobatic friendship
On Optimal Forest Management: A Bifurcation Analysis
The theory of optimal forest management is a key component of the economic theory of natural resources due to the fact that forests constitute a major renewable resource. It also constitutes one of the key examples of vintage capital theory, making it an important factor in understanding the general theory of intertemporal allocation. Swapan Dasgupta explores the theory of optimal forest management, focusing on the forester’s (optimal) policy function.
Elite Families and Settler Society, Nineteenth-Century Ontario
Cecilia Morgan discusses the history of two middle-class settler families in 19th-century Ontario, a project which explores themes of gender, social and cultural identity, middle-class formation, and settler and imperial relationships.
Why Is Knowledge of Ignorance Good?
When aporia leads to recognition of one’s limitations, it can encourage the pursuit of knowledge. Marina McCoy emphasizes the “affective” dimension in this process.
Political power sharing in post-conflict democracies
Chelsea Johnson employs data from the Varieties of Democracy project to test arguments about the pernicious institutional effects of political power-sharing settlements in post-conflict democracies
Masculinity in American Politics
Dan Cassino discusses how elements of masculinity manifest themselves in all aspects of American political life
Conceptualizing and Contextualizing “Executive Wisdom” as a Framework for Business Leadership: A Grounded Theory Approach
Ali Intezari contextualizes business leaders’ perspectives on business-society interaction through the theoretical lens of wisdom.
The Movement for Reproductive Justice
Patricia Zavella discusses how reproductive justice organizations’ collaborative work across racial lines provides a compelling model for other groups to successfully influence change
Frontline Surgeon: New Zealand Medical Pioneer Douglas Jolly
Mark Derby discusses New Zealander Douglas Jolly, one of the most gifted and energetic surgeons of the Republican Army’s medical services
The Impact of Ride-Hailing Services on Congestion: Evidence from Indian Cities
Deepa Mani discusses how the absence of ride-hailing services affects congestion levels in three major cities in India, a market where most ride-hailing drivers participate full time.
Listening to science in policy design
Antoine Lemor discusses the role of information selection and processing in policy design by studying school closure decisions during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Corporatocracy
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy describes how corporate greed led to scandal, corruption, and the January 6th insurrection―and how we can stop it from happening again
Children’s Rights and Children’s Development: An Integrated Approach
Jonathan Todres offers an assessment of how children’s rights take shape and are realized at various stages of child development and, in turn, can and should inform law and policy
To Be a Jewish State
Yaacov Yadgar delves into what the designation “Jewish” amounts to in the context of the sovereign nation-state, and what it means for the politics of the state to be identified as Jewish.
Moving Beyond First Year: An Exploration of Staff and Student Experience
Transition pedagogy has had a major impact on the first yearexperience for higher education students in Australia. Similarly, there has been a significant focus on transitioning students from their final year of study to employment. David Birbeck discusses the “middle child”; the years in between the first and final year of study.
The relationships between coping styles and food intake in shift working nurses and midwives: a pilot study
Shift Workers are more likely to suffer from gastrointestinal disease and Type 2 Diabetes than the general population, likely due to their altered dietary intakes. Previous research has suggested that coping strategies and health behaviours may be linked, however, questions remain regarding these relationships in shift working populations.
First Lady of Laughs
Grace Kessler Overbeke tells the story of Jean Carroll, the first Jewish woman to become a star in the field we now call stand-up comedy.
Delivered Under Fire
Absalom Markland created the most efficient military mail system ever devised. Candice Shy Hooper tells his amazing story.
Rewilding the Urban Frontier
Greg Gordon argues that the Anthropocene presents opportunities for rethinking our relationship to the natural world and potentially healing the age-old rift between humans and nature.
Russian Missile Strikes and Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Aurel Braun discusses the humanitarian impact of Russia’s recent missile strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine, the Ukrainian counteroffensive and how the West should respond to Russia’s decision to revise its nuclear doctrine.
Between the Wires: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv
Waitman Wade Beorn discusses the untold history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine—one of the deadliest yet least-known Holocaust sites.
Our Jackie
Karen Dunak discusses the story of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis through her evolving public persona, from campaign wife to First Lady to fallen idol to treasured national icon
Mies Contra Le Corbusier
Gevork Hartoonian delves into the architectural philosophies expressed in the works of Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. His study highlights the distinct non-synchronicity in their approaches to the relationship between column and wall.
Leading Change in Communities Experiencing Economic Transition
Andrew Beer discusses the nature, origins and expression of place leadership in communities undergoing large-scale economic transformation.
Thinking critically about law
Amy Codling explores what it means to think critically and offers practical tips and advice for students to develop the process, skill and ability of thinking critically while studying law.
Living Off the Government: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Welfare
Anne Whitesell discusses the ways welfare recipients lack adequate political representation
Deviant Matter: Ferment, Intoxicants, Jelly, Rot
Kyla Wazana Tompkins examines four aesthetic and material categories— gelatinousness, fermentation, putrefaction, and intoxication—to theorize how the modern state seeks to manage deviant populations across multiple scales.
Self- versus social image in warm-glow giving
Charities often aim to inspire donations by appealing to donors’ altruism. However, previous studies indicate that around 50% of people are also driven by “warm glow”—the personal satisfaction gained from giving. This sense of fulfillment stems from enhancing one’s self-image or being perceived favorably by others (social image). Jonathan Levy discusses the roles of self-image and social image in warm-glow giving.
The Wizard of College Baseball
David Brauer discusses how Ron Fraser changed college baseball—accelerating the sport’s growth and setting a new standard for modern college baseball well ahead of his time.