Academic Articles & Research Papers

Fundamentals of Statistics

Influence of proxy data uncertainty on data assimilation for the past climate

Data assimilation (DA) is an emerging topic in palaeoclimatology and one of the key challenges in this field. Assimilating proxy-based continental mean temperature reconstructions into the MPI-ESM model showed a lack of information propagat...

Geographical information science

. Research papers at conferences such as EGIS and the International Symposia on Spatial Data Handling address a set of intellectual and scientific questions which go well beyond the limited technical capabilities of current technology in ge...

The Geography of Transport Systems

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geogra...

Poststructuralist Geographies

Poststructuralist Geographies is the first attempt to draw out and develop the inherent quality that is at the heart of postmodern and poststructuralist perspectives. With expertise in both critical human geography and post-war continental ...

Geography, Memory and Non‐Representational Geographies

Abstract I discuss the presence of memory within geography, particularly in relation to the interweaving non‐representational/peformative/affective ‘turns’. Memory seems under‐considered in these non‐representational geographies (nrgs) whic...

Urban Geography

For the first time in the history of humankind, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is destined to continue. Urban places, towns and cities are of fundamental importance: even those living beyond the administrative or fu...

Urban Geography

Today, for the first time in the history of Humankind urban dwellers outnumber rural residents. Urban places, towns and cities, are of fundamental importance – for the distribution of population within countries; in the organization of econ...

Explaining Prejudice Toward Americans and Europeans in Egypt: Closed-mindedness and Conservatism Mediate Effects of Religious Fundamentalism

With an Arab-Muslim sample of 160 Egyptian citizens from the greater Cairo area, we examined the role of religion in prejudice toward U.S. Americans and Europeans. When religious fundamentalism was tested concurrently with general religious...

The Fundamentals of Political Science Research

The third edition of the best-selling The Fundamentals of Political Science Research provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics. It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers and beginni...

Political Science

The idea that politics is, or can be, the subject of science is an ancient one that reaches back to Aristotle. Early modern expressions of the idea can be found in Machiavelli and Hobbes, as well as in Enlightenment thinkers from Hume to th...

Network Analysis and Political Science

Political science is fascinated with networks. This fascination builds on networks' descriptive appeal, and descriptions of networks play a prominent role in recent forays into network analysis. For some time, quantitative research has incl...

Political Science and the Crisis of Authoritarianism

Political science is a discipline in constant danger of fragmentation because of the centrifugal pulls of our subfields and the contradictions in our scientific and humanistic traditions. We are, however, periodically brought together by th...

Assessing Forest Conservation Strategies for Biodiversity Restoration and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Global Income Groups

The escalating rate of deforestation presents significant challenges to the global economy, including the loss of habitats for endangered species and a decline in biocapacity reserves. This situation also raises concerns about overcrowding ...

Benefits of technology in business administration

Technology and business administration are different concepts but they are closely related nowadays and it is important to know the benefits that this combination can bring in the labor field. Thus, technology has a fundamental role in the ...

Business History, Entrepreneurial History, and Business Administration

The Economic History Association is an interdisciplinary organization of widely varying interests. The Association has several times considered the relationships between Economic Theory and Economic History, but it has paid little attention...

With Multi-Connectivity Toward Reliable and Time-Sensitive Wi-Fi Systems: A Survey

Wi-Fi has become a fundamental wireless communication technology, supporting a wide range of applications while continuing to evolve to meet increasingly demanding use cases. Future Wi-Fi networks are expected to support industrial and time...

Formulation, characterization, and valorization of the antioxidant, antibiofilm, and anti-adhesion potentials of a clove essential oil nanoemulsion

Food safety and control are fundamental public health issues that maintain consumer confidence and protection. This design (management) requires monitoring production, processing, and conservation processes while limiting microbiological, c...

The Quo Vadis of Gerontology: On the Scientific Paradigm of Gerontology

A critical examination of fundamental assumptions of gerontological research reveals problematic sources of concept and theory development. For example, the misery and resource perspectives on aging and the aged are viewed as "overflow" fro...

Essentials of Materials Science and Engineering

This text provides students with a solid understanding of the relationship between the structure, processing, and properties of materials. Authors Donald Askeland and Pradeep Fulay teach the fundamental concepts of atomic structure and beha...