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Retracted Publications in Indian Science: Reasons and Institutions
Get PDFThe study analyzes repeated offenders of scientific misconduct among authors affiliated with Indian institutions. To do so, we searched the SCOPUS database for retraction notices of articles written or cowritten by such authors. Broad categories of reasons for retractions, institutions, and the types of retracted publications were discussed. Most retractions (12.5% out of 239 retractions analysed) were from authors affiliated with S.V. University. The main reasons behind retractions were ethical misconduct (139, 58.2%) and scientific distortion (43, 18%). About one in ten authors who have at least one article retracted had more than one retracted publication
The Labor Theory Of Property Does Not Mandate Easements
Get PDFSome libertarian theorists advocate for recognizing easements by necessity. In specific circumstances they would guarantee the right of passage through the land that is already owned. One popular argument in favor of such easements concerns a situation where landowners’ exercise of their property rights prevents others from entering non homesteaded areas and taking them into ownership. The argument holds that a firstcomer who mixed labor with some parcel that blocks access to unowned land de facto owns that land as well. It is argued that such a property right is self-contradictory because the only legitimate method of original appropriation is labor mixing and the firstcomer actually acquires the virgin land without doing so. Easements of necessity are then postulated as a means to rectify this alleged contradiction. In the present paper this argument in favor of easements is examined and refuted
Aestheticizing Politics and Politicizing Aesthetics: The Dialectic of Power and Resistance in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games
Get PDFThis paper explores the dynamic interplay between aesthetics and politics in Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novel The Hunger Games. It examines how the Capitol’s construction of spectacle and propaganda aestheticizes violence and control, while the resistance movement led by Katniss Everdeen politicizes aesthetics to challenge hegemonic power structures. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of Walter Benjamin and Guy Debord, the study investigates how aesthetics function as a medium of both domination and resistance. The analysis focuses on the Capitol’s use of visual and performative elements—from the luxurious costumes of its citizens to the meticulously orchestrated pageantry of the Games—to reinforce its authoritarian rule and legitimize systemic violence. At the same time, characters such as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark subvert this spectacle through acts of defiance and self-representation that politicize beauty, performance, and symbolism. By weaponizing aesthetics, the protagonists transform tools of oppression into instruments of dissent, destabilizing the Capitol’s narrative and inspiring collective resistance. The paper ultimately demonstrates how art and politics intersect to shape perception, ideology, and social change in contemporary dystopian fiction
Posthuman Metafiction: Construction of Dystopia through Narrative Strategies in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
Get PDFThis paper explores the construction of dystopia through posthuman narrative strategies in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). It examines how Vonnegut employs non-linear structure, metafiction, and posthuman narration to reimagine identity, agency, and the human condition in a dystopian world. Drawing on Zhang Na’s concept of posthuman narrative developed in Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction, the study integrates narratology with posthuman theory to analyze the dissolution of human-centered perspectives. Zhang’s framework emphasizes narratives that lack self-maintenance and evolve through the reader’s engagement, reflecting a relational and hybrid form of subjectivity. Using discourse analysis, the paper demonstrates how Vonnegut’s text disrupts traditional humanist assumptions by blurring the boundaries between human and non-human experience, realism and metafiction, and individual and collective identity. The research contributes to current discussions on posthumanism by showing how dystopian fiction redefines the human in technologically mediated and politically unstable contexts, offering new ways to conceptualize existence beyond essentialist paradigms
UNVEILING GROWTH DIVERGENCE ON LSE: FTSE100 VS. AIM LISTED COMPANIES
Get PDFThe aim of the article is to show differences in the growth process that translates into growth potential in groups of enterprises listed on the main and alternative markets of the London Stock Exchange. The study covered companies included in the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE 100), as well as companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Based on the results of statistical analysis including correlation and regression analysis of panel data, it was found that companies listed on the alternative exchange (AIM) were characterized by higher growth potential and faster growth than those listed on the main market (FTSE 100). The added value of the article is related to results indicating that there is a difference in the growth process between companies traded on both markets. This conclusion can be useful for investors expecting the growth of share value in the investment process
THE INTERPLAY OF INCOME GROWTH AND HOUSING PRICES: A DECADE OF REAL ESTATE DYNAMICS IN POLAND’S LARGEST CITIES
Get PDFThis study explores the relationship between income growth and housing prices in Poland’s seven largest cities from 2013 to 2024. Through statistical analysis, the research reveals a strong correlation between average gross wages, and both offer and transaction prices in the real estate market, confirming the hypothesis of a relationship between income growth and housing price increases. Despite economic fluctuations, the purchasing power of the average salary in real estate has remained remarkably stable. Moreover, the study introduces Premium and Buying Signal indicators, which can help identify market opportunities for buyers and investors by highlighting periods of undervaluation. These findings underscore and demonstrate the challenges of housing affordability in urban Poland and raise potential questions about the effectiveness of various social policies. The research offers interesting practical insights for policymakers and investors, emphasizing the need for continued monitoring and targeted interventions to ensure sustainable housing affordability
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SICK LEAVE AND WAGES BY VOIVODESHIP AND INDUSTRY. THE CASE OF POLAND
Get PDFThe aim of the study was to confirm whether employees insured with the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) are increasingly taking advantage of the right to sick leave and to prove that there is a relationship between sick leave and wages in individual voivodeships and sections of the national economy. The research was conducted based on data provided by ZUS and Statistics Poland. The analyses in the part concerning changes in sick leave usages were conducted in the period 2006-2023, while the part concerning the relationship between wages and sick leave in 2023. The analyses indicate a growing trend in sick leave, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. A relationship was also demonstrated between wages and the number of sickness absences and the number of days spent on it
AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED FORECASTING OF THE DYNAMICS OF RELATIVE PROFIT RATES AT A FINANCIAL CRISIS JUNCTURE: A MODEL, A CASE STUDY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICIES
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to (i) demonstrate that the behavior of the relative profit rates at financial crisis junctures in a dual financial system could be different than that of the other periods, (ii) show that relative profit rates (and their dynamics) at crisis junctures could be forecasted with a relatively high degree of accuracy via artificial intelligence algorithms and (iii) exemplify the possibility of crisis-management policies that can smoothen the trajectory of the relative profit rates and facilitate the control of possible erratic fluctuations at the crisis junctures in such systems. We employ a series of methodological tools involving (i) statistical tests, (ii) artificial intelligence algorithms and (iii) the system dynamics simulation method to achieve the three objectives outlined in the paragraph above. The results are of practical significance to the financial policy makers aiming to formulate and put in practice effective policies at crisis junctures
GENDER AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE USE IN CONSUMER FINANCE
Get PDFFinance is still stereotypically perceived as a male domain, and social group divisions have linguistic consequences. This study examines whether language use in consumer finance exhibits gendered characteristics by identifying linguistic patterns used by non-expert women and men in this domain. To this end, we analyzed a corpus of spoken language collected through focus group interviews with 36 consumers of both genders, representing a full socio-demographic cross-section. The linguistic analysis was conducted using the Quanteda package in R, as well as tools from generative grammar, textology, ethnolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics. Additionally, respondents’ statements were categorized into speech acts: assertions, directives, commissives, expressives, and constatives. Our findings indicate that while gender differences in language use are subtle, they are nonetheless distinct. Women’s language tends to be more colloquial, descriptive, relational, figurative, and experience-oriented, often carrying greater emotional load. In contrast, men’s language is more professional (or stylized as such), argumentative, factual, and informational, emphasizing a sense of expertise, agency, and self-efficacy. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of gendered communication patterns in financial discourse
EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA
Get PDFThe main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, financial development, human development and economic growth. The financial dimension of globalization, which is a multi-dimensional concept, is focused on, and the impact of financial globalization is investigated. The analysis was conducted in China. The KOF Globalization Index was used to represent financial globalization, the share of domestic loans given to the private sector in GDP was used to represent financial development, the Human Development Index was used to represent human development, and the GDP per capita value was used to represent economic growth. Because the stationarity levels of the variables were different from each other and there was a variable with I (2), the Toda-Yamamoto causality test was applied as a method. According to the results of the analysis covering the period 1990-2022, there is a causal relationship between the variables. There is bidirectional causality between financial globalization and economic growth. The causal relationship between human development and economic growth is also bi-directional. The causality relationship between financial development and economic growth is one-way, and the direction of causality is from economic growth to financial development. Economic growth should be encouraged to enhance financial development in China. Moreover, policies aimed at improving financial globalization and human development can be used to increase economic growth