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Spininola subvesiculalis Hu, Wang & Han 2012
No full textSpininola subvesiculalis Hu, Wang & Han, 2012 (Figs 4–6) Spininola subvesiculalis Hu, Wang & Han, 2012: 85. Type-locality: Donglashan, Sichuan Prov., China. Specimens examined. 3 males, Nayong county, 1731 m, Bijie, Guizhou Prov., 2.viii.2021, coll. Yan-Qing Hu & Yong Yu. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Guangdong, Guizhou). Remark. This is a new record from Prov. Guizhou.Published as part of Huang, Zhen-Fu, Yu, Yong & Hu, Yan-Qing, 2022, Description of a new species of Spininola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae), with new records of Spininola in China, pp. 598-600 in Zootaxa 5195 (6) on page 600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.6.8, http://zenodo.org/record/722399
Low-stakes accountability and public service turnarounds
Full text linkCan accountability to external bodies induce performance turnarounds in struggling public services? And if so, must account-holders use incentives and sanctions to change organizations that have yet to self-correct, or can a gentler, more informational regime suffice? Using recent research into “low-stakes” accountability, we argue that feedback and standard-setting on their own may stimulate subunit turnarounds in complex, multi-service organizations by directing leaders’ scarce attention, control efforts and resource oversight toward previously unnoticed performance deficits. However, given the potential for “tunnel vision” among account-givers, accountability-induced turnarounds may be confined to dimensions of performance most relevant to the account-holder, to the neglect of others. We test each stage of this theory using quasi-experimental methods on 133 matched local government units and data from the Local Government Ombudsman in England. We show that councils that are notified of maladministration in their social care provision significantly increase leadership attention and control efforts toward this service, and invest more in its core staffing, compared with a matched sample of unnotified councils. On average, the rate of maladministration falls by more than half; though, as predicted, we detect no wider performance gains. The immediacy of the improvement further suggests that responsible subunits may act in anticipation of leaders’ increased attention
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The local economic impact of the Swedish higher education system
No full textThis article examines the role of Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) in economic development, focusing on the impact of their research capacities on local economic activity. Globally, HEIs are increasingly prioritising research, frequently at the expense of education and local economic engagement, as a means to climb the university ranking ladder. Sweden has been no exception. Our findings indicate that research intensity at Swedish HEIs does not correlate with higher local income. Rather, the opposite is the case: more emphasis on top-end research seems to undermine local income. We explore human capital and innovation as possible mechanisms for the limited local economic influence of Swedish HEIs. The results reveal that HEIs do not significantly improve local human capital. Moreover, despite Swedish HEIs holding intellectual property rights to foster innovation, the actual economic translation of this knowledge faces considerable hurdles, including a misalignment with industry needs and limited local business collaboration.</p
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Local institutions and pandemics: city autonomy and the Black Death
No full textLocal institutions have long been regarded as key drivers of economic development. However, little is known about the role of institutions in preparing places to cope with public health crises and pandemics. This paper sheds light on how the nature of a local institution, city autonomy, influenced variations in the incidence of the Black Death —possibly the worst pandemic ever recorded— across cities in Western Europe between 1347 and 1352. We examine urban autonomy not only because it represented a major political shift in medieval times, but because, more importantly, it also represents a key prototype of modern political institution. By exploiting data on the spatial variation of Black Death's mortality rates and duration using OLS and 2SLS methods, we uncover that city autonomy reduced mortality rates by, on average, almost 10 percent. Autonomous cities were in a better position to adopt swift and efficient measures against the pandemic than those governed by remote kings and emperors. This relationship has been confirmed by a series of placebo tests and robustness checks. In contrast, there is no evidence to suggest that city autonomy was a factor in reducing the duration of the pandemic in European cities
Institutional reform, path development and firm creation: evidence from China
No full textThis paper examines whether and how government-led institutional changes can reshape regional industrial development trajectories. Using quarterly panel data from Chinese cities between 2019 and 2024, we assess the impact of reforms of the business environment on firm creation within both path creation and path dependent industries. Applying a staggered difference-in-differences approach combined with coarsened exact matching, our findings reveal that business environment reforms significantly increase firm creation in path creation industries, especially in high-tech sectors and cities with initially weaker business environments. Key mechanisms identified include enhancements in the market environment and government services, which are central to driving these effects
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