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Rational Design and Development of Organic Afterglow Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Interventions
Conventional fluorescence imaging is constrained by tissue autofluorescence, limited penetration depth, photobleaching, and the need for continuous excitation. Afterglow imaging addresses these limitations by producing persistent luminescence for ...
Publication · June 26, 2026
Enhancing Ecological Validity in Habit Research via Naturalistic Methods
Publication · June 26, 2026
Neurobehavioral correlates of inhibitory control in youth at-risk for early low-level alcohol use initiation: neuroimaging findings from the ABCD study
Abstract
Introduction Adolescent alcohol experimentation is a rising concern given its links to future problematic drug use. Difficulty with inhibitory control (i.e., the ability to suppress unwanted behaviors) is a well-known risk factor for ea...
Publication · June 26, 2026
Varieties of Anti-Establishment Appeals: Valence, Ideology, and Support for Outsiders
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Outsider candidates who criticize political elites have surged globally. While most studies treat anti-elite rhetoric as a “thin” ideology, I examine variation in its content. I distinguish between two types of anti-establishment appeals...
Publication · June 26, 2026
Voter Responses to Denialist Rhetoric: Polarization, Democracy, and the Memory of Authoritarian Pasts
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In transitional democracies like Argentina and Chile, denialist rhetoric—discourse that minimizes or justifies human rights violations committed by past authoritarian regimes—poses a subtle threat to democratic norms. How do voters respo...
Publication · June 26, 2026
Convergence in Poor Performance: Explaining Voter Support for Outsiders and Invalid Voting
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Voters become discontented with established political parties when those parties converge on similar policy positions. Yet, even when parties differ ideologically, voters still punish the political establishment. Why is this so? To answe...
Publication · June 26, 2026
Do Voters Reject Gay Candidates? Partisanship, the Far-Right, and the Electoral Effect of Candidate Sexual Orientation in Latin America
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In recent years, LGBT rights and candidacies have expanded in Latin America. Some argue such progress may provoke a conservative reaction. Do voters punish gay candidates? To answer this, we conducted survey experiments in Argentina, Chi...
Publication · June 26, 2026
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