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Technological diversification in China: the role of intra- and extra-regional collaboration
(Taylor & Francis, 2026) Lu, Jiayi; Cao, Zhan; Derudder, Ben
This study investigates how intra- and extra-regional collaborations affect regional technological diversification in Chinese urban regions (URs), using a continuous indicator that places diversification along a spectrum from related to unrelated. Based on patent co-application data from 2001 to 2020, we analyse the intensity, technological diversity and the correlation of intra- and extra-regional collaborations. Our results show that the effects of (1) intra-regional collaboration intensity on related diversification and (2) extra-regional collaboration diversity on unrelated
diversification are both curvilinear. In addition, extra-regional intensity and the correlation between intra- and extra-regional collaborations foster related diversification. Moreover, economic disparities within URs reinforce, rather than weaken, the positive influence of intra-regional intensity and intra–extra technological correlation on related diversification. These results challenge conventional assumptions and highlight the importance of coordinated collaboration structures in promoting regional diversification, especially under uneven regional development conditions.
Absurd sentences and normal deductions: A case of the logic of demodalised analytic implication with falsum
(2026) Klonowski, Mateusz
The logic of demodalised Parry analytic implication DAI was introduced by J. M. Dunn. In its original formulation, the language of DAI consisted of classical negation, classical conjunction, and demodalised analytic implication. Later, R. L. Epstein rediscovered DAI as a content-inclusion logic, by providing semantics in terms of set-assignment models. Epstein called it the dependence logic D. He also studied DAI expanded with the constants falsum and verum in the context of algebraic analysis. More recently, A. Ledda, F. Paoli, and M. Pra Baldi investigated DAI with constants and provided an algebraic semantics in terms of implicative involutive bisemilattices. In this paper, we study DAI expressed in a language without nega-
tion but with the constant falsum. First, we examine several semantic treatments of falsum, each of which gives rise to different definable
negations and, consequently, to distinct logics. But we focus only on one logic, namely DAI without negation but with falsum. Second, we introduce two labelled deductive systems for the resulting logic. We prove for each deductive system the soundness and completeness theorems and establish a Prawitz-style normalisation theorem.
Cmentarzysko i obozowiska kultury pucharów lejkowatych w Markowicach na Kujawach
(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, 2025) Adamczak, Kamil
Teaching Archival Science in Poland: Historical and Contemporary Contexts and Current Challenges
(Litwin Books, 2026-04) Wiśniewska-Drewniak, Magdalena; Rosa, Agnieszka; Jabłońska, Marlena
This chapter examines the historical development and contemporary challenges of teaching archival science in Poland, with a primary focus on Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń as the leading center. Archival education traces its roots to the interwar period and post-World War II university programs integrated with history studies, evolving into independent bachelor's and master's degrees in "Archival Science and Records Management" launched at NCU in 2006-2007, following the Bologna Process and a national model of professional competencies developed in 2009. Today, NCU offers the standalone archival program emphasizing modules in archives, records management, history, law, digital systems, and practical training - including mandatory internships, archival tours, and emerging micro-credentials. Despite free public higher education and growing interdisciplinarity, key challenges persist: recruitment hurdles with "ghost students" and high dropout rates, the COVID-19 shift to hybrid teaching, and the lack of formal recognition for archival science as an autonomous discipline, forcing scholars into history frameworks that constrain research on contemporary issues. Drawing on the authors' direct involvement in curriculum design and NCU's programs, the analysis highlights student demands for more practical skills and "future competencies" (e.g., ICT, critical thinking), as revealed in graduate surveys. It advocates modernizing curricula through practitioner involvement, program flexibility, and promotion of archival careers amid labor market shifts, while preserving NCU's long tradition of excellence to ensure relevance in a digital, multifaceted archival landscape.
Contemporary Vestals in the Masterchef’s Kitchen: Doing and Undoing Gender in Domestic Food Practices
(International Sociological Association, 2026-04-10) Maj, Agnieszka; Goszczyński, Wojciech; Wójtewicz, Anna
This article aims to analyse how domestic food practices, along with the associated motivations and behaviour
patterns, either reinforce or challenge binary gender models in households. The theoretical framework
is based on Harold Garfinkel’s (1967) concept of ‘doing gender’ and contemporary studies (Ehlert, 2021;
Pettersson & Heldt, 2014; Szabo, 2014) that highlight tensions between cultural patterns defining gender roles
in the kitchen and phenomena contributing to the blurring of gender inequalities in everyday life. Qualitative
data (individual in-depth interviews) collected in two separate studies conducted in Poland between 2020
and 2022 were used as the research material. The analysis of this material reveals two key figures: the Vestal,
referring to women who assume responsibility for others and are focused on the domestic hearth, and the
Masterchef, who is typically male and engages in cooking only occasionally. Emerging trends, such as men’s
increasing attention to the body and food, the growing importance of declaring shared responsibilities, and
shifting attitudes towards cooking as a leisure activity, do not yet appear to be leading to fundamental changes
in the processes through which gender is constructed or deconstructed in relation to domestic life and food
practices.