For emergency contraception, political gaps are not scientific gaps

Research Brief: Total Compensation Gaps are Distinct from Wage Gaps

Gender Gaps in Political Participation Across Sub-Saharan African Nations

A substantial literature has studied gender differences in political participation in Western industrialized democracies, but little is known about such gaps in sub-Saharan African nations. Using 2005 Afrobarometer data, this paper presents a systematic investigation of the gender gap in political participation across 18 sub-Saharan African countries. In line with cultural isomorphism, patterns...

How Large Are the Spectral Gaps?

Let D be a bounded domain in R whose boundary has a Minkowski dimension α < n. Suppose that EΛ = {e } λ∈Λ , Λ an infinite discrete subset of R, is a frame of exponentials for L(D), with frame constants A,B, A ≤ B. Then if R ≥ C ( B|∂D| α A|D| ) 1 n−α , where C depends only on the ambient dimension n and |∂D| α denotes the Minkowski content, then every cube of sidelength R contains at least one ...

How Good Are Embodied And Disembodied Idea Flows In Bridging Income Gaps And Idea Gaps?

This paper empirically evaluates the relative importance of embodied versus disembodied idea flows in explaining income gaps and idea gaps. Trade is used as a measure of embodied idea flows and telephone call traffic a measure of disembodied flows. Since both trade and telephone traffic may be endogenous, this paper uses the geographic, linguistic, and colonial components of trade and telephone...

Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation: therapeutic promises and scientific gaps.

Since its commercial advent in 1985, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a technique for stimulating neurons in the cerebral cortex through the scalp, safely and with minimal discomfort, has captured the imaginations of scientists, clinicians and lay observers. Initially a laboratory tool for neurophysiologists studying the human motor system, TMS now has a growing list of applications in ...