Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute by Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin, H. Bahadır Akın, Şeyma Akın

“…A flagship institution of market liberals, Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu (the Association of Liberal Thought) underwent such a schismatic process and, consequently, new market-liberal organizations arose from the schism, which was characterized by a frame dispute with the ALT over the policies pursued by the incumbent government, Justice and Development Party (JDP). …”
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Canadian Junior Public Markets Health Check: Surprising Resilience Thus Far, Some Concerns Looking Forward by L. Daniel Wilson

“…The makeup of issuers listed on Canadian junior public markets has evolved materially over the past 15 years; as the market has fragmented, new competitors have taken market share from the incumbent TSX Venture Exchange. …”
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Mechanistic and Experimental Aspects of the Structural Characterization of Some Model and Real Systems by Nitrogen Sorption and Mercury Porosimetry by Carlos Felipe, Fernando Rojas, Isaac Kornhauser, Matthias Thommes, Giorgio Zgrablich

“…Comparisons between the experimental nitrogen sorption and mercury porosimetry pore-size distributions demonstrated: (i) the existence of several mechanistic effects responsible of irreversible capillary behaviour that influences the calculation of pore structure parameters; (ii) the choice of the right sorption process (i.e. condensation or evaporation) suitable for comparison with either intrusion or extrusion results; (iii) the types of porous structures capable of convenient pore-size characterization by either nitrogen sorption and/or mercury porosimetry methods; and (iv) the nature of the pore entities (i.e. chambers or necks) that control the incumbent capillary process.…”
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Motif Aktor Lokal dalam Kuota Pencalonan 120 Persen Partai Politik Lokal pada Pemilu 2019 by Nurlaina Nurlaina, Muryanto Amin, Warjio Warjio

“…The local background is also motivated by the motive of the interests of actors and their groups, namely becoming incumbent candidates and accommodating many candidates for DPRA and DPRK candidates from the Aceh Party.…”
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The new media as monitors of democracy by Dumisani Moyo

“…What is clear is that these new forms of communication are fast eroding the monopoly of incumbent politicians over the communications landscape, undercutting the liberation discourse that has had a stranglehold on election processes, and signalling the possibility of more open political spaces where divergent views can coexist. …”
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Imagining a net-zero Teesside: actors, networks, and expectations in industrial decarbonisation megaprojects by Kyle S Herman, Marfuga Iskandarova, Benjamin K Sovacool

“…The main implication is that, should the technologies currently favoured by incumbent industry fail to perform, the expectations could play a double and contradictory role in net-zero transitions—by both motivating actors to legitimise decarbonisation technologies, yet blinding others to the significant challenges that lie ahead.…”
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PUBLIC INFRASRUCTURE PROJECT FAILURES IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENTIAL EFFECTS ON ECONOMY AND WELFARE OF CITIZENRY by YUSUF GARBA MANJO

“…The adverse effects of these failures on the economy and citizen’s welfare is colossal  as it involves loss of state revenue, citizen revenue losses, project cost overruns, low community empowerment, slow economic growth, underdevelopment of infrastructure sector, a loss of foreign aid and grants, stricter donor regulations, the loss of elections by the incumbent leadership at state and federal levels, and a lack of trust in government by financial institutions to further finance public infrastructure projects. …”
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High-Order Engineering Fastest Controller and Its Application in Thermal Power Units by Shangyao Shi, Jun Li, Yijia Huo, Ruiqi Li, Pengyun Chen

“…In alignment with China’s strategic “dual-carbon” targets, extant thermal power installations are mandated to facilitate profound peak load navigation and expedited frequency modulation services. The incumbent PID control schema is found wanting in this regard, precipitating the imperative for an innovative process control technology to supplant the conventional PID regimen. …”
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Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…The system operators of incumbent imperfect market models find it increasingly difficult to deal with multiple private ownership of Independent Power Producers who are unwilling to share their detailed operational parameters for long-term generation scheduling (lasting for years). …”
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Steering acidic oxygen reduction selectivity of single-atom catalysts through the second sphere effect by Haiyuan Zou, Siyan Shu, Wenqiang Yang, You-chiuan Chu, Minglun Cheng, Hongliang Dong, Hong Liu, Fan Li, Junhui Hu, Zhenbin Wang, Wei Liu, Hao Ming Chen, Lele Duan

“…Abstract Natural enzymes feature distinctive second spheres near their active sites, leading to exquisite catalytic reactivity. However, incumbent synthetic strategies offer limited versatility in functionalizing the second spheres of heterogeneous catalysts. …”
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Recalibrating the compass: towards effective competition law enforcement on mixed markets by Jasper P. Sluijs

“…Experiences in the Netherlands to this effect should be regarded as a canary in the coal mine for mixed markets across the EU. Therefore, it is incumbent on the CJEU to revisit the Compass doctrine in future cases, which may follow from preliminary references. …”
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Venezuela: Political Confrontation and the World Community by Z. W. Iwanowski, D. M. Rozental

“…The miscalculations of the incumbent president were used in election campaigns in other Latin American countries and became one of the reasons for the defeat of left candidates, the subsequent ‘right drift’ leading to the isolation of the republic. …”
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Prospective cohort study of the evaluation of patient benefit from the redevelopment of a complete national forensic mental health service: the Dundrum Forensic Redevelopment Evalu... by Harry G Kennedy, Mary Davoren, Ken O’Reilly, Damian Mohan

“…They offer care and treatment to mentally disordered offenders who pose a high risk of serious violence to others. It is therefore incumbent on these services to systematically evaluate the outcomes of the care and treatment they deliver to ensure patient benefit in multiple domains. …”
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Lithuanian exile press during five decades of soviet ban by Silvija Vėlavičienė

“…While others, particularly the organization "Santara-Šviesa" (an active participant of which was the incumbent President of the Republic of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus), promoted the slogan "Face to Lithuania." …”
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Informing immigrant voters: Chinese-language media in New Zealand election campaigns, 2008–2020 by Kate McMillan, Fiona Barker, Caleb Hoyle

“…We find a strong relationship between incumbency and the amount of coverage received by leaders and other candidates of major political parties, although the incumbency benefit is stronger for the centre-right than for the centre-left. …”
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Dynamising Liberation Movements in Southern Africa by Chidochashe Nyere

“… The book grapples with reconciling the ideological, policy and implementation bankruptcy of former liberation movements in Southern Africa especially as it applies to their incumbency of national government in their respective domains. …”
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Balancing the books or winning votes: unveiling the power of fiscal strategies in local elections and the fate of prudent mayors by Krzysztof Kluza, Hanna Kociemska, Wojciech Rafał

“…The theory suggests that there are some incentives for incumbents to manipulate fiscal policy at the local level. …”
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Populism in the political culture of Turkey: The foreign policy dimension by P. V. Shlykov

“…Populist rhetoric helped Erdoğan to justify his almost two-decades-long incumbency and evade direct responsibility for economic hardships of the 2010s. …”
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Legislative Effectiveness: The legislative performance of house representatives of the 16th Philippine Congress by Joanna Marie Baroman

“…However, the lack of empirical inquiry on the legislative effectiveness of the members of the House of Representatives in the Philippines subjected constituents to rely on 'self-legislative' reporting among incumbents seeking re-election. This study aims to determine the legislative effectiveness of the House members of the 16th Congress using their primary authored bills. …”
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Financial technology and regulation: the competitive impact of open banking by Oscar Borgogno, Antonio Manganelli

“…A wide range of players is trying to harness the potential of this transition (including incumbents, startups, and so-called BigTechs with extensive customer networks, such as the Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple). …”
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