University of Haifa

KP integrability of non-perturbative differentials

We prove the KP integrability of non-perturbative topological recursion, which can be considered as a formal ℏ -deformation of the Krichever construction of algebro-geometric solutions of the KP hierarchy. This property goes back to a 2011 conjecture of Borot and Eynard.

Airflows redefine the cost of aerial transport in the wild

Fuel economy matters to both animals and machines, as the cost of transport can determine where, when, and how far locomotion is possible. However, established estimates of these values for animal flight come from laboratories and treat the atmosphere as constant, even though fre...

The Logic of Appropriateness in OD: Perceived Publicness as an Institutional Change Mechanism

Organization development (OD) seeks sustainable change, yet its theoretical toolkit remains underspecified regarding the normative mechanisms through which organizational context shapes change-supportive behavior. This article introduces Publicness-Activated Change Theory (PACT),...

From isolated foci to coordinated attending: Critical events identified by novice mathematics teacher-educators

This study examines how novice mathematics teacher educators' (NMTEs) attending changes over time, as reflected in the Critical Events in Teacher Education sessions (CETEs) they identify following teacher education sessions they facilitate. The study involved 45 in-service mathem...

The Fragile Coupon Collector: Random Deadlines, Critical Fragility, and Optimal Sampling

We study coupon collection when each type is at risk of disappearing until its first observation, after which it becomes permanently safe. Sampling follows a fixed independent and identically distributed law. For uniform sampling and common fragility, the success probability is t...

Hearing shapes: the Bouba–Kiki effect in adult domestic dogs

The 'Bouba-Kiki effect' is an example of spontaneous association between auditory and visual stimuli, described in humans as a case of sound symbolism, a predisposition linked to language. Recent evidence showed that 3-day-old chicks also exhibit a spontaneous association between...

Belonging, Visibility, and Voice: Perceptions and Practices Promoting Social–Emotional Support in Online Learning in Teacher Education

The consolidation of online learning in higher education raises a question teacher education can no longer defer: How is social–emotional –support created when teaching and learning are mediated by screens? This study explored how preservice teachers experienced social-emotional...

How intentional is incidental learning? Learners, words, task types, and learning gains

This study explored learners’ self-reported intentions to memorize new vocabulary during different language activities. Specifically, we investigated whether intentionality varies across learners, tasks, and words, and how intentionality is related to vocabulary learning gains. F...

Accounting for whom? Imperialism, capitalism and professionalisation in Mandate Palestine

The relationship between accounting and empire, and between accounting and capitalism, has attracted considerable scholarly attention. This article examines the intersections of these three forces – accounting, capitalism and imperialism – through the study of Jewish accountants...

The development finance regime complex and crisis response: a comparative perspective of multilateral development banks’ response to COVID-19

Abstract This article explains variation in multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) crisis-response policies during the COVID-19 crisis. Drawing on a focused, structured comparison of 22 MDBs, this study analyzes five crisis-response policies: investment scale-ups and resource rep...

“Leading without Authority”: The Emergence of Informal Leaders in Local Social Services

While the importance of social work leadership in motivating staff and promoting changes is well recognized, there is limited evidence regarding informal leadership, particularly regarding the emergence of informal leaders in local social services. The present study addresses thi...

Reconnecting the disconnected forebrain: multimodal resting-state bold dynamics underlying zolpidem-induced arousal in incomplete Locked-in syndrome

Primary objective Zolpidem paradoxically restores behavioral responsiveness and communication in select patients with severe disorders of consciousness and profound motor deafferentation. While the anterior forebrain mesocircuit hypothesis attributes this awakening to central tha...

Sparse oblique rule boosting for simpler additive rule ensembles

Abstract Small additive ensembles of symbolic rules offer interpretable prediction models. Traditionally, these ensembles use rule conditions based on conjunctions of simple threshold propositions $$x \ge t$$ on a single input variable x and threshold t , resulting geometrically...

Archival Recollections: Rabbinic Figures as Folk Heroes

Out of twenty-four thousand tales documented in the Israel Folktale Archives named after Dov Noy (IFA), only two hundred center on rabbinic figures of late antiquity. This small corpus presents a clear, and curious, profile: while half of it addresses two figures who are venerate...

Ktivat-Adam (Homograph): Avot Yeshurun, the Long Poem, and Poetic Historiography

This essay explores how the long poem authorizes itself to reshape memory. I develop the notion of “poetic historiography” on the basis of Paul Ricoeur’s Memory, History, Forgetting (2004) and by examining three mutations of Israeli poet Avot Yeshurun’s (1904–1992) long poems. In...

Lullaby and Mother Tongue: Poetic Performance and the Hebrew Lullaby

What is the role of form-making in the reception of the lullaby? How does the cradlesong radicalize the lyric’s tension between the drive to approximate the earliest syllable preceding speech and its verbal transmission to a historicized reader? This article traces the shapings o...

Did Nationwide Mental Health Insurance Reform in Israel Increase Access to Community-Based Care?

Israel's nationwide mental health reform (July 1, 2015) transferred responsibility and funding for mental healthcare from the Ministry of Health to Israel's four Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), aiming to improve access and availability, integrate mental health into gener...

AI-Mediated Mental Health Support: The Role of Attachment Orientation and Psychological Distress

General-purpose generative AI (GenAI) models are increasingly serving as quasi-social agents, representing a novel form of informal AI-mediated help-seeking. This study examined associations between adult attachment orientations (Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship St...

Masking phosphatidylserine prevents neuronal loss in two distinct Drosophila models of neurodegeneration

Neuronal loss is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Phosphatidylserine (PS), a key “eat me” signal, is exposed on stressed viable neurons, triggering their premature phagocytosis by activated glia. We investigated whether PS masking could serve as a universal strategy to p...

Early predictors of children’s hostile attribution bias: Relational conflict, executive functions, and gender differences

Abstract Hostile attribution bias (HAB) is a well-established predictor of aggression and related psychopathologies. Yet the early factors shaping its development are not yet fully understood. In particular, it remains unclear (1) how early conflictual relationships with signific...