https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3643 Sun, 31 May 2026 15:53:48 GMT 2026-05-31T15:53:48Z https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18396 Title: Multi-scale sleep dynamics in memory consolidation: From microstructural oscillations to macro-architecture Authors: Rodrigues, Hansel C.; Belal, Rachana; Joshi, Gunjan; Rathore, Tanisha; Joshi, Khushi; Verma, Kedarmal Abstract: Sleep serves as a dynamic multiscale process supporting the stabilization and transformation of memory. A multilevel integrated interaction exists in which macrostructures coordinate and contain guiding smaller scale microstructural activities that collectively facilitate information transfer. The nesting of the slow oscillation-spindle-ripple triplet facilitates the reactivation and transfer of memory traces from the hippocampus to neocortical networks. While Non-Rapid Eye Movement sleep supports declarative memory stabilization, Rapid Eye Movement sleep modulates emotional tone and integrates memories into existing schemas. Research gaps persist regarding the integration of these scales, as traditional models often treat sleep stages as uniform. Distortions in either macro- or microstructural layers, observed in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, concurrently impair cognitive function and memory. Future advancements highlight the need for the development of a Sleep-Dependent Health Index and multi-scale causal models to predict individual cognitive vulnerability and track memory reactivation across the lifespan. The proposed unified framework emphasizes the bidirectional interaction of cellular plasticity, local oscillations, and global sleep architecture to elucidate sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Copyright © 2026. Published by Elsevier B.V. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18396 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18401 Title: Remittances, Structural Inequality, and Multidimensional Poverty in Nepal Authors: Singh, Pawan; Pradhan, Kalandi Charan Abstract: Despite the rapid growth of remittances in Nepal, their impact on multidimensional poverty remains uneven and insufficiently understood, particularly in the presence of structural inequalities. This study examines how remittances influence poverty incidence, depth, severity, and food and non-food deprivation using data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey IV (2022/23). Grounded in the Network Theory of Migration and the New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM), and extended through a social economics perspective, the analysis emphasizes how structural inequalities and institutional constraints shape migration and remittance outcomes. Empirically, instrumental variable (IV) estimation and propensity score matching (PSM) are employed to address endogeneity and selection bias. The results show that remittances significantly reduce multiple dimensions of poverty. However, these effects are not uniform, as migration is a selective process shaped by unequal access to resources, networks, and infrastructure. The findings highlight that remittances are socially embedded processes, requiring policies that address structural inequalities for inclusive poverty reduction. © 2026 The Association for Social Economics. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18401 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18387 Title: Capitalization of social mobility in India: Venture capital in edtech-fintech combines Authors: Kumar, Akshaya Abstract: Among the foremost scandals surrounding Indian start-ups has been the defrauding of students by loan schemes embedded into edtech platforms. This paper identifies the over-reliance of edtech business models on short-term venture capital as a determining factor in their aggressive blitz-scaling and monetization strategies. The logics of venture capital in India thereby determine an unstable mode of platform capitalism primarily driven by predatory leverage. This dynamic was particularly evident in the rapid rise and demise of edtech-fintech combines seeking to exploit the increasing shortfall in meeting tertiary education demand. In this instance, I argue that the over-reliance on venture capital is compounded by a deeper crisis of social mobility, where the hollowing out of public education is intended to impel its assetization and financialization. © 2026 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18387 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://dspace.iiti.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18378 Title: Asian platform capital: An overview Authors: Kumar, Akshaya Abstract: In the introduction to this special section, we interrogate the question of capital in platform capitalism. We argue that the present paradigm for exploring platform capitalism emphasizes procedures and infrastructures of datafication, but tends to neglect the strategic intent of capital. We therefore revisit notions of ‘data capital’ and ‘platform capital’ that rest upon the broad hegemony of ‘Big Tech’ and an assumed equivalence between data and capital. We offer the provocation that data has not supplanted financial capital as the target of accumulation, and we offer an alternative positioning of platform capital as a set of intra-capital interests targeting the surplus value of labour, capturing state spending, pooling the money in our digital wallets, assetizing social economies, and boosting energy markets. Contrary to accounts of platform capitalism centred upon Silicon Valley, our special section offers a second provocation: that Asia has operated as a cradle of innovation for platform capitalism, and that the sources and logics of capital involved are particular to the region. In this introduction, we therefore provide an overview of the diversity, genealogy, charters and logics of platform capital in Asia. This provides the broader context within which papers in this special section exemplify instances of Asian platform capital at work. © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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