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Condition of a nation with self-governance
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory or colony. The commemoration of the independence day of a country or nation celebrates when a country is free from all forms of colonialism; free to build a country or nation without any interference from other nations. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: IndependenceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Drug independence and the curability of cancer by combination chemotherapyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Financial auditThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Efficient tests for normality, homoscedasticity and serial independence of regression residualsCited 3,307 times
- Go sideways: Self-determinationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: DecolonizationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.
Noun The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Efficient tests for normality, homoscedasticity and serial independence of regression residuals
Testing the Efficiency and Independence of Attentional Networks
Accurate nucleon-nucleon potential with charge-independence breaking
Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority.
A test for independence based on the correlation dimension
High confidence visual recognition of persons by a test of statistical independence
The Chi-square test of independence
Sure Independence Screening for Ultrahigh Dimensional Feature Space
🆕 Influential since 2022
Drug independence and the curability of cancer by combination chemotherapy
Towards energy freedom: Exploring sustainable solutions for energy independence and self-sufficiency using integrated renewable energy-driven hydrogen system
Enabling learner independence and self-regulation in language education using AI tools: a systematic review
Selecting CMIP6 GCMs for CORDEX Dynamical Downscaling: Model Performance, Independence, and Climate Change Signals
Judicial independence and corporate innovation: Evidence from the establishment of circuit courts
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Financial auditUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1986
The Scottish ChiefsJane Porter · 1800
By England's Aid; or, The Freeing of the NetherlandsG. A. Henty · 1890- 📕A report from the Texas School Performance ReviewTexas School Performance Review (Agency) · 1999
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver, Dean Robertson · 1998
The rise of the Dutch republicJohn Lothrop Motley · 1856
Africa must uniteKwame Nkrumah · 1963
History of the Greek revolutionJ. L. Comstock · 1828
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🔗 Related topics
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