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Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Does virtue benefit its possessor, or is it beneficial for others but not the self? We tested two highly influential theories that offer contradictory answers. In particular, we focused on three “hard cases” for the theory that virtue promotes well‐being—that is, three virtues that aren't obviously enjoyable (compassion, patience,
Michael M. Prinzing +3 more
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Testing for Unspecified Periodicities in Binary Time Series
Journal of Time Series Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given random variables Y1,…,Yn$$ {Y}_1,\dots, {Y}_n $$ with Yi∈{0,1}$$ {Y}_i\in \left\{0,1\right\} $$ we test the hypothesis whether the underlying success probabilities pi$$ {p}_i $$ are constant or whether they are periodic with an unspecified period length of r≥2$$ r\ge 2 $$.
Finn Schmidtke, Mathias Vetter
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The revolution will be tweeted : how the internet can stimulate the public exercise of freedoms [PDF]
, 2012 This article discusses how new technologies of communication, especially the Internet and, more specifically, social network services, can interfere in social interactions and in political relations.
Andrade Neto, João +1 more
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Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands and Causes and the National Family
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although irredentism—the attempt by states to retrieve ‘lost’ lands and peoples—rarely occurs, it has highly destabilizing effects on international security and is difficult to resolve given the number of actors drawn into these conflicts.
John Nagle
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Comments on Caddo Origins in Northwest Louisiana [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents some of my thoughts on the issue of Caddo origins from the perspective of the Red River drainage in northwest Louisiana. These ideas were assembled prior to the Caddo discussion group meeting held in December 2008 and have been only ...
Girard, Jeffery S.
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The Illusion of Permissive Balancing
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The standard view among philosophers of normativity is that practical reasons balance permissively (i.e., when reasons are tied between incompatible actions, either action is rational), while epistemic reasons balance prohibitively (i.e., when reasons are tied between incompatible doxastic attitudes, neither attitude may be rationally formed).
Jordan Scott
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Byzantine Rank Hierarchy in the 9th–11th Centuries
Studia Ceranea, 2018 The aim of the article is to present the Byzantine secular rank hierarchy of the 9th–11th centuries. During the above-mentioned period of time Byzantium knew not one but several distinct, relatively independent official hierarchical systems. All of them, however, were mutually interconnected to varying degrees and thus formed a single, pan-imperial ...
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Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists. In contrast, the Global South remains largely absent, with the notable exception of Beijing's dramatic rise.
Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose +2 more
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Reti Medievali Rivista, 2001 <p>La ricerca storica sui monaci vallombrosani è rimasta a lungo un “affare” interno alla congregazione. Soltanto nel Novecento, e soprattutto nella seconda metà del secolo, si è sviluppata (anche da parte di studiosi laici) una storiografia ...
Francesco Salvestrini
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