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The Consequences of Affirmation

2020
Abstract This chapter focuses on the situation where the innocent party with an option to terminate the contract instead decides to affirm it. What are the obligations of the innocent party in that situation and what are its rights? In particular, what remedies may the innocent party be entitled to in the event that it decides in effect ...
John E Stannard, David Capper
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Affirmative Action's Contradictory Consequences

Journal of Social Issues, 1996
This comment raises questions about whether affirmative action has actually moved us closer to the objective of creating a more equal workplace. It explores some of the potential psychological costs of affirmative action—costs that paradoxically may undermine its objectives—and their implications for achieving the goal of workplace equality.
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Academic and diversity consequences of affirmative action in Brazil

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
Since 2001, Brazilian universities have been implementing affirmative-action policies to correct the racial, social and ethnic disparities in university admissions. An examination of the social-inclusion policies at three public universities in Brazil – the University of Brasilia, the Federal University of Bahia and the State University of Campinas ...
Porsha Childs, Nelly P. Stromquist
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The Textbook Case of Affirming the Consequent

Teaching Philosophy, 2001
L'auteur expose son raisonnement sur la tendance qu'ont les manuels a admettre que la plupart des gens etablissent des conclusions sans reflexion, qu'ils sont prisonniers de pensees automatiques qui leur permettent de retrouver une cause par sa consequence.
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Saying is experiencing: Affective consequences of complaining and affirmation

Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2009
In four experiments mood was measured before and after complaining or affirmation. Participants complained or affirmed either themselves or listened to such communications of another person. Mood decreased after complaining and increased after affirmation – a “saying is experiencing” (SIE) effect.
Bogdan Wojciszke, Wieslaw Baryla, Aleksandra Szymków-Sudziarska, Michal Parzuchowski, Katarzyna Kowalczyk   +4 more
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Metabolic consequences of gender‐affirming hormone therapy in transgender adult persons

Practical Diabetes, 2023
AbstractAs more individuals seek to align their physical characteristics with their gender identity, transgender health care is a growing medical field which is no longer the remit of a few selected clinicians. Gender‐affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is a mainstay treatment in gender reassignment and its medium‐ to long‐term metabolic sequelae are ...
Nadia Vloemans, Ma'en Al‐Mrayat
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Thinking tools: The fallacy of affirming the consequent

Think, 2004
Thinking Tools is a regular feature that introduces pointers on thinking clearly and rigorously.
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The Impact of Anticipated Consequences, Respondent Group, and Strength of Affirmative Action Plan on Affirmative Action Attitudes

Group & Organization Management, 2008
Two experiments found that affirmative action attitudes varied with the respondent's racioethnic group, strength of affirmative action plan (AAP), anticipated consequences of the AAP, and interactions of racioethnic group with the other variables. AAP strength had a monotonic negative effect on attitudes for some groups, but an inverse-U effect for ...
David A. Kravitz, Tiffany M. Bludau, Stephen L. Klineberg   +2 more
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The Consequences of Premature Abandonment of Affirmative Action in Medical School Admissions

JAMA, 2003
The US Supreme Court recently accepted on appeal 2 cases from the University of Michigan regarding the constitutionality of race-conscious decision making in higher education admissions. The consequences of the Court's decision will directly affect the future of medicine in the United States.
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The Consequences of Gender-Affirming Care: A Survey of U.S. and U.K. Law

The International Law Review Association Student Forum, 2023
The prevalence of youth experiencing “gender dysphoria” over the last decade has exploded. More minors than ever before are identifying as a different gender than their biological sex. Yet, there is a divergence among nations regarding what care is best for minors questioning their gender identity.
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