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Inequality of Opportunity in a Multiperiod Framework
ABSTRACT This paper offers a simple model to evaluate and measure inequality of opportunity in a multiperiod framework, in which both circumstances and effort may change over time. We adopt a norm‐based approach and an axiomatic methodology: we first characterise two alternative definitions of a ‘fair distribution’, associated respectively with the ex ...
Domenico Moramarco +2 more
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A portrait unseen: Neil Bartlett's queer theatrical adaptation of Wilde's Dorian Gray
Abstract Neil Bartlett's 2012 theatrical adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray presents a provocative reimagining of Wilde's novel, emphasizing its homoerotic and aesthetic dimensions while engaging with the historical and cultural anxieties surrounding queerness.
Younes Poorghorban
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Speaking for Dionysus: Empathy and choral advocacy in Aristotle and Nietzsche
Abstract This essay argues for an abiding connection between empathy and advocacy by revealing their unrecognized parallels in Aristotle and Nietzsche. The argument makes three new claims. First, I identify an ancient form of sharing emotions, unnamed in but fundamental to Aristotle's Rhetoric, that I call “empathy by analogy.” Next, I show that the ...
Ellwood Wiggins
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Implementing a dual‐branch architecture where ViT‐B/16 or ResNet50 processed standardized radiographs (metal artifact suppression, 512 × 512 resolution) while Clinical‐BERT encoded structured electronic records. A novel dynamic attention mechanism generated sample‐specific weights (α) for feature fusion (α·v_img + (1‐α)·v_txt), with performance ...
Kejia Zhu +5 more
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APHORISTIC SAYINGS IN LITERARY TEXTS
This article examines aphoristic expressions in literary texts and their linguistic and cultural features. The study analyzes the role of aphorisms in artistic and journalistic works, their connection with the author’s context, and their transformation into quotations, winged expressions, and proverbs.
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Track Record Arguments in Normative Ethics
ABSTRACT Track record arguments (TRAs) contend that it speaks in favor of an ethical theory (such as utilitarianism) if many of its past proponents had moral views that were controversial at their time but which we now consider to be clearly true (e.g., women's equal rights in 18th century Europe). This paper explores how to construct potentially sound
Leonard Dung
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ABSTRACT Sugar crops, including but not limited to sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum and stevia, are major sources of sugar production in the world. However, conventional breeding approaches, limited by long breeding cycles, low efficiency and restricted capacity to improve complex traits in sugar crops, are increasingly insufficient to address the ...
Peilin Wang +7 more
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Mapping of a New Locus for Powdery Mildew Resistance in the Caucasus Apple Malus orientalis
ABSTRACT Powdery mildew is one of the most significant fungal diseases affecting apple, both the tree and its fruits, causing considerable economic losses to apple growers. Controlling this disease can require the application of multiple fungicides. A more sustainable approach is to grow resistant cultivars.
Buist Muçaj +3 more
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ABSTRACT The breeding of pear (Pyrus communis) cultivars that meet market requirements and are at the same time resistant to fire blight is a challenging task beacuse appropriate resistance donors are scarce. To identify valuable resistance sources, phenotypic screening and genetic characterization are indispensable.
Martin Maag +4 more
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From Moral Supervenience to Moral Contingentism (In One Easy Step!)
ABSTRACT According to the Divide & Conquer (DC) strategy (Fogal and Risberg 2020) for explaining moral supervenience, the modal covariation between moral and natural properties can be partly explained by appeal to pure moral principles. Bhogal (2022) has recently argued that DC fails.
Alexios Stamatiadis‐Bréhier
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