Of hired guns and ideologues: Why would a law firm ever retain an honest expert witness?
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract Suppose that expert witnesses appearing in litigation are, generically, either honest in their assessment of a fact situation or are advocates who testify in favour of their retaining party, regardless of new information. The type of a witness is known to law firms, who engage with them repeatedly, but not to courts.
Martin Richardson, Jose Rodrigues‐Neto
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Adsorption performance and mechanism of modified rice hull biochar for lead and cadmium removal in single and competitive systems. [PDF]
BMC ChemWei C +5 more
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Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
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Analysing the role and job creation potential of buy-back centres along the South African beverage polyethylene terephthalate value chain: A circular economy perspective. [PDF]
Waste Manag Resvan Hille N, van Hille R, Schenck C.
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Financially Coerced ‘Self‐Produced’ Child Sexual Exploitation Material: Narratives of Accountability
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Perpetrators financially coerce children to ‘self‐produce’ child sexual exploitation material (CSEM). A harmful dominant narrative has historically blamed victims by framing this form of child sexual exploitation as ‘children engaging in sex work’ obfuscating the tactics of perpetrators.
Genevieve Bloxsom +4 more
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Comparative Study of Effects of Different Organic Acid Treatments on Preservation Quality of Two Bamboo Shoot Species Using PCA Comprehensive Evaluation and Quality Index Models. [PDF]
FoodsLi Y, Lu H, Xu C, Liu Q, Qiu S, Yu X.
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Cristiano of Arabia: Did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?
Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 260-270, April 2025.Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d’Or winner and the most‐followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marked one of several expensive, recent interventions by the kingdom in global sports markets. We exploit the timing of this event to estimate superstar effects.
Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
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Lamellar Dilation in (AB)-g-A Copolymacromer Melts: A Dissipative Particle Dynamics Study. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Park J, Huh J.
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Hybrid topic classification approach integrating TF-IDF, BiGRU, and modified builder optimization algorithm (MBOA). [PDF]
Sci RepGao X, Li R, Mashhadi A.
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We Don't Settle: Decolonizing the Heritage Sector by Empowering Young People of Color
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonizing the heritage sector has taken center stage since the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. There have been efforts for decades to make the sector address institutional racism and be more inclusive to racialized minorities.
Kehinde Andrews +4 more
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