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Zachary Holtzapple
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In their paper ‘Zilch’, Oliver and Smiley claim that the word ‘nothing’ can be used as a singular term and that ‘nothing’ as a singular term and the word ‘zilch’ are empty terms, which fail to refer to anything. In this paper, we propose that ‘nothing’ as a singular term and ‘zilch’ can be used to denote null things such as absences, null objects or ...
Casati, Filippo, Fujikawa, Naoya
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Asexual organisms are of fascination to biologists because most multicellular organisms have chosen sex in some form or other for reproduction. The interest stems from the clear theoretical advantage of asexual reproduction which results in the transfer of a full complement of genes to an offspring rather than the 50 per cent that results from sexual ...
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When queueing is better than push and shove [PDF]
We address the scheduling problem of reordering an existing queue into its efficient order through trade. To that end, we consider individually rational and balanced budget direct and indirect mechanisms.
Gershkov, Alex, Schweinzer, Paul
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This is my last issue as editor of ALT-J, and it's been a hard issue to let go of. Not because of any misguided sentimentality, but simply because the UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) seems to have caused us serious problems. Grainne
Martin Oliver
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Prayerful persistence: Luke 18:1–8 through the lens of resilience
The parable of the widow and the unjust judge is unique to Luke. It forms part of three other parables shedding light on the coming of the Son of Man. It also bears striking resemblances with the parable of the friend at midnight, but unlike the friend ...
Annette Potgieter
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Symptomatic bradycardia may be iatrogenic or from a conduction system abnormality. Here we show an interesting case of iatrogenic symptomatic bradycardia that may be confused with a conduction system abnormality. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).
Arooj Khan +3 more
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Better-Making Properties and the Objectivity of Value Disagreement
A light form of value realism is defended according to which objective properties of comparison objects make value comparisons true or false. If one object has such a better-making property and another lacks it, this is sufficient for the truth of a ...
Erich H. Rast
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Dogs are not better than humans at detecting coherent motion [PDF]
The ability to perceive motion is one of the main properties of the visual system. Sensitivity in detecting coherent motion has been thoroughly investigated in humans, where thresholds for motion detection are well below 10% of coherence, i.e.
Battaglini, Luca +4 more
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