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Inconsistency of bootstrap: The Grenander estimator
, 2010 In this paper, we investigate the (in)-consistency of different bootstrap methods for constructing confidence intervals in the class of estimators that converge at rate $n^{1/3}$. The Grenander estimator, the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator of
Banerjee, Moulinath +2 more
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Buddhism and Animal Ethics [PDF]
, 2017 This article provides a philosophical overview of some of the central Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha's teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of ...
Finnigan, Bronwyn
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Rethinking responsibility: An Abhidharma Buddhist view
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 549-570, September 2025.Abstract If reductionism about personal identity is true, “no one ever deserves to be punished for anything they did.” I call this the Responsible Agency Challenge. This paper addresses the question: How should we respond to this challenge? My response is inspired by the famous fifth century Buddhist Abhidharma philosopher, Vasubandhu, and the ...
Monima Chadha
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Heritage Science, 2021 As a royal temple, the Fengguo Temple has profound historical, artistic, scientific and social values. With a thousand-year history, it is one of the three existing temples of the Liao Dynasty in China.
Jiahang Song +4 more
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Estimation of a Two-component Mixture Model with Applications to Multiple Testing [PDF]
, 2015 We consider a two-component mixture model with one known component. We develop methods for estimating the mixing proportion and the unknown distribution nonparametrically, given i.i.d.~data from the mixture model, using ideas from shape restricted ...
Patra, Rohit Kumar, Sen, Bodhisattva
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1031-1041, August 2025.ABSTRACT This paper explores the complex emotions and affective challenges that academics might experience in their journey of becoming within neoliberal higher education contexts transnationally. These are examined in entanglement with intricate social, ideological, political and racial factors across different stages of academic careers.
Mahtab Janfada +3 more
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Buddhist Perspectives on Death
RUDN Journal of PhilosophyThe study deals with some of the central issues concerning the notion of death as discussed in Theravāda (Pāli Buddhism) as well as Mahāyāna Buddhism. What is the sense that death is regarded as an instance of duḥkha (Sanskrit) or dukkha (Pāli)?
Pradeep P. Gokhale
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, 2015 Observational studies of halo stars during the last two decades have placed some limits on the quantity and nature of accreted dwarf galaxy contributions to the Milky Way stellar halo by typically utilizing stellar phase-space information to identify the
Jessop, Will +3 more
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Recent Advances and Persisting Gaps in the Study of Khotanese Painting
ReligionsThis paper provides a concise overview of the current state of research on Khotanese painting. Early documentation from the first archaeological expeditions in the early twentieth century, together with Joanna Williams’ seminal study of 1973, laid the ...
Ciro Lo Muzio
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Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 1300-1326, May 2025.ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the influence of religion on pro‐environmental behavior, little attention has been paid to the role of religious epics—that is, narratives that embody the core beliefs and moral values of religious traditions—as a mechanism for promoting such behavior.
Manish Das +4 more
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