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Spin waves cause non-linear friction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Energy dissipation is studied for a hard magnetic tip that scans a soft magnetic substrate. The dynamics of the atomic moments are simulated by solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation numerically. The local energy currents are analysed for the
Brendel, Lothar   +3 more
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Association between C-reactive protein with all-cause mortality in ELSA-Brasil cohort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: High-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been proposed as a marker of incident cardiovascular disease and vascular mortality, and it may also be a marker of non-vascular mortality.
Alvim Matos, Sheila M.   +10 more
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Du rien-pour-nous que la mort: Derrida Épicure

open access: yesSíntesis. Revista de Filosofía, 2021
Derrida's Seminar “Life Death” operates, as if in advance motivated by its aftermath and as if countersigned by this name that does not appear—the name of Epicurus—a turn towards a non-productive, non-representational materialism, deprived in some way of
Jacques Lezra
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomy and the Perspectives of Its Artificial Implementation

open access: yesProceedings, 2020
Whichever definition of autonomy is used, it is usually formulated in a negative way by the absence, rather than presence, of the defining factors. Some definitions refer to the absence of external causes, physical determination, coercion or control.
Marcin J. Schroeder
doaj   +1 more source

Does Child Abuse Cause Crime? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major social problem. This paper focuses on measuring the effects of child maltreatment on crime using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).
Erdal Tekin, Janet Currie
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An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Abdominal ascites is most commonly caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis. When present, portal hypertension is associated with an elevated serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ≥1.1 g/dL. In contrast, a SAAG < 1.1 g/dL suggests malignancy,
Chak, Eric W   +2 more
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Faraday’s Law and Magnetic Induction: Cause and Effect, Experiment and Theory

open access: yesPhysics, 2020
Faraday’s Law of induction is often stated as “a change in magnetic flux causes an electro-motive force (EMF)”; or, more cautiously, “a change in magnetic flux is associated with an EMF”.
Paul Kinsler
doaj   +1 more source

Strangers in a Strange Land: Relations Between Perceptions of Others' Values and Both Civic Engagement and Cultural Estrangement

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Healthy democracies require civic engagement (e.g., voting) from their citizens. Past research has suggested that civic engagement is positively associated with self-transcendence values of care and concern for the welfare of others, and negatively ...
Rebecca Sanderson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development Characteristics and Causes of a Fatal Landslide Occurred in Shuicheng, Guizhou Province, China

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022
At about 20:40 on 23 July 2019, a high-level and long-runout landslide occurred in Jichang Town, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province (hereafter called the Shuicheng landslide).
Yu Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collective action problems: Disentangling possible feedback loops between government policies and the public’s value-change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Government and Economics, 2014
Solving collective action problems, such as poverty reduction or climate change, depends on interactions between governments' and voters' preferences regarding pro-social actions.
Eivind Hoff-Elimari   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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