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'The Advisor': Counsel, Concealment, and Machiavelli’s Voice
Redescriptions, 2017 Machiavelli’s political works should be read not only as attempts to shape princely behavior, but as demonstrations of a model of advisory behavior. They are a performance of advice-giving, of the dispassionate, scientistic – but also quietly radical ...
Rob Goodman
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Old age, friendship and duties in Marcus Tullius Cicero’s philosophy
Studia Humanitatis, 2020 In the modern world, age is deemed old from the age of seventy-six. An ancient Roman orator, politician and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero was reasoning about the full-scale old age in his essay “On Old Age. On Friendship. On Duties”.
Kretova Veronika Eduardovna +1 more
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Affective issues in learning technologies: emotional responses to technology and technology's role in supporting socio-emotional skills [PDF]
, 2010 This paper focuses on some of the author's research studies over the past thirty years and places these in a wider context to reflect on research into affective issues in learning technologies over this period, and to consider whether and how the issues ...
Jones, Ann
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Weather‐Induced Positive Sentiment and Insider Trading
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Exploiting variations in sunshine exposure near insiders' locations, we find that weather‐induced positive sentiment leads to higher insider purchases, albeit with lower performance. Overoptimism induced by abnormally good weather serves as the underlying mechanism. The effect is more pronounced when insiders' purchase decisions are fuelled by
Douglas Cumming +3 more
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Folia Toruniensia, 2017 Opracowanie obejmuje wstęp, przekład i komentarz do powstałego na początku lat 80. XVI w., a opublikowanego w 1609 r. tekstu, którego autorem jest Franciszek Tidicaeus (1554–1617), doktor filozofii i medycyny, lekarz urzędowy i profesor Gimnazjum ...
Tomasz Dreikopel
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Corporate Sponsoring of the Council Presidency: A Research Agenda
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Member states holding the Council Presidency routinely seek corporate sponsors. Typically, these sponsors offer free or discounted goods and services, such as food, beverages, cell phones, software or a car fleet in exchange for being labelled an official partner or sponsor of the Presidency.
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Reinout van der Veer
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Faeneratores, negotiatores and financial intermediation in the Roman World (Late Republic and Early Empire) [PDF]
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Verboven, Koenraad
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.Background Parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT) improves parenting and child behavior, yet little is known about how dosage of its two phases, warm relationship building focused child‐directed interaction (CDI) sessions and safe, effective discipline skills‐focused parent‐directed interaction (PDI) sessions, contributes to outcomes, particularly in ...
Xiaolan Liao +4 more
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