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A Blockchain Framework for Scalable, High-Density IoT Networks of the Future. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Maftei AA +3 more
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A Formal Theory of Robert Nozick's Framework for Utopia
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers the very first formal model of Robert Nozick's model of possible worlds and his vision of a utopian society, as outlined in Part III of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Nozick envisioned utopia as a meta‐utopia—a collection of self‐organized, voluntary sub‐communities—arguing that such an institutional framework is equivalent to ...
Susumu Cato, Hun Chung
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Foundations of reasoning with uncertainty via real-valued logics. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AFagin R, Riegel R, Gray A.
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Inequality of Opportunity in a Multiperiod Framework
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers a simple model to evaluate and measure inequality of opportunity in a multiperiod framework, in which both circumstances and effort may change over time. We adopt a norm‐based approach and an axiomatic methodology: we first characterise two alternative definitions of a ‘fair distribution’, associated respectively with the ex ...
Domenico Moramarco +2 more
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Multi-Objective Optimization of IME-Based Acoustic Tweezers for Mitigating Node Displacements. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel)Chang H, Sun Y, Long F, Li J.
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Empowerment in Obesity and Behavioral Weight‐Management Programmes: A Scoping Review
Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the UK, over 25% of adults are living with obesity, with disproportionately higher rates among Black adults (35%) and those in the most deprived areas (36%). Obesity is linked to increased comorbidity, mortality, stigma, and substantial annual health costs exceeding £11.4 billion.
Corinne Bolland +3 more
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An Information Theoretic Condition for Perfect Reconstruction. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel)Delsol I +4 more
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Speaking for Dionysus: Empathy and choral advocacy in Aristotle and Nietzsche
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract This essay argues for an abiding connection between empathy and advocacy by revealing their unrecognized parallels in Aristotle and Nietzsche. The argument makes three new claims. First, I identify an ancient form of sharing emotions, unnamed in but fundamental to Aristotle's Rhetoric, that I call “empathy by analogy.” Next, I show that the ...
Ellwood Wiggins
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