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Social Contract Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Contracts are common, and some influential thinkers in the “modern” period of philosophy argued that the whole of society is created and regulated by a contract. Two of the most prominent “social contract theorists” are Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John
Scott Veitch   +2 more
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Removing the opportunity for contract cheating in business capstones: a crime prevention case study

open access: yesInternational Journal for Educational Integrity, 2017
Introduction With a definition that is evolving, a serious component of the contract cheating issue involves individuals paying a third-party to complete assessment items for them and then submitting this work as if it were their own.
Michael Baird, Joseph Clare
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Smart Energy Harvesting for Internet of Things Networks

open access: yesSensors, 2021
In this article, we address the problem of prolonging the battery life of Internet of Things (IoT) nodes by introducing a smart energy harvesting framework for IoT networks supported by femtocell access points (FAPs) based on the principles of Contract ...
Fisayo Sangoleye   +2 more
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Akad Tidak Bernama Dalam Hukum Kontrak Bisnis Syariah

open access: yesJurnal Keislaman, 2023
Studying unnamed contracts is an important requirement for economic business actors, especially sharia economic actors. The rapid development of the economy and business requires business actors to study unnamed contract forms in sharia business ...
Rudiansyah Rudiansyah, Syaiful Anam
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Theories of muscular contraction [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, 1932
SINCE Lundsgaard showed that the contractile mechanism can work without production of lactic acid and that this acid, when formed, appears mainly, perhaps entirely, after contraction is over, the one remaining important chemical change, the breakdown of phosphagen (phosphocreatine) is generally supposed to precede and cause contraction.
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Does Contract Law Need Morality? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In The Dignity of Commerce, Nathan Oman sets out an ambitious market theory of contract, which he argues is a superior normative foundation for contract law than either the moralist or economic justifications that currently dominate contract theory.
Krawiec, Kimberly D., Liu, Wenhao
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A Two-Stage Privacy Preservation and Secure Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Model Using Blockchain and Cloud-Based Aggregator

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Local energy trading has attracted the attention of many researchers as a result of its promising benefits. These benefits include minimizing gas emission, reducing power shortage, and establishing a competitive energy market. However, the energy trading
Adamu Sani Yahaya   +5 more
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Perturbative superstrata [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Issued under a Creative Commons Attribution LicenceS.G. has been partially supported by MIUR-PRIN contract 2009-KHZKRX, by the Padova University Project CPDA119349 and by INFN. R.R.
Bachas   +41 more
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Joint Cache Allocation With Incentive and User Association in Cloud Radio Access Networks Using Hierarchical Game

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
In this paper, we consider a cloud radio access network-based system consisting of one network operator (NO) and several content providers (CPs). The NO owns a cloud cache and provides caching as a service for CPs, who provide contents to users.
Tra Huong Thi Le   +5 more
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6D microstate geometries from 10D structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
S.G. and L.M. have been partially supported by MIUR-PRIN contract 2009-KHZKRX, by the Padova University Project CPDA119349 and by INFN. R.R. has been partially supported by STFC Standard Grant ST/J000469/1 ‘String Theory, Gauge Theory and Duality’. S.G.,
Balasubramanian   +64 more
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