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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Efficacy of Water Treaties in the Eastern Nile Basin

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2014
This paper attempts to analyse the efficacy of the water treaties of the Nile in light of the principles of international law. The following critical examination of the treaties brings to light numerous legal defects associated with fraud, coercion ...
Wuhibegezer Ferede, Sheferawu Abebe
doaj  

Legal and Moral Principles as Guidelines for Carrying Out Official Duties

open access: yesYuridika
Law and morals are related as an ideal value in the formation of law, because morals are considered universal values ​​that should ideally characterize every legal formation, with the hope that morality in the law can produce good behavior for legal ...
Aries Saputro, Radian Salman
doaj   +1 more source

Performance improvement of discrete‐time linear‐quadratic regulators applied to uncertain linear systems using the Tikhonov regularization method

open access: yesAsian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
Abstract The linear‐quadratic regulator (LQR) problem of optimal control of an uncertain discrete‐time linear system (DTLS) is revisited in this paper from the perspective of Tikhonov regularization. We show that an optimally chosen regularization parameter reduces, compared to the classical LQR, the values of a scalar error function, as well as the ...
Fernando Pazos, Amit Bhaya
wiley   +1 more source

A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

VICTIMOLOGICAL INFLUENCE ON CRIMINAL CORRUPTION BEHAVIOUR: NOTION AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2011
The article views the main directions of victimological influence on criminal corruptional behaviour - victimological prevention and victimological rehabilitation. Their definitions and brief characteristics are given.
I. M. Garipov
doaj  

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE FORMATION OF TAX DEBT AND TAX COLLECTIONS IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE NORTH CAUCASIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT

open access: yesСтатистика и экономика, 2016
The article is devoted to estimation of factors, which impact on formation of the tax debt in the regions. Description of the dynamics of the tax debt in the North Caucasus Federal District from 2009 to 2011 is given.
Igor Yu. Pelevin
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions of Corruption in Ukraine: Are They Correct? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper discusses the issue of perceptions and their influence on economic processes focusing on corruption perception. The higher the perceived corruption in an organization is, the more probable it is that a person dealing with that organization ...
Inna Cabelkova
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