Bootstrap percolation on the Hamming torus with threshold 2 [PDF]
This paper analyzes various questions pertaining to bootstrap percolation on the $d$-dimensional Hamming torus where each node is open with probability $p$ and the percolation threshold is 2. For each $d'
Slivken, Erik
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Performing or Learning Mathematics? Asking Critical Questions in Teacher
In the study reported here, preservice teachers were asked questions about their experiences of learning and teaching mathematics. Goal theory is used as a theoretical perspective for examining their responses to questions about what it means to know (in)
Sonia Corbin Dwyer +2 more
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A 'novel' approach to leadership development : using women's literary fiction to explore contemporary women's leadership issues : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Studies in Management at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand [PDF]
The central aim of this thesis is to investigate how women’s literary fiction can be harnessed for the purpose of exploring contemporary women’s leadership issues.
Martin, Lydia Anne
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Critical view of anaphylaxis epidemiology: open questions and new perspectives
In contrast to the majority of allergic or hypersensitivity conditions, worldwide anaphylaxis epidemiological data remain sparse with low accuracy, which hampers comparable morbidity statistics.
Luciana Kase Tanno +12 more
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Critical Realism and Ecological Economics: Counter-Intuitive Adversaries or Ostensible Soulmates? [PDF]
The paper questions the compatibility of critical realism with ecological economics. In particular, it is argued that there is radical dissonance between ontological presuppositions of ecological economics and critical realist perspective. The dissonance
Likavčan, Lukáš
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Introduction Maulana Karenga, Guest Editor [PDF]
This special issue on Ethnicity and Public Policy explores critical issues in public policy from various vantage points. Its scope is wide-ranging and aims at delineating and analyzing discourse and practices which both inform and constitute public ...
Karenga, Maulana
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As China's demand for energy grows, so does its dependence on imported oil. Currently, over 40 percent of China's total oil consumption derives from foreign sources making a supply disruption of the oil import routes an unthinkable blow to its national ...
Mao Yushi
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Academic Freedom and Society: Some Critical Questions
A review of a recent one-day conference, Academic Freedom and Society, held on June 2 2017 at the University of Warwick, which sought to pose questions about ideals and practices of academic freedom, historically and in the current moment, across ...
Lara Choksey
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Variations on the Theme of Journe's Lemma [PDF]
Journe's Lemma is a critical component of many questions related to the product ${BMO}$ theory of S.-Y. Chang and R. Fefferman. This article presents several different variants of the Lemma, some known, some implicit in the literature, and some new ...
C. Pipher +6 more
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Stability of the decagonal quasicrystal in the Lennard-Jones-Gauss system
Although quasicrystals have been studied for 25 years, there are many open questions concerning their stability: What is the role of phason fluctuations? Do quasicrystals transform into periodic crystals at low temperature? If yes, by what mechanisms? We
Engel, Michael, Trebin, Hans-Rainer
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