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On the Infinity of Debt

open access: yes, 2017
A striking aspect of current debt is that it seems characterized by limitlessness in space and time. Benjamin’s account of capitalism as a permanent cult gives a clue to its peculiar infinity. Debt shows the traits of a messianic time. More precisely, it partakes in the increasingly dominative temporality of preemption, where a catastrophic future is ...
openaire   +6 more sources

“Visiting scientist effect”? Exploring the impact of time‐lags in the digitization of 2D landmark data

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Measurement error (ME) in geometric morphometrics has been the subject of countless articles, but none specific to the effect of time lags on landmark digitization error. Yet, especially for visiting scientists working on museum collections, it is not uncommon to collect data in multiple rounds, with interruptions of weeks or years. To explore
Andrea Cardini
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of medical student debt on mental health, academic performance and specialty choice: a systematic review

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objectives With the high and rising total cost of medical school, medical student debt is an increasing concern for medical students and graduates, with significant potential to impact the well-being of physicians and their patients. We hypothesised that
Monique Pisaniello   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Am I being responsible?”: Navigating coming‐of‐age transitions through personal financial information management

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This research explored how young adults (ages 18–25) learn to use financial records and the roles financial records play in their experiences in coming to see themselves as financially mature social actors. The contribution of this paper is a revised model of transitions theory that includes personal information management (PIM) as an ...
Robert Douglas Ferguson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Effects of the Recently Signed Pak-China Free Trade Agreement

open access: yesLahore Journal of Economics
Factor endowments and cross country differences create regional disparities among states. The disparity in sizes between the Chinese and Pakistani economies can lead to the creation of trade patterns that can positively or negatively impact the latter’s
Samina Shabir, Reema Kazmi
doaj  

DOES SHORT TERM DEBT AFFECT PROFITABILITY? EVIDENCE FROM THE ROMANIAN LISTED COMPANIES [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2015
This study aims at providing new empirical evidence on the influence of debt (both on short and long term) on corporate profitability, with application to the Romanian companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
MILOŞ LAURA RAISA   +1 more
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L’immigration indentured à l’île Maurice, 1840-1870 : conditions, abus et résistance

open access: yesAfriques, 2015
This article analyzes the indentured labour in Mauritius between the 1840s and the 1870s. In particular it focuses on labour forms and relationships, the salaries level and payment, debt and eventually savings, health assistance and the conditions for ...
Alessandro Stanziani
doaj   +1 more source

“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt

open access: yesJournal of Economic Perspectives, 2022
While public debt has risen in the last two decades, the return that it offers to investors has fallen, especially relative to the return on private investment. This creates a revenue for the government as the supplier of the special services offered by public bonds, which include storage of value, safety, liquidity, and reprieve from repression.
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Semantic primitives and compositionality: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
wiley   +1 more source

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