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In this article, I engage with the backstory to Frank Herbert’s Dune saga, viz. The Butlerian Jihad, tracing its genealogy, and considering its possible relevance for thinking about and motivating an Islamicate response to artificial intelligence (AI)
Syed Mustafa Ali
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Disagreement About Fiscal Policy
ABSTRACT Politicians disagree about fiscal policy. This disagreement should have economic effects beyond the effects of government spending and taxation. We use the full set of speeches in the German Bundestag since 1960 and apply state‐of‐the art natural language processing techniques to construct two series of fiscal disagreement starting in 1970 ...
Albina Latifi +3 more
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Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr.
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
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How Was Democracy Under the Administrative Presidency Supposed to Work?
ABSTRACT Aggressive use of the administrative power of the presidency is a major source of public administrative concern about the health of American democracy. Many of these powers stem from executive branch reorganization in the late 1930s, which was conceived and implemented by founding figures in the modern field.
Ben Merriman
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The potential of seedbank digital information in plant conservation
Seedbanks are vital for biodiversity conservation, but their potential remains underutilised due to a limited understanding of the intraspecific genetic diversity they hold. By leveraging digitised data associated with seedbank collections, such as sampling locations, number of maternal plants and seed traits, we can attempt the estimation of genetic ...
Roberta Gargiulo +23 more
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An Ecocritical Examination of Ray Bradbury’s “The Fog Horn” and “Here There Be Tygers”
Ecological concerns have been a significant theme in works of science fiction across various mediums. Juxtaposed against technological advancements and the overall progress of humanity are the horrors of ecological destruction, scarcity of resources ...
Maria Mollah
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DIE KRISE DES GEISTES : DREI ESSAYS / PAUL VALÉRY. HRSG. VON HERBERT STEINER. [BERECHT. ÜBERS. VON HERBERT STEINER UND FRANK RÜMELIN] Die Krise des Geistes : drei Essays / Paul Valéry. Hrsg. von Herbert Steiner. [Berecht. Übers.
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This thread is dedicated to a general discussion on anything related to Dune or Frank Herbert. Also, feel free to introduce yourself: Is this your first time reading Dune? If not, how does Dune rank among your favorite sci-fi books?
Herbert, Frank
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A new species of nocturnal gecko (Paroedura) from karstic limestone in northern Madagascar
Paroedura hordiesi sp. n. is described from Montagne des Français, a karstic limestone massif in the far north of Madagascar recently established as nature reserve.
Frank Glaw +5 more
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Purpose To evaluate quadriceps injury rates, return‐to‐play (RTP) durations, and postinjury performance in Major League Soccer (MLS) athletes with quadriceps injuries. Methods Data from MLS players with quadriceps injuries (2010‐2021) were analyzed using the MLS Injury Surveillance database.
Brian Forsythe +11 more
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