Can Laws Be Flexible? Rethinking Legislation for Innovation. [PDF]
Schneider NK +3 more
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ABSTRACT There is no study from Germany on the association between stage of lung cancer (LC) and patient characteristics. We aimed to compare advanced versus non‐advanced LC cases regarding indicators of healthcare utilization. Using claims data covering 20% of the German population, we included LC patients diagnosed between 2013 and 2019.
Josephine Küsel‐Kanbach +2 more
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Safeguarding the right to collective bargaining in the face of precarious self-employment - Gaps in Protection in Austria and Germany and obligations under European law. [PDF]
Pupeter F, Lukas K, Bertazolli C.
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Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
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Legal Framework on Organ Donation and Transplantation in China. [PDF]
Nashan B, Wang H, Huang J.
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments
ABSTRACT Dignity objections to autonomous weapon systems are prominent in contemporary military ethics, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexamined. This article reconstructs those foundations, showing what categorical dignity objections require to function as absolute prohibitions.
Timothy Dubber
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A Child-Centered Framework for Determining Mental Distress Severity and Liability: Evidence from Chinese Judicial Practice. [PDF]
Xue Q, Yu D, Zhang Z.
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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