, 2020 This paper considers Norton’s Material Theory of Induction. The material theory aims inter alia to neutralize Hume’s Problem of Induction.
Skeels, Patrick
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Applying Theories in Language Programs [PDF]
, 2017 Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics: How to Choose a Theory. I offer a critical exploration of some of the conditions involved in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), as well as of the paradoxical approaches in the theoretical questions ...
Mary Wildner-Bassett
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Parents' agendas in paediatric clinical trial recruitment are different from researchers' and often remain unvoiced: a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2013 Ensuring parents make an informed decision about their child's participation in a clinical trial is a challenge for practitioners as a parent's comprehension of a trial may differ from that intended by the practitioners responsible for recruitment.
Hickey, Helen +6 more
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Reconsidering the Right to Own Property [PDF]
, 2013 This article considers whether there should be a separate international Covenant to elaborate on the human right to own property. Citing two contemporary cases—namely,the semi-starvation faced by many citizens of Zimbabwe and the shortage of food in ...
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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Making polycentrism: Governance innovation in small and medium-sized cities in the West Midlands and Barcelona metropolitan regions [PDF]
, 2018 The development of metropolitan regions shows increasing patterns of polycentrism, with growing relevance of small and medium-sized municipalities, suburbs and outskirts, which become economic subcentres within enlarging metropolitan realities ...
Pradel, Marc
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Doing challenging research studies in a patient centred way: qualitative study to inform a randomised controlled trial in the paediatric emergency care setting [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: To inform the design of a randomised controlled trial (called EcLiPSE) to improve the treatment of children with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE). EcLiPSE requires the use of a controversial deferred consent process.
Appleton, R +7 more
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Perpetual strangers: Animals and the cosmopolitan right [PDF]
, 2013 In this article I propose a cosmopolitan approach to animal rights based upon Kant's right of universal hospitality. Many approaches to animal rights buttress their arguments by finding similarities between humans and non-human animals; in this way they ...
Cooke, Steve
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Bargaining through Approval [PDF]
, 2015 The paper considers two-person bargaining under Approval Voting. It first proves the existence of pure strategy equilibria. Then it shows that this bargaining method ensures that both players obtain at least their average and median utility level in ...
Laslier, Jean-François, Nunez, Matias
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Conspicuous diffusion: theorizing how status drives innovation in electric mobility [PDF]
, 2018 This paper explores how conceptions of luxury and status affect the manner in which a relatively novel technology—an electric vehicle— diffuses across societies.
Kester, Johannes +3 more
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Social intelligence, an elementary competence in the development of the doctor-patient relationship [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction: The doctor-patient relationship is one of the great foundations of the vocation of medicine in the service of humanity. There can be no professional care without a solid foundation centered on trust and assertive communication.
Cedillo Urbina, Alma Cristina +4 more
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