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Further Analysis of PRNG-Based Key Derivation Functions

IEEE Access, 2019
The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a rapid pace. With everyday applications and services becoming wirelessly networked, security still is a major concern.
Jason M. Mcginthy, Alan J. Michaels
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Hume’s Hedonism

Hume Studies
Abstract: This paper seeks critically to elucidate Hume’s views on pleasure and the good, in particular his evaluative hedonism, and to show that evaluative hedonism is in certain respects at least as significant a component of his philosophical ethics as sentimentalism. The first section explains his notion of pleasure, and how it is, in an important
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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
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HUME’S PRINCIPLE, BEGINNINGS

The Review of Symbolic Logic, 2011
In this note we derive Robinson’s Arithmetic from Hume’s Principle in the context of very weak theories of classes and relations.
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Torpor‐assisted migration: Regular use of shallow torpor reduces rest‐phase energy expenditure for songbirds during migration

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Migrating songbirds regularly use shallow torpor (up to 98% of birds for some species) to save energy (up to 42%) during inactive periods. This Ruby‐crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula that was captured after a spring snowstorm highlights the value of being able to save energy when encountering unfavourable conditions.
Ryan A. C. Leys, Lily Hou, Liam P. McGuire   +2 more
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Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
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The Power of None

SAGE Open, 2019
Borda with None (BwN) adds the binding option of “None of these candidates,” N , to the Borda Count (BC), differing from a method of Dodgson in the scoring of ties.
Neal D. Hulkower, John Neatrour
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Is Hume’s Principle Analytic?

Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 1999
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Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
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Hume, the New Hume, and Causal Connections [PDF]

Hume Studies, 2000
Dans le cadre du debat sur l'interpretation positiviste ou sceptique de la these des connexions causales chez Hume, l'A. rejette l'idee d'un nouveau Hume qui consiste a attribuer au philosophe anglais la position de l'empirisme newtonien.
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