Valuable indulgence: a response to Schopenhauer and social pessimism [PDF]
Submitted to Ian D. Dunkle for CAS PH 110 A1 Great Philosophers on Friendship and Solitude at Boston University, Spring 2019. Selected by classmates and the professor for publication in this special collection for the course in ...
Al Kudsi, Abdullah
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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A Metabolomic Signature Predicts Gout Flare Clinical Outcome Associated With Colchicine Prophylaxis
Objective This study investigated that serum metabolomics, before urate‐lowering therapy (ULT) initiation, could serve as a biomarker for responsiveness to colchicine prophylaxis in patients with gout commencing treat‐to‐target ULT. Methods We studied a multicenter prospective cohort (n = 409) initiating treat‐to‐target ULT plus colchicine prophylaxis.
Wenyan Sun +13 more
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Variability in market uptake of psychotropic medications in Europe reflects cultural diversity
Background In the last 20–30 years, many international studies have found substantial differences in the use of (older) psychotropic medication between European countries.
J. M. Hoebert +3 more
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Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependency in Shanghai [PDF]
The use of alcohol for social and ceremonial occasions was recorded in Chinese history as early as 1760 B.C. during the Yin Dynasty (Ci-Hai Encyclopedia, 1979:936).
Fernandez, Marilyn +8 more
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Decreased BOLD Signal Variability in Middle‐Aged and Older Adults on the Autism Spectrum
ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder. Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk for early‐onset cognitive and neurological decline in ASD. While brain development in children, adolescents, and young adults with ASD diverges from neurotypical (NT) peers, it remains unclear in older adults with ASD ...
Stephanie Pedrahita +9 more
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The inherent price of indulgence [PDF]
An indulgent algorithm is a distributed algorithm that tolerates asynchronous periods of the network when process crash detection is unreliable. This paper presents a tight bound on the time complexity of indulgent consensus algorithms.
Dutta, Partha, Guerraoui, Rachid
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Student perspectives on AI‐supported formative assessment in pharmacology
Abstract Aims High‐quality feedback is crucial for helping medical students understand and apply core concepts of pharmacology, yet personalized feedback is resource‐intensive to produce. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a potential solution, but little is known about students' perspectives on AI‐generated feedback.
Jon Andsnes Berg +6 more
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National Culture and Perceived Ethics of Tax Evasion: Case of Bali Province
This study aims to investigate the relationship of national cculture and taxpayer's ethical perception of tax evasion. National culture dimensions include powner dinstance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/ccollectivism, masculinity/femininity, lOng ...
I Nyoman Kusuma Adnyana Mahaputra +3 more
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Culture and Identity: Linking Iranian Identity Components and Cultural Dimensions [PDF]
Iranian identity cannot be conceived of as a uniform monolithic concept. But, thanks to certain upheavals in the history of the country, it has turned into the triple concept of national/Islamic/modern.
Fahime Saboori +3 more
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