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Valuable indulgence: a response to Schopenhauer and social pessimism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
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

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

A Metabolomic Signature Predicts Gout Flare Clinical Outcome Associated With Colchicine Prophylaxis

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Variability in market uptake of psychotropic medications in Europe reflects cultural diversity

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependency in Shanghai [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
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

open access: yesAutism Research, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The inherent price of indulgence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
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

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

National Culture and Perceived Ethics of Tax Evasion: Case of Bali Province

open access: yesJournal of Economics, Business & Accountancy Ventura, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Culture and Identity: Linking Iranian Identity Components and Cultural Dimensions [PDF]

open access: yesIssues in Language Teaching, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

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