Experimental study of the mechanical behavior of oriented bimrocks under diametral compression test using DIC. [PDF]
Rostamlo-Jooshin R +2 more
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ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert +2 more
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Balancing public health and privacy rights: a mixed-methods study on disclosure obligations of people living with HIV to their partners in China. [PDF]
Xie Z, Duan Z.
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In Defense of Comparability: Reply to Carlson and Risberg
ABSTRACT In “The Case for Comparability,” we argue that every comparative expression “F$F$” obeys Comparability: if two things are at least as F$F$ as themselves, then one of them must be at least as F$F$ as the other. One of our arguments appeals to the apparent validity of the Strong Monotonicity schema: x$x$ is F$F$; y$y$ is not F$F$; so, x$x$ is ...
Cian Dorr, Jacob M. Nebel, Jake Zuehl
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Patient-Centered Education Through A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Caregivers: Descriptive Study of Knowledge Gains by French Association of Patients With Multiple Myeloma (AF3M) and French-Speaking Myeloma Intergroup (IFM). [PDF]
Talbot A +16 more
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ABSTRACT Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are agents too. Many philosophers treat Minimalism as a wild outlier, assuming its falsity without argument.
William Hornett
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Health and wellbeing experiences of women informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic review. [PDF]
Ibrahim SA +4 more
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Analysis of News Dissemination Path and Impact of Big Data Technology in Public Health Emergencies.
Zhang Z, Tang J.
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Being Biased and Knowing How to Reason
ABSTRACT This essay explains how reasoning is action and not reflex. It then uses that theory to explain one form of knowing how to reason. Reasoning is thinking biased by knowledge. Drawing on Louise Antony's emphasis on bias as critical for dealing with underdetermination in induction, I show that underdetermination confronts all forms of reasoning ...
Wayne Wu
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Insanity, Disability and Responsibility: Rethinking Autonomy to Challenge Structural Inequality. [PDF]
Richards J.
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