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Estimating the Thermal Conductivity of Unsaturated Sand

Applied Sciences
A modified parallel model for estimating the thermal conductivity of unsaturated sand was proposed in this study. The heat conduction in the solid phase of sand depends mainly on the form of contacts between solid particles, while water bridges at the ...
Xuejun Liu, Yucong Gao, Yanjun Li
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Climate Change and Dam Owner Liability in Rhode Island [PDF]

, 2019
Increasing precipitation associated with climate change is affecting dam operation and hazards in Rhode Island. Flooding caused by increased precipitation or extreme weather events can cause dam failure or upstream or downstream flooding, resulting in ...
Lee, Cory, Philopena, James, Jr., Porter, Read   +2 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liability of Corporate Directors

, 1907
Frederick Dwight
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Proposals for a new audit liability regime in Europe [PDF]

The past few years have seen a growing trend towards the focus on audit liability. In the UK, the Company Law Reform Bill which became the Companies Act 2006, has removed the previously existing limits on auditor liability and compelled an agreement ...
Ojo, Marianne
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Depression Polygenicity and Disease Activity and Disability Worsening in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective A better understanding of factors associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity and disability is needed. Given the strong link between comorbid depression and MS disease activity and disability, we aimed to determine whether the depression genetic burden, as modelled using its polygenic score, is associated with MS disease ...
Ali Manouchehrinia, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Amber Salter, Ruth Ann Marrie, Lars Alfredsson, Charles N. Bernstein, James M. Bolton, Gary Cutter, John D. Fisk, Lesley A. Graff, Carol A. Hitchon, Jan Hillert, Ingrid Kockum, Yi Lu, Fred D. Lublin, Kyla McKay, Tomas Olsson, Scott Patten, Amit Patki, Hayley Riel, Klementy Shchetynsky, Pernilla Stridh, Hemant K. Tiwari, Jerry S. Wolinsky, Kaarina Kowalec   +24 more
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Positioning control of reference units of automatic raising and leveling system of support platform

Informatika, 2018
The questions of positioning control of reference units of automatic raising and leveling system of support platform were considered in the article. The list of functional elements which are needed for analyzing the hydraulic reference units behavior in ...
A. G. Strizhnev, A. A. Shykhau
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Discharge of Personal Liability on Mortgage Debts in New York [PDF]

, 1943
Milton Friedman
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On and Off the Liability Bandwagon: Explaining State Adoptions of Strict Liability in Hazardous Waste Programs [PDF]

We analyze factors in states' decisions to switch their approaches to hazardous waste liability policy from negligence standards to policies based on strict liability. Many, but not all, states have switched in recent years. We explain differences in the
Alberini, Anna, Austin, David
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Crises and Tax [PDF]

, 2018
How can law best mitigate harm from crises like storms, epidemics, and financial meltdowns? This Article uses the law and economics framework of property rules and liability rules to analyze crisis responses across multiple areas of law, focusing ...
Blair-Stanek, Andrew
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