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Positive psychology and ‘luck’ experiences. [PDF]
, 2019 As is apparent from the range of perspectives that are being presented in this volume, the concept of ‘luck’ is not an easy one to pin down. With six separate clusters of chapters it is evident there are many views of luck.
Worth, Piers, Smith, Matthew D.
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Understanding, luck, and communicative value
, 2023 Does utterance understanding require reliable (i.e. non-lucky) recovery of the speaker's intended proposition? There are good reasons to answer in the affirmative: the role of understanding in supporting testimonial knowledge seemingly requires such ...
Peet, Andrew,
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Epistemic Luck, Knowledge-How, and Intentional Action
Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy, 2023 Epistemologists have long believed that epistemic luck undermines propositional knowledge. Action theorists have long believed that agentive luck undermines intentional action. But is there a relationship between agentive luck and epistemic luck?
Carlotta Pavese, Paul Henne
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OTA International, 2023 . Objectives:. Implant prominence after ulnar fracture fixation may be mitigated by the use of lower profile plates. The biomechanical strength and stability of 2.7-mm and 3.5-mm locking compression plates for fixation were compared. Methods:.
Jenna M. Wahbeh, MS +7 more
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The Synovial Lining and Synovial Fluid Properties after Joint Arthroplasty
Lubricants, 2015 The lubrication of the cartilaginous structures in human joints is provided by a fluid from a specialized layer of cells at the surface of a delicate tissue called the synovial lining.
Michael Shang Kung +3 more
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Load Sharing in the Femur Using Strut Allografts: A Biomechanical Study
Arthroplasty Today, 2022 Background: Femoral strut allografts are used in revision hip arthroplasty for management of bone loss associated with implant failure or periprosthetic fractures.
Frances E. Sharpe, MD +3 more
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Luck and the Limits of Equality [PDF]
, 2019 A recent movement within political philosophy called luck egalitarianism has attempted to synthesize the right’s regard for responsibility with the left’s concern for equality. The original motivation for subscribing to luck egalitarianism stems from the
Jeffers, Matthew
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Acta Orthopaedica, 2018 Background and purpose — Hip resurfacing (HR) is a treatment option promoted for hip arthritis in young and active patients. However, adverse reactions to metal are a concern and the search for non-metallic bearing options proceeds.
Job L C Van Susante +6 more
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International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2012 This research1 looks at the impact of the rise of women’s non-standard, service sector employment on gender roles, identities and relations, and compares the complex task of finding and managing formal and informal non-parental child care in rural and ...
Patrizia Albanese, Tanya Farr
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Further Reflections on Lemos’s Indeterministic Weightings Model of Libertarian Free Action [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2023 John Lemos defends an indeterministic weightings model of libertarian free will that is a variant of event-causal libertarian views. Many argue that these views are susceptible to the luck problem: an agent’s directly free choices are too luck infected ...
Ishtiyaque Haji
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