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The Metaparadigm of Scientific Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Legal Culture
RUDN Journal of LawThe purpose of the research is to assess the prospects for applying methods and approaches from the humanities and exact sciences to understand the genesis, prerequisites, patterns, features, trends, and vectors of the evolution of legal culture as a ...
Maksim V. Zaloilo
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A matheuristic for the traveling salesman problem with positional consistency constraints
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract We propose a matheuristic for the traveling salesman problem with positional consistency constraints, where we seek to generate a set of routes with minimum total cost, in which the nodes visited in more than one route (consistent nodes) must occupy the same relative position in all routes.
Luís Gouveia, Ana Paias, Mafalda Ponte
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Parts of the Whole: Strategies for the Spread of Quantitative Literacy: What Models Can Tell Us
Numeracy, 2014 Two conceptual frameworks, one from graph theory and one from dynamical systems, have been offered as explanations for complex phenomena in biology and also as possible models for the spread of ideas. The two models are based on different assumptions and
Dorothy Wallace
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A Network Analysis Approach to the Diffusion of Tolerance Memes [PDF]
Wadī Al-Nīl Lil Dirāsāt wa Al-Buẖūṯ Al-Insāniyyaẗ wa Al-Iğtimāʿiyyaẗ wa Al-Tarbawiyyaẗ, 2020 The world is now in an age where the electronic media has drawn people from different cultures closer together into what is called a "Global Society". The flow of ideas, thoughts, and values has become much easier and more rabid than before.
Amira S. N. Tawadros
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A unified formulation for home healthcare routing and scheduling problems
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract Home Healthcare is an essential component of healthcare systems, where caregivers visit patients' homes to deliver services. While presenting advantages with respect to institutional care, such as being cost‐effective and alleviating family burdens, it presents challenges in scheduling and routing caregivers efficiently.
Sara Ceschia +7 more
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Sign Systems Studies, 2014 The paper discusses the theory of semiosis in the context of Peirce’s philosophy of evolution. Focussing on the thesis that symbols grow by incorporating indices and icons, it proposes answers to the following questions: What does Peirce mean by the ...
Winfried Nöth
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Lexis: Journal in English LexicologyPhrasemes such as winged words, quotations, dicta etc. establish an intertextual connection, i.e. they originate in pre-existing texts which can refer to further texts or extralinguistic phenomena.
Julian Schütz
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The Encultured Primate: Thresholds and Transitions in Hominin Cultural Evolution
Philosophies, 2019 This article tries to shed light on the mystery of human culture. Human beings are the only extant species with cumulative, evolving cultures. Many animal species do have cultural traditions in the form of socially transmitted practices but they ...
Chris Buskes
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Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 7193-7203, September 2026.ABSTRACT The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies—specifically Chat Generative Pre‐Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) represents an innovative potential across diverse organizational and managerial levels, including higher education. ChatGPT contributes towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in several ways by enabling ...
Sumaira Nazeer +5 more
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HeritageThis pilot study combines memetic analysis with a gamified virtual reality (VR) platform to explore the digital transmission of Mo Jia Quan, a traditional Chinese martial art.
Gang Yang +5 more
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