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On PTAs and Bilateral Trade: Is GVC Trade Sensitive to the Breadth of Trade Policy Cooperation?
We study the relationship between the scope of trade policy cooperation and bilateral trade flows with a particular focus on global value chain (GVC) trade using data on the core and non-core provisions included in preferential trade agreements (PTAs ...
Michele Delera, Neil Foster-McGregor
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Improving the thermoelectric figure of merit
The efficiency of a thermoelectric generator and the coefficient of performance (COP) of a thermoelectric heat pump are related to the hot and cold junction temperatures and a quantity known as the figure of merit, zT.
H. Goldsmid
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The Discipline of Merit. Mutual Education in England between the 18th and 19th Centuries
This essay takes into account the pedagogical reform for the poor proposed in England by Andrew Bell, Joseph Lancaster and Patrick Colquhoun between Eighteenth and Nineteenth century.
Jacopo Bonasera
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Relationship between dairy cow genetic merit and profit on commercial spring calving dairy farms [PDF]
peer-reviewedBecause not all animal factors influencing profitability can be included in total merit breeding indices for profitability, the association between animal total merit index and true profitability, taking cognisance of all factors associated
Cromie, A. R. +7 more
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Four Generations For Generations: A Pow Wow Story to Transform Academic Evaluation Criteria
Within this article, I share a story of four generations of my family and community coming together through pow wow dancing. I present the storying and re-storing of Indigenous scholarly engagement through pow wow regalia making and dance to ...
Kathleen Absolon
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The Just Political Order in Aristotle [PDF]
Aristotle raises the general question of the just political order by addressing the most common and enduring of political disputes: that is the same as the division of ruling offices.
mosayeb jovzi, majed mollayousefi
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The merits of sharing a ride [PDF]
The culture of sharing instead of ownership is sharply increasing in individuals behaviors. Particularly in transportation, concepts of sharing a ride in either carpooling or ridesharing have been recently adopted. An efficient optimization approach to match passengers in real-time is the core of any ridesharing system.
Pooyan Ehsani, Jia Yuan Yu
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Based on observations from personal participation in the 2014 Saga Dawa Kortsay at Swayambhunath Stupa complex located near Kathmandu, Nepal, my essay draws attention to the distinctive lay Buddhist community that is formed in such ritual performances ...
Michelle J. Sorensen
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Divine Acceptance of Sinners: Augustine’S Doctrine of Justification
I argue that the bishop of Hippo taught sola fide, declarative justification, and the divine acceptance of sinners based on faith alone although he presented these pre-Reformational thoughts with strong emphasis on the necessity of growth in holiness ...
Cho Dongsun
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Merit, competence and human capital
Contemporary pedagogy is called to measure itself against two categories, merit and competence, which have become central to the third millennium's cultural debate and educational policies.
Andrea Cegolon
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