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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
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Miracles Between Modern Science and Classical Thought: A Contemporary Perspective
ReligionsThis paper explores the function of miracles in classical and modern Islamic theology, focusing particularly on Fethullah Gülen’s interpretation and its relevance to contemporary discussions on revelation, rationality, and science.
Suleyman Sertkaya
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Personalized Patient Preference Predictor (P4) has been proposed as an AI tool to aid surrogate decision‐making when incapacitated patients lack advance directives. Unlike population‐level Patient Preference Predictors (PPPs), which infer preferences from demographic correlations, P4s fine‐tune large language models (LLMs) on a patient's ...
Beatrice Marchegiani
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LEVELS OF ANALYSIS IN PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE
Zygon, 2015 This article introduces a model of levels of analysis applied to statements found in philosophical, scientific, and religious discourses in order to facilitate a more accurate description of the relation between science and religion.
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British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parents of autistic children support their children through additional challenges, often experiencing adversity as a result. Such parents report high support needs, yet service provision is often limited. Services often support children through providing various psychological interventions to parents.
John Kerr +3 more
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Paradoxography at Dura? Miracles and Natural Wonders in the Paintings of the Synagogue
JudaicaA solution to the problem of mismatch between the wall paintings in the Dura Europos Synagogue and the written biblical account is to consider these panels as depictions of the catechetical activities of the community there.
Barbara Crostini
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Initial Condition Model from Imaginary Part of Action and the Information Loss
, 2009 We review slightly a work by Horowitz and Maldecena solving the information loss problem for black holes by having inside the blackhole - near to the singularity - a boundary condition, as e.g the no boundary proposal by Hartle and Hawking.
Nielsen, H. B.
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Evidence, Miracles, and the Existence of Jesus: Comments on Stephen Law [PDF]
, 2014 We use Bayesian tools to assess Law’s skeptical argument against the historicity of Jesus. We clarify and endorse his sub-argument for the conclusion that there is good reason to be skeptical about the miracle claims of the New Testament.
Cavin, Robert Greg +1 more
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Irish regional GDP since independence
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper constructs the first long‐run estimates of Irish regional gross domestic product (GDP) over the twentieth century and traces the relative economic performance of Ireland's regions since independence. Using an array of data sources available at a county level, output in agriculture, industry, and services in benchmark census years is
Alan de Bromhead, Seán Kenny
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