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Solving two-dimensional packing problem using particle swarm optimization

open access: yesComputer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science, 2017
Particle swarm optimization is one of the evolutionary computations which is inspired by social behavior of bird flocking or fish schooling. This research focuses on the application of the particle swarm optimization to two-dimensional packing problem ...
Young-Bin Shin, Eisuke Kita
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Original article The effect of three-dimensional imaging of well-known objects on time and accuracy of mental rotation

open access: yesHealth Psychology Report, 2014
Background The purpose of this study was to verify hypotheses concerning the effect of three-dimensional imaging and the canonicity of objects presented in the original position on the reaction time (RT) and the accuracy (A) of mental rotation task ...
Piotr Francuz
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nk-pulse position modulation for optical wireless communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
An original analysis is presented for nk-PPM in which the information is conveyed by the position of k pulses, each within their own frame of n-slots, giving nk-PPM symbols.
Cryan, R.A.   +3 more
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First steps toward a nonideal theory of justice

open access: yesEthics & Global Politics, 2014
Theorists have long debated whether John Rawls’ conception of justice as fairness can be extended to nonideal (i.e. unjust) social and political conditions, and if so, what the proper way of extending it is.
Marcus Arvan
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Spectral characterisation of shortened pulse position modulation format [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Shortened pulse position modulation (SPPM) is a new modulation format that has recently been proposed for underwater wireless optical communications. A full spectral characterisation of SPPM is considered and original expressions are presented, which ...
Cryan, R.A.
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Critical Review of John Rawls's Theory of Justice with Emphasis on the Scope and Definition of Justice [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2017
It can be claimed that the subject of justice is the basis and the source of different theories  as well as affairs management  in the arena of human social life. Social science theorists cannot escape from resorting to a concept and theory of justice in
Mohammad Nemati
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Increasing Collaboration Between Extension and University Faculty: The Value of a Dedicated Faculty Liaison

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2023
This paper describes the development of a faculty liaison position created to increase collaboration between Extension and other university units and provides original research assessing the programmatic outcome.
Heidi L. Radunovich , Nick T. Place
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Economic Modeling in Rawls: The Original Position

open access: yes, 2023
Critics of Rawls's A Theory of Justice frequently envision his original position as containing a human consciousness. Thus, the restrictions Rawls introduces for this ‘individual’—the lack of particular circumstantial and personal information—is ...
Coker, David C.
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Economic Modeling in Rawls

open access: yesErasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2023
Critics of Rawls's A Theory of Justice frequently envision his original position as containing a human consciousness. Thus, the re- strictions Rawls introduces for this ‘individual’—the lack of particular circumstantial and personal information—is ...
David C. Coker
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Rawls and the Global Original Position

open access: yes, 2023
Cosmopolitans including Charles Beitz, David Richards, Brian Barry, Thomas Pogge and Gillian Brock propose the device of an original global position to work out global principles of justice.
Jinghua Chen, Chen, Jinghua
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