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Postmodernism is not a Relativism. Communication Practices and Ethical Attitudes in some Postmodern Thinkers [PDF]

, 2007
The different “postmodern” philosophies that arose from the 1970s to the 1990s have often been considered as a kind of irrationalist-skeptical-relativist “ideology” or assorted amalgam, which in our time would dangerously take over the philosophical ...
Paz, Miguel Angel Quintana
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Fault-Tolerant Thresholds for Encoded Ancillae with Homogeneous Errors

, 2006
I describe a procedure for calculating thresholds for quantum computation as a function of error model given the availability of ancillae prepared in logical states with independent, identically distributed errors.
A. A. Razborov, B. W. Reichardt, Bryan Eastin, H. Buhrman, J. Preskill, K. M. Svore, M. A. Nielsen, P. Aliferis   +7 more
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Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematics of Marmosa Subgenus Micoureus With Emphasis in ‘rapposa’ Group (Didelphidae, Marmosini): Geographic Variation and Revalidation of M. budini

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Micoureus is the most species‐rich subgenus within the genus Marmosa. Conflicting arrangements regarding the number of species comprising this subgenus have been proposed and the validity of M. budini has been debated. Here, we used an approach integrating genetic and morphological data were conducted to reanalyze the ‘rapposa’ group ...
Maria Clara Santos Ribeiro, Aldo Caccavo, Joyce Rodrigues do Prado, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desarrollo de los estudios de paz y conflictos y aportes desde América Latina

Urvio
Introducción: este artículo ofrece una vista general del desarrollo de los estudios de paz y conflictos como campo académico en el mundo en general y América Latina en particular. Objetivo: examina su expansión y los aportes de académicos de la región, y
Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Cecile Mouly   +1 more
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Límites y desafíos de la Justicia Transicional en las nuevas transiciones: un análisis crítico a partir de los casos de Sierra Leona, Marruecos y Colombia

Relaciones Internacionales, 2018
La Justicia Transicional ha sido entendida como un campo de estudios que se encarga de analizar los mecanismos utilizados por las sociedades en transición para enfrentar el pasado.
Farid BENAVIDES, Oscar MATEOS MARTIN, Blanca CAMPS FEBRER   +2 more
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50% body weight loading reduces stature increases and lumbar disc expansion from 4 h hyper‐buoyancy floatation versus 15 min sitting upright

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Microgravity is associated with stature increases, back pain and post‐flight intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation. This study aims to determine whether 30 s seated 50% body weight (BW) axial loading is comparable to 15 min sitting upright in 1 g upon changes in stature, anterior lumbar IVD height (via ultrasound), passive vertebral stiffness ...
David Marcos‐Lorenzo, Christina Lysandrou, Laura Sudres, Alfonso Gil‐Martinez, Jaap Swanenburg, James Edward Clark, David Andrew Green   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A paz desde a periferia: reposicionando a paz para além do liberal e sua crítica

Revista Latinoamericana Estudios de la Paz y el Conflicto
A compreensão sobre a paz não é um debate encerrado por um consenso e a disputa por seu significado torna-se importante na medida em que impacta a formação de uma agenda de governança em um mundo marcado por violência. Diante de uma violência que não é uniforme e que se apresenta de forma crônica nos países periféricos, cabe pôr em discussão diferentes
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De las promesas incumplidas de la paz liberal, al liderazgo autoritario en El Salvador

Relaciones Internacionales
From the late 1980s onwards, El Salvador started a series of neoliberal policies that consolidated in the state through the Chapultepec Accords of 1992 (“agreement”). The agreement closed 12 years of civil conflict between a civil-military regime and the guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).
Rodolfo Eduardo Colalongo, Javier Alberto Castrillón Riascos, William Pachón Muñoz   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources