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Remote sensing of estuarine fronts and their effects on pollutants [PDF]

The author has identified the following significant results. Imagery from LANDSAT 1 and 2 proved valuable in determining the location, type, and extent of estuarine fronts under different tidal conditions.
Klemas, V., Polis, D. F.
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MENCIUS\u27 JUN-ZI, ARISTOTLE\u27S MEGALOPSUCHOS, & MORAL DEMANDS TO HELP THE GLOBAL POOR [PDF]

, 2012
It is commonly believed that impartial utilitarian moral theories have significant demands that we help the global poor, and that the partial virtue ethics of Mencius and Aristotle do not.
Walsh, Sean
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The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro, Wolfgang Drechsler, Fabienne Maron, Albert Meijer, Hiroko Shimada‐Logie, Michele Tantardini   +5 more
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Welcoming Newcomers and Becoming Native to a Place: Arendt’s Polis and the City Beautiful of Detroit

Open Philosophy, 2020
My goal, in interpreting Arendt’s analyses of the polis – both modern and ancient – is to conceptualize the role that ‘healthy’ public spaces can play in modern cities.
Simon Jules
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PERTANGGUNG JAWABAN PERUSAHAAN ASURANSI TERHADAP PEMEGANG POLIS ASURANSI JIWA DITINJAU DARI HUKUM POSITIF DAN HUKUM ISLAM (Studi di PT. Asuransi Bumi Asih Jaya dan PT. Asuransi Syari’ah Mubarakah Malang) [PDF]

, 2006
Kehidupan manusia berkembang dengan sangat pesatnya seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, bahkan pembangunan ekonomi kini telah mencapai puncaknya. Pembangunan ekonomi juga memerlukan dana dalam jumlah yang sangat besar.
Dewi Pamungkas, Citra
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Reporting dismal times (guest blog) [PDF]

, 2012
What has an economist to say to a journalist about these troubled economic times? Polis Intern Ria Sen reports on a Polis seminar with a group of Swedish financial journalists and LSE economist, Tim ...
Leunig, Tim
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The Work of Tragic Productions: Towards a New History of Drama as Labor Culture [PDF]

, 2014
Preliminary analysis of the representation of laborers in Greek tragedy and satyr ...
David Roselli
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THE CONTESTED CITY OF VENICE: Caring for Commodified Common Infrastructures in a Touristified Environment

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay I reveal contested common infrastructures in the interplay between vanishing public infrastructures in Venice and lack of care by governmental actors in a city with a shrinking number of inhabitants. I examine care and commodified public infrastructures in heritage cities facing mass tourism and climate change effects by zooming ...
Cornelia Dlabaja
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High Isolation Auxiliary Power Source for High Voltage Converters Employing Wireless Inductive Power Transfer

IEEE Access
A study of a wireless power source operating at high switching frequency to feed gate drivers of high voltage converter switches is presented. Wireless Inductive Power Transfer is chosen for its high isolation between primary and secondary windings ...
Leonardo F. Pacheco, Gustavo C. Bernardi, Andre L. Kirsten   +2 more
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Time to pay for quality news online – New York Times’ Arthur Suzlberger at Polis (guest blog) [PDF]

, 2011
Quality newspapers like The Guardian could choose to adopt a digital subscription plan similar to The New York Times, says Arthur Sulzberger, chairman and publisher of the Times.
Simpson, April
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