The Pen and the Sword: Legal Justifications for the United States’ Engagement Against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) [PDF]
, 2015 Part I of this Comment will lay out the potential arguments the United States could make to justify its engagement against ISIS under international law, jus ad bellum. This Part will also present existing commentary on the strengths and weaknesses of the
Gonzalez, Olivia
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A New Decision Support Framework for Managing Foot-and-mouth Disease Epidemics [PDF]
, 2014 Animal disease epidemics such as the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) pose recurrent threat to countries with intensive livestock production. Efficient FMD control is crucial in limiting the damage of FMD epidemics and securing food production.
Ge, L. +3 more
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Global Warming and Extreme Events: Rethinking the Timing and Intensity of Environmental Policy [PDF]
The possibility of low-probability extreme events has reignited the debate over the optimal intensity and timing of climate policy. In this paper we therefore contribute to the literature by assessing the implications of low-probability extreme events on
Michael Funke, Yu-Fu Chen
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A revised perspective on the evaluation of IT/IS investments using an evolutionary approach [PDF]
, 1998 On-going research into the evaluation of Information Technology (IT) / Information Systems (IS) projects has shown that aerospace and supply chain industries are needing to address the issue of effective project investment in order to gain technological ...
Irani, Z, Sharif, AM
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Diagnostic and Interventional RadiologyPURPOSE: Portal hypertension (PHT) and its sequelae are the most clinically important manifestations in cystic fibrosis-related liver disease (CFLD).
Laurens Hermie +5 more
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Pre-emptive Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Ataxia Telangiectasia
Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a primary immunodeficiency with mutations in the gene encoding the A-T mutated (ATM) protein that interacts with immune, hematopoietic, and endocrine targets resulting in broad multi-systemic clinical manifestations with a ...
Shahrzad Bakhtiar +7 more
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Treatment and timing in invasive mould disease [PDF]
, 2017 Invasive mould disease is a growing threat for immunocompromised patients. The optimum time to use mould-active antifungal agents is much debated. Current approaches to antifungal prophylaxis, early treatment (empirical and pre-emptive therapy) and ...
Cordonnier, Catherine +5 more
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Feedback on Academic Essay Writing through pre-Emptive Hints: Moving Towards "Advice for Action" [PDF]
, 2015 This paper adopts an “advice for action” approach to feedback in educational practice: addressing how provision of “hints” to participants before they write academic essays can support their understanding and performance in essay-writing tasks.
Field, Debra +4 more
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Pre-Emptive Analgesia for Elective Maxillofacial Surgery Using 0.25% Bupivacaine
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2008 The efficacy of 0.25% bupivacaine as a pre-emptive analgesic agent was evaluated in a prospective case control study - a group of patients undergoing elective orthognathic surgery against a matched control group.
Radhika Krishnan +2 more
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Why Do Sellers (Usually) Prefer Auctions? [PDF]
We compare the most common methods for selling a company or other asset when participation is costly: a simple simultaneous auction, and a sequential process in which potential buyers decide in turn whether or not to enter the bidding.
Jeremy Bulow, Paul Klemperer
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