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Liberation Through Narration: A Novel Humanistic Framework to Address Body Dissatisfaction

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Though body dissatisfaction is nuanced and pervasive, the magnitude of body dissatisfaction is undercut by essentialist conceptualizations of the body and medicalized metrics of wellness tied to disordered eating. Hence, there is a need for a contextualized and sustaining framework to address and promote healing from body dissatisfaction ...
Kim Hughes, Amber L. Pope
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain as a model for granting trust in AI-mediated digital transactions

Frontiers in Blockchain
Digital transaction law traditionally relies on centralized trust service providers. However, the emergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence introduces decentralized and autonomous transaction systems that challenge existing legal frameworks of ...
Ghazi Ayed Alghathian, Karima Belabbes Mohammed Krim, Mohammad Khamaysa, Murad Altarawneh   +3 more
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A tipping point for tipping points

Oikos, EarlyView.
Tipping points (TPs) – often understood as abrupt changes to a system – have become a popular framework for ecology and environmental science across spatial and temporal scales. The underlying, quantitative foundation of TP theory is built on mathematical models from catastrophe and predator–prey theories.
David G. Jenkins, Alexandria G. Lacoursière   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Healthy Diet Transitions: An Examination of Media Discourse Concerning Beef in the United Kingdom From 2018 to 2022

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of diet in individual and planetary health is increasingly scrutinised as consumers are encouraged to make food choices that balance health and sustainability, particularly with beef. While prior research has considered reduction from the perspective of alternate product acceptance, the social context of beef is less understood. Media
Sean Tanner, Mary McCarthy, David Giles
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Between European and Muslim-Majority Civil Law Systems: Comparative Supervisory Liability in France, Iraq, and Egypt

Asy-Syir'ah
This study examines the legal foundations of supervisory liability under French civil law through a comparative analysis with Iraqi and Egyptian legislation.
Hozan Abdulmohsin Abdullah Atroshi
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Deepening the real options debate: Real options as dynamic optimization

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Is real option theory useful for management research? This topic was hotly debated two decades ago. Real options were said to be inapplicable to management research and to lack conceptual distinctiveness. Whereas responses to the claim about the non‐distinctiveness of real options were disparate, the concern about the theory's
Arkadiy V. Sakhartov, Joseph T. Mahoney, Jeffrey J. Reuer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI product liability under EU and Canadian laws

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
AI and AI-enabled product-related liability have been a concern for the industries and consumers. They would like clarity on the liability for defective AI systems or products to mitigate risks.
Jawahitha Sarabdeen
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Merger Efficiency and Coordinated Effects: Nothing to Sneeze at? Evidence From Cough and Cold Medicines in the Philippines

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the competitive effects of a merger in the cough and cold medicines segment between GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer. The parties offered efficiency gains, and authorities concluded the merger would not lessen competition. Using product‐level data from the Philippines, we estimate a structural demand model to assess efficiency ...
Farasat A. S. Bokhari, Sean Ennis, Carlos Vega, Weijie Yan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling Goffman and Disability Studies: “Interactional” and “Structural” Stigma in the Lives of Parents of Learning‐Disabled Adults

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Erving Goffman cuts a divisive figure in disability studies. Some criticize his conception of “stigma” as deviance‐focused and as ignoring structural forces that shape personal encounters. Others praise his recognition of stigma as an interactional phenomenon.
Gareth M. Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN CONTRAVENTION PROCEEDINGS – THE PRESUMPTION OF LEGALITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CONTRAVENTION REPORT VS. THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society
This paper examines the inherent tension within administrative offense proceedings between the statutory presumption of legality and validity attributed to official records (proces-verbal) and the fundamental presumption of innocence as guaranteed by ...
Ionuț TIRITEU
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