AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, STATE EFFECTIVENESS AND LONG-RUN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
This paper begins with the presumption that rapid economic development requires an effective state. An effective state is able to act independently of powerful interest groups with the aim of allocating resources so as to maximize long-term economic ...
Richard Grabowski, Sharmistha Self
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Vital Capacity and Selected Metabolic Diseases in Middle-Aged Japanese Men
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2006 OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the association between vital capacity and the presence of selected metabolic diseases in middle-aged Japanese men.
Hidenari Sakuta +3 more
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The Study of the Effects of the Regular Exercise Program on the Self-Esteem of the Elderly in the Old People Home of Rasht [PDF]
Background & Objectives: Regarding the importance of improving the health of elderly and the relationship between the physical performance and self-esteem, this tudy was done with the aim of determining the effect of the regular exercise programs on ...
شهباززادگان, بیتا +3 more
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Self-Knowledge and Self-Love [PDF]
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2015 In this paper I argue for the claim that self-love is a precondition for self-knowledge. This claim is relevant to the contemporary philosophical debate on self-knowledge, but mainly because it draws attention to the role of claims of self-knowledge in the larger context of our ordinary practice of rationalizing and appropriating our actions.
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Jet noise source distribution for coplanar nozzles: experiments and predictions [PDF]
In this paper we study the mechanism of jet noise production in coaxial flows. We shall present various experimental results for isothermal and heated coplanar jet flows of four area ratios (0.81, 2, 3, and 4), operating at different velocity ratios ...
Azarpeyvand, M +2 more
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Williams’s Pragmatic Genealogy and Self-Effacing Functionality [PDF]
, 2018 In Truth and Truthfulness, Bernard Williams sought to defend the value of truth by giving a vindicatory genealogy revealing its instrumental value. But what separates Williams’s instrumental vindication from the indirect utilitarianism of which he was a ...
Queloz, Matthieu
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Robustness of ballistic transport in antidot superlattices
New Journal of Physics, 2019 The magneto-resistance of antidot lattices shows pronounced peaks, which became a hallmark of ballistic electron transport. While most studies agree that they reflect the interplay of regular and chaotic motion in the quasi-classical dynamics, the exact ...
George Datseris +2 more
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Gender Bias in Education: the Role of Inter-household Externality, Dowry and Other Social Institutions [PDF]
, 2004 We analyze gender bias in school enrollment by developing a two-period model where women become part of extended families of their in-laws. Each family decides how many children are sent to school and thus become skilled.
Lahiri, Sajal, Self, Sharmistha
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Individual Self, Relational Self, Collective Self: Hierarchical Ordering of the Tripartite Self
Psychological Studies, 2011 The individual self comprise unique attributes, the relational self comprises partner-shared attributes, and the collective self comprises ingroup-shared attributes. All selves are fundamental components of the self-concept, with each being important and meaningful to human experience and with each being associated with health benefits. Are the selves,
Sedikides, Constantine +2 more
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An investigation of volcanic gases and dust (aerosols) in the stratosphere [PDF]
There are no author-identified significant results in this ...
Decker, R. W., Self, S.
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