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BCI-Mediated Behavior, Moral Luck, and Punishment [PDF]
, 2020 An ongoing debate in the philosophy of action concerns the prevalence of moral luck: instances in which an agent’s moral responsibility is due, at least in part, to factors beyond his control.
Miller, Daniel J.
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A course space construction based on local Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps [PDF]
, 2011 Coarse-grid correction is a key ingredient of scalable domain decomposition methods. In this work we construct coarse-grid space using the low-frequency modes of the subdomain Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps and apply the obtained two-level preconditioners to ...
Dohrmann C. R. +4 more
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Aukštybinių pastatų atsiradimas ir jų raida
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2009 Although the evolution of high-rise buildings counts the second centenary, there is no overall criterion used to characterize them. Different are the reasons of their origin and evolution (in view of urbanism, heritage preservation, etc.) in various ...
Josifas Parasonis, Ernestas Gaudutis
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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STRUCTURES OF THE HIGH-RISE BUILDING “LAKHTA CENTER” IN SAINT-PETERSBURG
International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering, 2019 The “Lakhta Center” skyscraper that built up in Saint-Petersburg on the coast of Baltic sea at the end of 2018 is the highest building of Europe. The tower has 87 floors above the ground and 2 underground floors.
Elena lyukhina +3 more
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The Lagrangian cobordism group of $T^2$
, 2014 We compute the Lagrangian cobordism group of the standard symplectic 2-torus and prove that it is isomorphic to the Grothendieck group of its derived Fukaya category.
Haug, Luis
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Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling +2 more
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Her Meaning, My Meaning, Our Meanings [PDF]
, 2013 One of the most special places in the world to me is that random collection of marble and skyscraper steel at the end of the National Mall known as the Lincoln Memorial. I\u27ve had so many amazing experiences there.
Rudy, John M.
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