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[Review of] James Diego Vigil, From Indians to Chicanos: A Sociocultural History [PDF]

, 1983
Historians are typically satisfied with pinpointing dates and describing associated events while minimizing speculation and interpretations which cannot be directly supported with evidence.
Garcia, Homer D.C.
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What motivates speculators to speculate?

Entropy, 2020
Spekulacje ziemią, które pojawiają się na granicach terenów zurbanizowanych mogą stać się problemem dla rozwoju miast - kluczowych dla wzrostu gospodarczego. Inwestorzy spekulujący ziemią, związani z zyskami z handlem prawami własności do nieruchomości, szczególnie wpływają na kraje rozwijające się gdzie regulacje są często nie najlepiej kontrolowane i
openaire   +1 more source

Folly to the Greeks: Good Reasons to Give up Reason [PDF]

, 2012
A discussion of why a strong doctrine of 'reason' may not be worth sustaining in the face of modern scientific speculation, and the difficulties this poses for scientific rationality, together with comments on the social understanding of religion, and ...
Clark, Stephen R. L.
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Darwin, sexual selection, and the origins of music

, 2018
Humans devote ample time to produce and perceive music. How and why this behavioral propensity originated in our species is unknown. For centuries, speculation dominated the study of the evolutionary origins of musicality.
Ravignani, A.
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Hypoellipticity: Geometrization and Speculation

, 1998
To any finite collection of smooth real vector fields $X_j$ in $\reals^n$ we associate a metric in the phase space $T^*\reals^n$. The relation between the asymptotic behavior of this metric and hypoellipticity of $\sum X_j^2$, in the smooth, real ...
Christ, Michael
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Federalism and International Human Rights in the New Constitutional Order [PDF]

, 2001
This Essay examines the contours of what I have elsewhere called the new constitutional order with respect to international human rights and federalism. The background is my suggestion that the U.S.
Tushnet, Mark V.
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Stock Market Speculation: Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking of Economic Valuation

, 2000
Firm foundation theory estimates a security's firm fundamental value based on four determinants: expected growth rate, expected dividend payout, the market interest rate and the degree of risk.
Andersen, Aravind, Bachelier, Blanchard, Champenowne, Consoli, de Calan, de Haan, Didier Sornette, Drugowich de Felicio, Galbraith, Goldenfeld, Gordon, Graham, Johansen, Johansen, Johansen, Laherrère, Lamont, Malkiel, Moss de Oliveira, Samuelson, Sivardiere, Sivardiere, Sornette, Sornette, Von Newmann, Weinberg, Williams   +28 more
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The Rand as a Carry Trade Target: Risk, Returns and Policy Implications [PDF]

We analyze the returns to targeting the Australian, New Zealand, and South African currencies, through Japanese yen-funded speculation - with a particular focus on the South African rand, for which the carry trade is often seen as a source of exchange ...
Sean Smith, Shakill Hassan
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The global food crisis : supply and demand revisited [PDF]

, 2015
This study aims to show that the volatility in food prices between 2008 and 2011 cannot be explained merely by the market fundamentals of demand and supply. While global changes in demand and supply are bringing about radical changes to the food equation,
Sammut, Vince
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Place meaning, speculation, and emerging public perceptions of carbon-storing marine sediments in Dundalk Bay, Ireland

Ecology and Society
The natural capacity of marine sediments to capture, sequester, and store organic carbon has been recognized by researchers and policy makers for its potential to mitigate against climate change.
Tomas Buitendijk, Britta Thiemt, Geertje Schuitema, Tasman P. Crowe, Mark Coughlan   +4 more
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