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Federalism as an effective antidote to terrorism [PDF]

, 2010
Many governments as well as terrorist experts see the use of military and police forces as the only way to effectively counter terrorism. The most effective negative sanctions are considered to be military strikes, aggressive actions (including ...
Frey, Bruno S.
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An Ethics without God That Is Compatible with Darwinian Evolution

Religions
Building on my recent argument that an all-good, all-powerful God is logically incompatible with all the evil in the world, I explore what grounding ethics can have without the God of traditional theism.
James P. Sterba
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Measurement in marketing [PDF]

, 2019
We distinguish three senses of the concept of measurement (measurement as the selection of observable indicators of theoretical concepts, measurement as the collection of data from respondents, and measurement as the formulation of measurement models ...
Baumgartner, Hans, Weijters, Bert
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Applied genetics of tilapias [PDF]

This paper reviews the successes and failures of genetic experiments on tilapias and points to various characteristics of tilapias, which require improvement for increased yields.Tilapia culture, Genetics, Aquaculture techniques Tilapia ...
Hulata, G.I., Wohlfarth, G.W.
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Potential climatic influence on the maximum stand carrying capacity of 15 Mediterranean conifers and broadleaves [PDF]

, 2019
Las proyecciones de cambio climático para la cuenca del Mediterráneo predicen un incremento continuo en episodios de sequía y calor extremos, afectando a la dinámica, estructura y composición de las masas forestales.
Rodríguez de Prado, Diego
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Taut branched surfaces from veering triangulations

, 2018
Let $M$ be a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold with a fibered face $\sigma$ of the unit ball of the Thurston norm on $H_2(M)$. If $M$ satisfies a certain condition related to Agol's veering triangulations, we construct a taut branched surface in $M$ spanning $
Landry, Michael
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A View on the Possibility of an Ethics Without God

Religions
This article addresses the question, “Is an ethics without God possible?” This question is explored in a special issue, edited by Prof. Dr. James P. Sterba, which directly poses this very inquiry.
Elliott R. Crozat
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Gendering, courtship and pay equality: developing attraction theory to understand work-life balance and entrepreneurial activity [PDF]

, 2008
Objectives: This paper examines one of the most intractable problems of the last 40 years: the difficulty in closing the pay inequality gap. Current wisdom is that the pay gap exists because of men's power to control the workplace, and men's dominant ...
Ridley-Duff, R.
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James P. Sterba, is a good God logically possible?

, 2022
Genel olarak ateist felsefenin kötülük probleminde kullandığı iki argüman türü vardır. Bunlar mantıksal ve delilsel kötülük problemleridir. İlki ateist filozof John Mackie tarafından geliştirilmiş ve her şeye kadir bir Tanrı’nın varlığı ile kötülüğün mantıksal olarak birbirleriyle tutarsız olduğu ifade edilmiştir.
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Estimating Knots and Their Association in Parallel Bilinear Spline Growth Curve Models in the Framework of Individual Measurement Occasions

, 2020
Latent growth curve models with spline functions are flexible and accessible statistical tools for investigating nonlinear change patterns that exhibit distinct phases of development in manifested variables.
Liu, Jin, Perera, Robert A.
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