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Value in the ‘valley of the shadow of death’—When the user is no longer the value arbiter
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The Public Service Logic (PSL) user‐centric perspective on value creation has been one of its main critiques. Scholars argue that for some real‐world applications, such as emergency services, where users cannot engage with service offerings, the PSL must consider the roles of other service actors beyond just facilitators.
Higor Leite, Stephen Osborne
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Air plan for occupation of surrendered territory in China Theater.
, 2021 Object: to prepare an air plan for the occupation of surrendered territory in China Theater. Details the object, assumptions, basic factors, concept of operations, forces required, forces available, Chinese Air Force, logistical implications, conclusions,
Headquarters Army Air Forces, China Theater; Plans Section, Office of DCAS, Operations
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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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Incorporation of Stochastic Policyholder Behavior in Analytical Pricing of GMABs and GMDBs
Risks, 2016 Variable annuities represent certain unit-linked life insurance products offering different types of protection commonly referred to as guaranteed minimum benefits (GMXBs).
Marcos Escobar +4 more
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The apparently parlous state of public services in advanced liberal democracies has become a hot topic, nowhere more so than in ‘broken Britain’. Indeed, there is much debate in both politics scholarship and political rhetoric about the nature and causes of this decline, and its potential remedies. All perspectives are at pains to characterise
John Boswell
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1998 J S Semler's (1725-1791) view of history, church history and salvation history - An exploration. Johan Solomon Semler introduced a new understanding of Scripture through his view of history.
Christo Pretorius, S. J. Botha
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that the current debate over defence spending in the United Kingdom is fundamentally flawed. Too much emphasis is being placed on preparing for a form of warfare with Russia that is unlikely to occur. As this article points out, the Russians actually want to avoid a traditional battlefield confrontation with NATO.
Rod Thornton
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Evidence for vertical transmission of Mycoplasma haemocanis, but not Ehrlichia ewingii, in a dog
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019 A 2‐year‐old female intact pregnant Beagle was evaluated after the owner surrendered her to a shelter. Prepartum and 2 months postpartum at the time of routine spay, the dam was whole‐blood polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for Ehrlichia ewingii ...
Erin Lashnits +4 more
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Surrendered resistance: Playing dead in American autobiographical writing, 1840-1933.
, 2006 This dissertation focuses on the use of death as a metaphor for lived experiences in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American autobiographical writing.
Kreiger, Georgia R
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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