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Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel +5 more
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The Politics of Government Decision-Making : a Theory of Regulatory Capture
, 1991 The paper develops an agency-theoretic approach to interest-group politics and shows the following: (1) the organizational response to the possibility of regulatory agency politics is to reduce the stakes interest groups have in regulation.
J. Laffont, J. Tirole
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Taking Politics Seriously - but Not Too Seriously [PDF]
, 2019 John Rawls’ gamification of justice leads him – along with many other monist political philosophers, not least Ronald Dworkin – to fail to take politics seriously enough.
Blattberg, Charles
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Democracy, Pluralization and Voice [PDF]
, 2009 This article explores different theoretical and political dimensions of voice in democratic theory. Drawing on recent developments in political theory, ranging from James Bohman?s work on the movement from demos to demoi in transnational politics, to ...
Norval, AJ
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Accurate localization of epileptogenic tubers (ETs) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is essential but challenging, as these tubers lack distinct pathological or genetic markers to differentiate them from other cortical tubers.
Tinghong Liu +11 more
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Justice and the Politics of Difference
The New Social Theory Reader, 1990 This book challenges the prevailing philosophical reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity.
I. Young
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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A Political Theory of Political Trials
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 1983 Are political trials necessary? Do they reflect something about the nature of politics and law which makes them inevitable in every society? Or, are political trials a disease of both politics and law? Predictably, totalitarian regimes employ political trials-some sensational, most secret-in order to accomplish the obvious ends of total power: the ...
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On a radical democratic theory of political protest: potentials and shortcomings
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 2018 The increasing number of protest activities urges political and social philosophers to analyze the meaning and function of protest in modern democracy. Its focus on conflictive social relations makes radical democratic theory the most promising approach ...
Christian Volk
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The end of representative politics by Simon Tormey [PDF]
, 2016 Representative politics is in crisis. Trust in politicians is at an all-time low.These are the initial remarks in Simon Tormey’s new book. Simon Tormey is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Sydney.
Boldvai-Pethes, Laura
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