Using synthetic farm data to estimate individual nitrate leaching levels
Abstract This article delineates a synthetic population generation scheme in an attempt to estimate individual nitrate leaching rates among Greek farms in the region of Thessaly. The proposed scheme relies upon the construction of a Bayesian network describing farming activities in the region, which, coupled with the use of nonparametric regression ...
Konstantinos Mattas +2 more
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Lived realities of symptom burden among haemodialysis patients: a phenomenological study from rural Pakistan. [PDF]
Akhtar T +3 more
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Mental stress as a trigger of cardiovascular events: A narrative review
Stress stimulates the prefrontal cortex that in turns activates the limbic system with subsequent activation of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system then stimulates the heart, vessels, endocrine and immune systems with a bidirectional communication. These mechanisms increase heart rate and blood pressure, promote vasoconstriction,
Paolo Raggi
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Randomized Trial: A Pilot Study Investigating the Effects of Transcendental Meditation and Yoga Through Retinal Microcirculation in Cardiac Rehabilitation. [PDF]
Saloň A +10 more
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On the Manifold Meanings of Aesthetic Experience: Lonergan and Chrétien on Art
Abstract I argue that Jean‐Louis Chrétien’s account of beauty and Bernard Lonergan’s account of art and aesthetic experience complement one another and, when taken together, offer an illuminating philosophical account of the ontological, ethical, intellectual, and transcendent aspects of art and aesthetic experience.
Gregory P. Floyd
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Exact hydrodynamic manifolds for the linear Boltzmann BGK equation I: spectral theory. [PDF]
Kogelbauer F, Karlin I.
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God
Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou’s and Žižek’s critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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Models of Collisionless Quasineutral Solar Wind Current Sheets. [PDF]
Boswell S +4 more
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In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon’s Metaphysics after Lenin
Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin’s philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
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