Envisioning urban villages : a critique of a movement and two urban transformations by Thompson-Fawcett, M

“…The ideas promoted in the discourse have been quickly adopted into national policy and implemented in urban development projects. However, it is the argument of this thesis that such endorsement of urban village principles has been hasty and uncritical.…”

Diversification in Gulf hydrocarbon economies and interactions with energy subsidy reform: lessons from Kuwait by Shehabi, M

“…This result supports the argument put forth in the paper that weak economic diversification in MENA oil exporters is not primarily due to Dutch disease, as is frequently argued in the relevant economics literature, but to economic and structural constraints and economic distortions. …”

Napoleon and British popular song, 1797-1822 by Cox Jensen, O

“…</p> <p>The thesis is divided into two stages of argument. Part I consists of a close and contextualised reading of songs as literary and musical objects. …”

The (im)possibility of feminist critique in authoritarianism: Revisiting Western knowledge-transfer in Russia and Serbia by Bias, L

“…Using case studies of Russia and Serbia, this research challenges this argument from three angles. </p> <p>First, it shows that it is ahistorical. …”

The politics of judicial review in inter-war Europe by Bubenheimer, F

“…</p> <p>Using secondary and primary sources, I test this argument in case studies of three inter-war democracies – Norway, Weimar Germany, and the First Austrian Republic. …”

Doctrine, polemic and literary tradition in some hexameter poems of Prudentius by Atanassova, R, Atanassova, Rossitza

“…Chapter II examines how Prudentius employed the style of argument and imagery in the <em>D.R.N.</em> to present Christian doctrines on the body and the soul, and to reject pagan superstition. …”

Thinging beauty: anthropological reflections on the making of beauty and the beauty of making by Malafouris, L, Koukouti, MD

“…Our approach to the study of the above processes is grounded in Material Engagement Theory (MET) which argues for a radical continuity between mind (cognition and affect) and material culture. We base our argument on our comparative anthropological study of aesthetic becoming in pottery making. …”

Testimony and the knowledge of God: Sounding biblical and phenomenological motifs of witness for their contribution to theological epistemology by Turnbull, A

“…</p> <p>From this introductory chapter, the argument proceeds through three stages - the biblical, the philosophical/phenomenological, and the theo-constructive. …”

A Comparison of Simulation Techniques and Algebraic Techniques for Verifying Concurrent Systems by Lynch, Nancy A., Segala, Roberto

“…It is shown how each of these techniques can be applied to the task of verifying systems described as input/output automata; both of these ways, first using forward simulations, an execution correspondence lemma, and a simple fairness argument, and second using deductions within the process algebra DIOA for I/O automata. …”
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Hypergeometric Functions in MATHLAB by Wilson, Lewis

“…The most general tye of HGF with which we will be concerned is a function of a single variable, x, and is parametricized by "a" list, of length p, and a "B" list, of length "q". the latter consists, in general, of atoms; the argument is usually x, but may also be a simple function of x.…”
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The non-culpability of moral ignorance by Long, Veronica Kai Hui

“…Are the people who engaged in immoral practices that are believed to be moral in their society to be held morally responsible for their actions? Gideon Rosen’s argument for the Parity Thesis of Ignorance follows one of the most influential philosophical views about cultural impediments to moral responsibility, that is, the upbringing of a person in certain culture can render one unable to know that some acts are wrong. …”
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Economic interdependence, identity and threat perception in northeast Asia. by Cheong, Lai Fern.

“…This paper seeks to examine the liberal argument that economic interdependence would produce incentives for cooperation and, in the process, induce peace. …”
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Critical rationalism: a critical essay by Brunsdon, Edward

“…These range from contradictory proposals, through deficiencies in argument to inadequate conceptualisation. In the light of this assessment, it is suggested that greater coherence could be achieved by sacrificing its metaphysics and politics, and focusing on the regeneration of the metascience.…”
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Rethinking the requirement for a ‘recognisable psychiatric illness' in the law of negligence by Hafeez-Baig, MJ, English, J

“…Canadian Supreme Court decision in Saadati v Moorhead – removal of requirement that the claimant prove a "recognisable psychiatric illness" in a case of negligently inflicted psychiatric injury – law in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand – argument that rather than removing the "recognisable psychiatric illness" requirement, the interpretation and application of the requirement should be clarified - a "recognisable psychiatric illness" should not be limited to mental disorders that are recognised in classificatory schemes.…”

Property inheritance, deferred reference and copredication by Gotham, M

“…There are sentences that are coherent and possibly true, but in which there is at the very least the appearance of a conflict between the requirements of two (or more) predicates that are applied to the same argument. This phenomenon, known as copredication, raises various issues for linguistic theory. …”

On Mason's rigidity theorem by Chruściel, P, Tod, P

“…Following an argument proposed by Mason, we prove that there are no algebraically special asymptotically simple vacuum space-times with a smooth, shear-free, geodesic congruence of principal null directions extending transversally to a cross-section of Scri. …”

Small clause predicates and sluicing by Stockwell, R

“…Identity is calculated over argument domains as small as small clauses. With extraction of a small clause subject, sluicing is possible where only a small clause predicate has an antecedent.…”

The soul as dynamis in Gregory of Nyssa by Zachhuber, J

“…Close attention to Gregory’s wording and especially his use of the concept of power (dynamis) in this connection, however, shows that his argument is better explained on the basis of the doctrine of the resurrection of the body which he set out to defend in his treatise.…”

Justice, fairness, and enhancement. by Savulescu, J

“…The article advances a new argument that justice requires enhancement.…”

Market politics and climate change by Harriss-White, B

“…She outlines some of the methodology needed for the effective study of markets, and proposes the UN give priority to encouraging such research and illustrates her argument with reference to a case study of the UK market for renewable energy.…”