Speech Act Rules for Burden of Proof in a Modified Hamblin Dialogue System by Douglas Walton

“…In his discussion of this system, he replaced the concept of burden of proof with a simpler concept of initiative, which could be described as something like getting the upper hand as the argumentation moves back and forth in the dialogue between the one party and the other. …”
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RUSSIA, COOPERATION OR COMPETITION? by Loredana Maria SIMIONOV

“…Whose behaviour is more rational? Who holds the upper hand? This paper will focus on answering all these questions by analysing both actors in terms of power and will particularly highlight their paradigms, perceptions, needs and expectations from one another.…”
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The myth of zero-sum responsibility: towards scaffolded responsibility for health by Levy, N, Savulescu, J

“…To a large degree, this is a debate in which those who hold individuals responsible currently have the upper hand: warranted appeals to individual responsibility effectively block allocation of any significant degree of responsibility to collective agents. …”

Talent management by Ismail, Fadillah, Rashid, Umi Kartini, Ahmad, Zanariah, al Hosain, Adnan Ali Hassan, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina

“…Talents infer individuals as people, and are today portrayed as fundamental for an organization's economical upper hand (Lewis & Heckman 2006; Collings & Mellahi, 2009; Hartmann, Feisel & Schober; Tarique & Schuler, 2010) and augmenting hierarchical execution (Nijs, Gallardo-Gallardo, Dries & Sels, 2014). …”
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Unlocking the Caucasus for Empire: Roots, causes and consequences of the Russian annexation of the East Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, 1801 by Valeriy Morkva

“…Getting such a foothold as Kartli-Kakheti in the Southern Caucasus would eventually help Russia to gain the upper hand over the mountaineers of the Northern Caucasus as well as to advance its interests in the area between the Black and the Caspian seas. …”
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SUBCULTURA STRATEGICĂ IZOLAȚIONISTĂ. IMPACTUL ASUPRA DOCTRINEI TRUMP by LUCIAN DUMITRESCU

“…Notwithstanding the fact that the isolationist strategic subculture had the upper hand on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, the article argues that other strategic subcultures, such as the one specific to the American bureaucracy, continued to produce effects.…”
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The political thought of the imams of Ahl al-Bayt () The reconciliation of Imam al-Hasan () as a model (contemporary reading) by حسن ملحم

“… After reading the political thought of Imam al-Hasan (), it became clear to us that history had the upper hand in changing the images of attitudes through the situation and manipulation of the texts, and it created great confusion among historians who followed what was done by the early masters of the path, and what is below became as if it were the absolute truth. …”
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Les enseignants du premier et du second degré : des identités professionnelles toujours distinctes ? by Virginie Volf

“…The article shed light on how middle school actors get the upper hand on the réseau école-collège through the organization of the meetings and the control of the exchanges. …”
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China-Russia cooperation in Central Asia: partners or competitors? by Vakilova V.R.

“…At the moment, China occupies a more advantageous position in the region – China's position in Central Asia is quite stable, thanks to the increased security of the region and investment. China holds the upper hand in relations, and this asymmetry will continue to grow at the expense of Russia. …”
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Le travail et l’emploi à l’épreuve du VIH/VHC : régulations des systèmes d’activités et réévaluation du modèle de vie by Dominique Lhuilier, Sandra Amado, Frédéric Brugeilles, Mariama Diallo, Dominique Rolland

“…The purpose of this research is to look at the experience of work as put to the test by chronic illness and the importance of work in helping people to prevent the illness from taking the upper hand. The qualitative study, within the socio-clinical work psychology field, took a diachronic approach: three semi directive interviews with each person (64 individuals with varied employment situations, social and professional groups, ages and genders) and frequent meetings with charity organisations. …”
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A systematic review on the developments and evaluation of twin learning algorithms by Vidhya Mohan, Aji Sivanandan

“…The degree of performance of Twin Algorithms should have an upper hand over its parents. The improvements in the running time of Twin Extreme Learning Machine (TELM) and Twin Support Vector Machine (TWSVM) are commendable and have given confidence to the researchers. …”
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The balance of power between food manufacturers and retailers by Jacqueline L. Spence, A. W.F. Fourie

“…It was found that manufacturers are strongest on the power dimension, retailers have the greatest strength in the coercive sources of power dimension, and neither retailers nor manufacturers have the upper hand in respect of non-coercive sources of power. …”
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Donald Trump’s Appeal by Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui

“…These include Trump’s upper hand in election strategies, the poor record of the Clinton family, voter turnout, and wider critiques of democracy itself. …”
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Hegemony and subordination: governing class, power politics and electoral democracy in Nigeria by Tar, Usman A., Shettima, Abba Gana

“…The paper shows that dominant elites (incumbents and their allies) use state structures and an emerging single-party machinery to get an upper hand over opposition elites.…”
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The impact of central bank digital currency issuance on the international monetary system - taking China and other countries as examples by Ren Zhixuan

“…Developing countries, such as China, may hold the upper hand of the upcoming changes in the international monetary system by promoting the internationalization of the digital yuan with its leading position in the field of central bank digital currency and its important position in world trade.…”
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Prospective Gain or Actual Cost? Arab Civilian and Military Captives in the Light of Byzantine Narrative Sources and Military Manuals from the 10th Century by Szymon Wierzbiński

“…Finally, I will specify how Byzantine generals made use of prisoners in order to get the upper hand over their Arab rivals.…”
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Critical analysis of polyindole and its composites in supercapacitor application by Harish Mudila, Parteek Prasher, Mukesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, M. G. H. Zaidi, Amit Kumar

“…Polyindoles themselves are affected with low electrical and electrochemical conductivity; nevertheless, high redox activity, tunable electrical conductivity, significant thermal stability, slow degradation rate, and possible blending property give them upper hand to be used as a good contender. Certain factors viz. electrolyte, concentration, morphology, pH, temperature, etc., are major components affecting performance of Polyindole and its composites. …”
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Newsroom Resistance: An Ethnographic Study of the Modern News Worker, Policies, and Organizational Dissatisfaction by William Schulte

“…Organizations generally have the upper hand, but news workers have found a few ways to send messages to administration.…”
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Cogas, janas e le altre: le creature mitiche e fantastiche nella letteratura e nel cinema sardi by Myriam Mereu

“…Writing has replaced orality, whilst mass media and digital media are getting the upper hand over storytelling as a practice of community and family aggregation, meant to mark the long working hours and scare the children, amongst the most common functions of Sardinian oral storytelling.  …”
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Structure and Organization Obstacles of Islamic Councils in Iran and Solutions by MOHAMMAD REZA MOINFARD, mohammad kazem emad zadeh, MORTEZA TABIBI

“…Islamic urban and rural councils and upper-hand councils are among special fundamental institution in Islamic republic of Iran that have been founded based on the system of decentralization. …”
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