THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL LIBERALISM ON THE WESTERN WAY OF WARFARE by Paul Alexandru Sanda

“…Wars that were well conceived and well led had all chances to improve the status of entities, states and protostates, acting in a “world without rules and without umpires”. Thus, War was used only in special situations, after all other instruments that might have brought the wanted results had been exhausted. …”
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Extension of time in commencement of arbitration proceedings by Mokhtar, Noor Halwani

“…The high court has power with respect to the appointment of arbitrator and umpires, revocation of their authority at the instance of the parties to an arbitration agreement or otherwise and to make consequential orders, to grant an extension of time for making an award by the arbitrator or for the commencement of arbitration proceedings under an arbitration agreement which has a time limit clause. …”
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Racial Bias in National Football League Officiating by Dawson G. Eiserloh, Jeremy J. Foreman, Elizabeth C. Heintz

“…Results showed no evidence of racial bias in the calling of holding penalties by White officials. However, Black umpires were found to call more holding penalties when led by a White referee. …”
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A Study of Automatic and Real-Time Table Tennis Fault Serve Detection System by Chang-Hung Hung

“…Calling a table tennis fault serve has never been easy for umpires, since they can only rely on their intuition. …”
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A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Publicly Available Sports Data in the Era of Big Data: A Scoping Review of the Literature on Major League Baseball by Jyh-How Huang, Yu-Chia Hsu

“…Subjects studied ranged from pitchers, position players, catchers, umpires, batters, free agents, and attendees. The most popular data sources are PITCHf/x, the Lahman Baseball Database, and baseball-reference.com. …”
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Death in Community Australian Football: A Ten Year National Insurance Claims Report. by Lauren V Fortington, Caroline F Finch

“…Eligible participants were aged 15+ years, involved in an Australian football club as players, coaches, umpires or supporting roles. Details were extracted for: year of death, level of play, age, sex, anatomical location of injury, and a descriptive narrative of the event. …”
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Sport officials’ use of observational learning by David J. Hancock, Amanda M. Rymal

“…Sport officials (e.g., referees, umpires, and judges) might glean particular benefits from using observation, as most officials do not engage in traditional practice. …”
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Linking sports registration information and player feedback to enhance netball participation by Bridget C. Foley, Catriona Rose, Katherine B. Owen, Lindsey J. Reece

“…The main reason to play netball reported was ‘fun and enjoyment’ while the main reason to consider quitting was the ‘skill/experience of umpires and officials’. Conclusions This study highlights the strengths of netball in engaging and retaining females, who often participate in less sport than males. …”
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When should a new test become the current reference standard? by Glasziou, P, Irwig, L, Deeks, J

“…Second, resolving these disagreements requires a fair, but not necessarily perfect, umpire test. Finally, umpire tests include consequences, such as prognosis and response to treatment, as well as causal exposures and other test results.…”

Computer Assisted Wargame for Military Capability-Based Planning by Jan Hodický, Dalibor Procházka, Fabian Baxa, Josef Melichar, Milan Krejčík, Petr Křížek, Petr Stodola, Jan Drozd

“…At the same time, there has been a push to bring computer assistance to such wargaming, especially to support umpire adjudication and move more generally towards full automation of human elements in wargames. …”
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and campaign financing monitoring in Nigeria: The 2015 general elections by Sule, Babayo, Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin, Mat, Bakri

“…Propose - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the electoral umpire responsible for the conduct of general elections in Nigeria and other related electoral activities since the resurgence of democratic rule in 1999. …”
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Implementation of control logic in the scoreboard of tennis by Ilijin Sandra, Petković Predrag

“…Instead of using six buttons the chair umpire (referee) will use only two control buttons or a joystick to assign a point to a player. …”
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PEMAHAMAN PERATURAN PERMAINAN TENIS PADA PESERTA PENATARAN WASIT TENIS DI UNIVERSITAS PGRI SEMARANG by Husnul Hadi

“…Pada tenis lapangan, ada namanya referee, chair umpire dan linesman. Namun yang bertugas secara langsung memimpin pertandingan di lapangan adalah chair umpire dan linesman. …”
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FORM: Submission of IR UMPSA by Noorul Farina, Arifin

“…Please specify the IR UMPSA Item ID in any form that require a IR UMPSA Item ID (Proof of publication: IPS, cendekia bitara etc) e.g: URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24884 --- 24884 is IR UMPSA Item ID…”
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Vote Buying During 2015 And 2019 General Elections: Manifestation and Implications on Democratic Development in Nigeria by Ejikeme Jombo Nwagwu, Onyinyeomachukwu Gift Uwaechia, Kingsley Chigozie Udegbunam, Rebecca Nnamani

“…This menace is gradually crippling electoral processes and undermining the efforts of the electoral umpire in conducting competitive, free, fair, and credible elections for the sustenance of democratic development in Nigeria. …”
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Pink Cricket Balls May Be Visually Challenging at Sunset by Joshua M. Adie, Derek H. Arnold

“…Concerns regarding visibility, and player and umpire safety, have been raised in this context. Here, we report that these concerns have a sound basis.…”
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Commodification of Politics: Party Funding and Electoral Contest in Nigeria by Oluwadare O. Ayeni

“…It concludes by making policy options for electoral umpire handling elections in emerging democracy like Nigeria.…”
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Whistleblowing protection and freedom of speech: Finding respect at the workplace by Ahmad, Rusniah, Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza

“…Another analogy that could also be the origins of the term is the act of the referee or umpire of a football game who would blow the whistle upon discovery or seeing a foul committed by players in the game. …”
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Election administration and democratic sustainability in Nigeria: an assessment of the 2015 general elections by Tunde, Sakariyau Rauf, Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin, Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah

“…All these, coupled with some other scenarios awakened the intervention of foreign powerful states and organisations in mounting pressure on Nigeria’s government to play to the rules of free and fair elections.Based on this, there was limited political interference and this enabled the electoral umpire (INEC) to strengthen the electoral process via introduction of certain mechanisms which improved the conduct of the elections.It is against this background that this study explores election administration and democratisation in Nigeria with emphasis on the 2015 general elections.The paper infers that despite the beauty of the 2015 general elections, there is need for further improvement in Nigeria’s electoral politics in order to enhance democratic sustainability and consolidation.…”
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FATHOMING TAX HAVENS CLIMATE THROUGH A CONSEQUENTIALIST VERSUS A DEONTOLOGICAL MORAL LENS by LARISSA BǍTRÂNCEA, IOAN CHIRILĂ, RAMONA-ANCA NICHITA

“…Adding a philosopher’s eye to an economist’s view regarding the morality of tax havens and appraising main aspects based on unprejudiced multidisciplinary evaluation, this article tries to umpire all voices, making the case that the morality of international financial centers is not a resolute one. …”
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