The epistemic significance of religious disagreements: cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements by Choo, Frederick Wen Yeong

“…Such disagreements have been left relatively unexplored. I then argue that in cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements, disputants can remain relatively steadfast in holding to their beliefs. …”
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Magical realism and representations of the cold war in Southeast Asia by Lye, Kit Ying

“…By reading a selection of novels and short stories from the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor Leste, and Cambodia that discuss several newly independent nations’ struggles during the Cold War period, we can re-examine a literature that has not been studied as extensively as other similar political literature. …”
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The effect of China's weak institutional environment on the quality of Big 4 audits by Ke, Bin, Lennox, Clive S., Xin, Qingquan

“…The Big 4 are less likely to issue modified audit reports, and they charge lower audit fees for clients that are listed only in China. Finally, companies listed only in China have larger signed abnormal accruals than do companies cross-listed in Hong Kong. …”
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De novo genome sequence assembly of the RNAi-tractable endosymbiosis model system Paramecium bursaria 186b reveals factors shaping intron repertoire by Leonard, G, Jenkins, BH, Savory, FR, Kilias, ES, Maguire, F, Varma, V, Milner, DS, Richards, TA

Self-employment for autonomous robots using smart contracts by Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo, Berman, Ivan, Kapitonov, Aleksandr, Manaenko, Vadim, Chernyaev, Makar, Tarasov, Pavel, Wilson, Bryan, Greenwood, Dazza, Walters, Ed

“…In these transactions, the robot interacts with humans as a peer, not as a tool. In other words, the robot makes peer financial transactions with humans in the same way that another human would, first as an investment vehicle, then as a seller at an auction, and then as a shop customer and a client. …”
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Experiences of recreational running among persons with visual impairment (VI) in Singapore by Tay, Claire Marie En Xin

“…Little research has been done on physical activity (PA) and exercise among people with visual impairments (VI) in Singapore. …”
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Presence of host-seeking Ixodes ricinus and their infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Northern Apennines, Italy by Ragagli, C, Mannelli, A, Ambrogi, C, Bisanzio, D, Ceballos, LA, Grego, E, Martello, E, Selmi, M, Tomassone, L

Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…Formalization has long been regarded as one of the most distinctive features of the public sector. …”
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Normal People / by Rooney, Sally, author 631806, Faber (Online service) 656045

“…Well-off Marianne blossoms at university, becoming pretty and popular, while Connell struggles for the first time in his life to fit in properly with his peers. The two weave in and out of each other's lives during their university years, developing an intense bond that exposes their traumas and insecurities.…”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…The aim of the IDT is to improve the participants’ learning experience and course engagement, increase opportunities for them to interact with their peers and teaching team, enable them to practice and reinforce the concepts through the creation of their own IDT cards, and share the cards in the discussion to increase learners’ engagement with course material and peers. …”
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Machine learning for industrial IOT by Yeow, Brandon Wei Liang

“…This paper concludes by proposing an algorithm for peer-to-peer Federated Learning where clients search for peers up to the 𝑘th degree and perform the best actions with 𝑛 peers under bandwidth constraints. …”
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Best practices and factors to enhance transfer of training in Oman by Al Ghafri, Ahmed Mohammed Issa

“…The list includes training designers, trainers, supervisor, managers, peers, top management, and customers or clients of the organizations. …”
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Making the world a better place? English higher education and global public good by Marginson, S, Yang, L, Brotherhood, T

“…Two-thirds of science papers with UK authors involve international collaboration, one-quarter of higher education students are international, and their fees constitute more than a fifth of institutional income. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…For states seeking to catch up, the acquisition and assimilation of frontier technology has always been paramount (Abramovitz, 1986).</p> <p>Multinational firms based in industrialized countries have long been seen as sources of technology (Evans, 1979). …”

Facial expression quantification and analysis by Ramya Sridharan

“…This dissertation mentions some of the latest techniques available in the above field and proposes two design techniques that exceed the performance of their peers in both technical aspects and applications.…”
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What is to reproduce? On the overlap, development, and persistence account of reproduction by Palacios-González, C

“…Her account seems able to answer the question of whether reproduction takes place, and who reproduces, when we employ biotechnologies that bear little to no resemblance to naturally occurring human sexual reproduction. …”

Protein delivery options: how well have we succeeded? by Ng, Xu Wen, Subbu, Venkatraman

“…Another antibody, Avastin®, indicated for bowel cancer, accounted for $6.7 billion among these top-selling drugs, while Herceptin®, used to treat breast cancer, had sales of $6.6 billion. These numbers bear eloquent testimony to the increasing demand for protein therapeutics. …”
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Phenomenological observations of quinone-mediated zinc oxidation in an alkaline environment by Mallia, Christopher T, Brushett, Fikile R

“…The development of such systems requires knowledge of underlying reaction mechanisms, which bear similarities to the processes that underpin corrosion and semiconductor electrochemistry. …”
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Prosopanche: a remarkable genus of parasitic plants by Hatt, SA, Cameron, DD, Grace, OM, Rocamundi, N, Cocucci, AA, Martel, C, Thorogood, CJ

“…Growing almost entirely underground with a complete lack of leaves, plants of Prosopanche bear more resemblance to fungi than plants and have many remarkable aspects to their life history and ecology that require further investigation. …”

Why Brussels? Neruda’s ‘título absolutamente enigmático’ by Moran, D

“…<p>The primary purpose of this article is to propose a solution to longstanding literary mystery, namely, why Neruda&rsquo;s disconcertingly enigmatic poem &lsquo;Bruselas&rsquo; (from&nbsp;<em>Tercera residencia</em>&nbsp;[1947]) has a title which seems to bear little if any relation either to the city of Brussels itself or to its sometimes bewilderingly obscure content and imagery. …”