The secret geographer: thinking aloud on legal engagements in scholar-activism by Brickell, K, Jeffrey, A, McConnell, F, Ahearn, A, Calkin, S, Klosterkamp, S

“…The roundtable comprises four conversations and takes the reader into a range of legal realms in and beyond the courtroom. It explores geographers’ professional/personal experiences of navigating these spaces, the actors present in them, and the wider political terrains in which they sit. …”

Between personalized and racialized precision medicine : a relative resources perspective by Sun, Shirley

“…The author elaborates on the ‘heterogeneity of resources’ and suggests that the extent to which precision medicine will be personalized or racialized/ethnicized in the clinic will most likely be a function of the relative availability of resources – including but not limited to financial, human and computer informatics, and legal and infrastructural resources – at individual and collective levels in healthcare contexts.…”
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Uncovering vein patterns from color skin images for personal identification in forensic investigation by Tang, Chaoying

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A tale of disregard? Reception of the jurisprudence of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities before the European Court of Human Rights by Cali, B, Galand, AS

“…The Convention on the Rights of Persons Disabilities (CRPD) was hailed as a transformative human rights treaty when it came into force in 2008. …”

Law relating to virtual worlds. by Chew, Queenie Wan Xiu., Soon, Jeanne Hui Min., King, Angelia.

“…This study also reviews the legal systems of several countries which have attempted to award legal recognition to property within the virtual worlds. …”
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Criminality in patients with autoimmune encephalitis: a case series by Michael, S, Varley, J, Williams, R, Bajorek, T, Easton, A, Irani, SR

“…None had evidence of premorbid antisocial personality traits or psychiatric disorders. Criminal behaviours began a median of 18 months (range = 15 months–12 years) after encephalitis onset. …”

Revisiting “conversations between father and son” by Ong, Bendini Junior Boon Kok

“…Their last conversation before his legal death has been pivotal in Marla’s artistic practice and activism ever since- his plea for her to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, in order to secure the legal birthright that she should enjoy like cisgender people. …”
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Knowledge and the City: Redefining Islamic Urbanism, 762–1067 by Lesoon, Courtney

“…The ʿulamaʾ—those marked by ʿilm—inherited their legal authority from the Prophet via the transmission of hadith and thus did not rely entirely on the political vesting of the caliph or amir to carry out Islamic law on the level of the city. …”
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Ownership structure and dividend policy of China's listed companies by Ju, Fang

“…First, the cash dividend payout decision is driven by the propensity of the non-tradable shareholders, especially the Legal-Person shareholders. Controlling shareholders use cash dividend as a way to liquidate from the listed companies.…”
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Tied up in a sticky situation : identity disclosure and stigma management strategies of BDSM practitioners in Singapore by Tan, Bridget Wei Jing, Leong, Eudy Wan Ting, Ong, Si Rong

“…, we gathered and analysed data about BDSM practitioners’ personal encounters with stigma and their stigma management strategies. …”
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British Muslim youth and religious fundamentalism: a quantitative investigation by Kashyap, R, Lewis, VA

“…Like other youth, Muslim youth show liberalizing social attitudes across generations on gay marriage and legal abortion. Notably, like Christian youth, Muslim youth express stronger support for including religion in public debates than their elders. …”

Who reads the trade marks register? by Burrell, R, Handler, M

“…This article starts with a question that looks like it has been taken from an introductory legal reasoning class, namely, is coffee a non-alcoholic beverage? …”

The unexpected politics of ILGA-Europe’s rainbow maps: (de)constructing queer utopias/dystopias by Ammaturo, Francesca Romana, Slootmaeckers, Koen

“…By exploring the discrepancies between the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Maps and the lived experiences of LGBTQI+ people within Europe, we argue that these maps reproduce hierarchies often mediated by Eurocentric understandings of linear progress, while discounting the importance that an interpenetration of legal and social aspects has in evaluating national contexts in which LGBTQI+ persons live. …”
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Strengthening the relationship between Shariah Committee and Board of Directors of Islamic Banks by Hussain, Mohammad Azam, Mohd Noor, Fauziah, Md. Nor, Mohd Zakhiri, Azhar, Alias

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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

“…Our proof-of-concept is conducted as an in-lab experiment, but gives rise to an important discussion of the legal implications of economically autonomous robots, which under existing frameworks can already be embedded in corporate entities that are classed as artificial persons.…”
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West African labour and the development of mechanised mining in southwest Ghana, c.1870s to 1910 by Mark-Thiesen, C

“…The gold mines provide an excellent case study of how labour was mobilised for large-scale production immediately after the legal end of slavery, in the context of an expansive independent labour market. …”

Demographic differences in International students' information source uses and everyday information seeking challenges by Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna

“…Six everyday information domains (e.g., legal, financial, and personal development information) ranked more difficult to find than academic information. …”
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What We Should Do Before the Social Bots Take Over: Online Privacy Protection and the Political Economy of Our Near Future by Graeff, Erhardt

“…In reality, AI is still far from much of that sophistication, yet we are already faced with the ethical and legal ramifications of bots in our everyday lives. …”
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Quantitative evaluation of stone fragments in extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy using a time reversal operator by Wang, Jen-Chieh, Zhou, Yufeng

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PostIndependentzia by Calzada, I

“…In the second section, entitled #BeingThereWeAreHere, the author puts aside his personal position and takes on the role of researcher in presenting a scientific and entrepreneurial academic essay. …”