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Sit Verum Obligationes and Counterfactual Reasoning (2015)
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In the early 1980s, Paul V. Spade advanced the thesis that obligational reasoning was counterfactual reasoning, based upon his interpretation of the obligationes of Walter Burley, Richard Kilvington, and Roger Swyneshed. Eleonore Stump in a series of... Read More about Sit Verum Obligationes and Counterfactual Reasoning.

Printable, Transparent Force Sensing Resistive Materials for Touchscreen Applications (2015)
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A transparent, force sensing resistive ink suitable for touchscreen technology is presented, which is capable of detecting both touch location and the applied force. The force sensing behavior is realized by a screen-printed ink layer which consists... Read More about Printable, Transparent Force Sensing Resistive Materials for Touchscreen Applications.

Ordering Policy Rules with an Unconditional Welfare Measure (2015)
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The unconditional expectation of social welfare is often used to assess alternative macroeconomic policy rules in applied quantitative research. This paper provides a detailed analysis of such policies. It sets out the unconditionally optimal (UO) po... Read More about Ordering Policy Rules with an Unconditional Welfare Measure.

An absolute deviation approach to assessing correlation (2015)
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This paper describes two possible alternatives to the more traditional Pearson’s R correlation coefficient, both based on using the mean absolute deviation, rather than the standard deviation, as a measure of dispersion. Pearson’s R is well-establish... Read More about An absolute deviation approach to assessing correlation.

Response to 'Testing the validity of the "value of prevented fatality" (VPF) used to assess UK safety measures' (2015)
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A Common Law Resurgence in Rights Protection? (2015)
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Following a period of relative dormancy, the UK Supreme Court has revitalised the notion that the common law might provide effective protection for human rights. In Osborn v Parole Board , Kennedy v Information Commissioner and A v BBC the Supreme Co... Read More about A Common Law Resurgence in Rights Protection?.

Fire in the Plio-Pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences (2015)
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Fire is a powerful natural force that can change landscapes extremely quickly. Hominins have harnessed this resource for their own purposes, with mechanistic and developmental physiological consequences. In addition, the use of fire has niche constru... Read More about Fire in the Plio-Pleistocene: The functions of hominin fire use, and the mechanistic, developmental and evolutionary consequences.

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: A Longitudinal Study of Listed Banking Companies in Bangladesh (2015)
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The aims of this study are to investigate the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting practices of the listed banking companies in Bangladesh and explore the potential effects of corporate governance and company specific characteristics on CS... Read More about Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: A Longitudinal Study of Listed Banking Companies in Bangladesh.

Normal infant sleep and parental expectations (2015)
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Infant sleep is a subject of great interest - and concern - for many new parents. Parental expectations for infant sleep often reflect cultural norms that may not align well with the realities of infant growth and development. Unrealistic expectation... Read More about Normal infant sleep and parental expectations.

Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings (2015)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the experiences of conducting focus groups amongst acquaintances in naturally occurring settings, where participants were known to each other and participation was less about being recruited, and m... Read More about Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings.

Persistent Cultures: Miskitu Kinship Terminological Fluidity and Idea Systems (2015)
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Kinship is understood dynamically and processually but kinship terminologies are remarkably stable idea systems. They provide cultural continuity over time and are more resistant to modification than many types of cultural instantiations. Miskitu spe... Read More about Persistent Cultures: Miskitu Kinship Terminological Fluidity and Idea Systems.

International Donors, NGOs and the Politics of Youth Citizenship in Contemporary Lebanon (2015)
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In the aftermath of 9/11, Western states have increasingly used the promotion of democracy and civil society as a means of effecting geopolitical aims in the Middle East. Democracy promotion has involved extensive financial support of local non-gover... Read More about International Donors, NGOs and the Politics of Youth Citizenship in Contemporary Lebanon.

A 19-year long energy budget of an upland peat bog, northern England (2015)
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This study has estimated the long term evaporation record for a peat covered catchment in northern England. In this study, 19 years of daily evaporation were estimated for rain-free periods using White’s methods. Net radiation was measured over the s... Read More about A 19-year long energy budget of an upland peat bog, northern England.

Where might my baby sleep? Design and evaluation of a novel discussion tool for parent education (2015)
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The host galaxies of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei to z = 2.5: Structure, star formation, and their relationships from CANDELS and Herschel/PACS (2015)
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We study the relationship between the structure and star formation rate (SFR) of X-ray selected low and moderate luminosity active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in the two Chandra Deep Fields, using Hubble Space Telescope imaging from the Cosmic Assembly Ne... Read More about The host galaxies of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei to z = 2.5: Structure, star formation, and their relationships from CANDELS and Herschel/PACS.

Tokens of Trauma: The Aging Experience of Shoah Survivors in a Jewish Support Center (2015)
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This paper explores the traumatic memories of ageing Shoah survivors who attend a Jewish social and therapeutic support facility in London (UK). The study investigates the perceived differences in trauma within a diverse group of members who partake... Read More about Tokens of Trauma: The Aging Experience of Shoah Survivors in a Jewish Support Center.

External heterogeneity and its impact on open innovation performance (2015)
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While current research commonly finds there may be an optimum overall level of search depth commitment at the apex of an inverted U relationship, it says comparatively little about the optimal allocation of search depth between competing search chann... Read More about External heterogeneity and its impact on open innovation performance.

Embodying intimate war: a response to Sjoberg, Massaro and Bernazzoli (2015)
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Optical and electronic properties of air-stable organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis(fluoromesityl)boryl groups (2015)
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Three compounds with phenyl (1), 4-tert-butylphenyl (2) and 4-N,N-diphenylaminophenyl (3) groups attached to bis(fluoromesityl)boryl ((FMes)2B) through B–C bonds have been prepared. The restricted rotation about the B–C bonds of boron-bonded aryl rin... Read More about Optical and electronic properties of air-stable organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis(fluoromesityl)boryl groups.

New AIE-active dinuclear Ir(III) complexes with reversible piezochromic phosphorescence behaviour (2015)
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Two new AIE-active dinuclear Schiff base Ir(III) complexes exhibit highly reversible piezochromic phosphorescence behaviour enabling the construction of a re-writable phosphorescence data recording device.