The Moral Limits of Markets: A Critique on the Book “What Money Can't Buy?” by Hamid Padash

“…The individuals assess and justify their incentives on the material profit (and loss) basis. This paper is structured in the framework of the formal critique and content critique. …”
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Microstructures and Electrochemical Behavior of Ti-Mo Alloys for Biomaterials by Back-Sub Sung, Tae-Eon Park, Young-Hoon Yun

“…The Ti alloy with 7 wt% Mo revealed a microstructure that contained only the orthorhombic α′′ phase of a fine acicular martensitic structure. The corrosion resistance of the Ti-Mo alloys increased as the Mo content increased. …”
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Design and Study of Pre-stretching and Disassembling Device for Double-row Chain by Wang Shukun, Xu Yefeng, Liu Dongliang, Zhao Xudong, Shen Jiajun

“…The disassembling module uses pneumatic sliding table to drive chain insert plate to stabilize the chain, the pneumatic-hydraulic booster cylinder to drive punching nails to remove pin shafts, and the cylinder to drive chain pusher plate to push chain plate. The structure of the pre-stretching and disassembling has high degree of conversion, good interchangeability of vulnerable parts, can effectively realize the function of dynamic pre-stretching and disassembly of double-row chain.…”
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Russian Approach to Soft Power Promotion: Conceptual Approaches in Foreign Policy by Y. Nikitina

“…At the present stage Russian civil society is perceived by state structures as an instrument and not a source of soft power. …”
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Application of Stokes’ higher order theory and JONSWAP spectrum in modelling extreme wave events validation with historical data by Khan Muhammad Azeem, Nizamani Zafarullah, Nakayama Akihiko, Ahmed Mirza Munir

“…Accurately modelling wave elevations is critical for the design and safety of offshore structures. This study explores the application of Stokes’ 5th Order Wave Theory and JONSWAP (Joint North Sea Wave Project) spectrum to simulate wave conditions similar to those experienced during the Draugen Ringing Event. …”
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The Inverse Problem of Identification of Hydrogen Permeability Model by Yury V. Zaika, Natalia I. Rodchenkova, Ekaterina K. Kostikova

“…One of the technological challenges for hydrogen materials science is the currently active search for structural materials with important applications (including the ITER project and gas-separation plants). …”
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Pd/S cooperativity: from stoichiometric activation of Si−H bonds to catalytic hydrosilylation by Arnaud Clerc, Marceline Humbert, Sonia Mallet‐Ladeira, Dr. Karinne Miqueu, Dr. Julien Monot, Prof. Blanca Martín‐Vaca, Dr. Didier Bourissou

“…It adopts a thiolate‐bridged dimeric structure with a (PdS)2 core, but readily activates hydrosilanes across the Pd−S linkage. …”
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Key technologies and research progresses in cognitive SWIPT by Xiaorong XU, Minghang SUN, Linhui SHEN, Yingbiao YAO, Wei FENG

“…The combination of cognitive radio (CR) and simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) has become one of the research hotspots in modern high-efficient cognitive radio communications.Firstly,the introduction of SWIPT and cognitive SWIPT were illustrated.Secondly,two types of receiver structures commonly used in SWIPT networks were introduced and the corresponding energy harvesting formulas were given.Thirdly,system model of cognitive SWIPT network and the research progresses of cognitive SWIPT combined with cooperative relaying and MIMO were presented respectively.Future research prospects of the key technologies in cognitive SWIPT network were investigated.Finally,some recent research achievements of the key technologies in cognitive SWIPT were given.Certain referencing values in the theoretical research and future practical applications of high energy-efficient secure cognitive SWIPT communication network were provided.…”
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Utilitarianism in Russia, or May moral of utility be regulator for contemporary Russian society? by E. N. Yarkova

“…The methodological basis for the study is structural functionalism. The author explores the factors that contribute to and impede the development of utilitarianism, its transformation into a moral doctrine, through which it is possible to overcome social divisions and achieve social solidarity in Russian society. …”
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Important Things to Know about Medicare Chapter Five: Medicare Part D--Prescription Drug Coverage by Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen

“…As an older adult citizen of the United States, it is important to understand the structure of Medicare and how it affects you. The information in this series is based on the most current data available and includes several changes with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. …”
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EVALUATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ADOPTED IN TSHWANE BUILDING INDUSTRY by Okorafor Chikezirim, Erastus Mwanaumo

“…Primary data were obtained using structured questionnaire, interviews and site visits. …”
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Plug and Play Robust Distributed Control with Ellipsoidal Parametric Uncertainty System by Hong Wang-jian, Wang Yan-xiang

“…We consider a continuous linear time invariant system with ellipsoidal parametric uncertainty structured into subsystems. Since the design of a local controller uses only information on a subsystem and its neighbours, we combine the plug and play idea and robust distributed control to propose one distributed control strategy for linear system with ellipsoidal parametric uncertainty. …”
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EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON DIELECTRIC, FERROELECTRIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF KNLNS-BNKZ CERAMICS by Phan Dinh Gio, Bui Thi Tuyet Nhung

“…The experimental results show that the ceramic samples have a pure perovskite structure with the coexistence of tetragonal and rhombohedral phases. …”
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On Class Difference in Educational Aspirations and Educational Expectations: A CUCDS-Based Social Analysis by Bohan Yan, Ning Cai

“…However, in the sense of educational expectations, there are distinct class differences, which are deeply rooted in socioeconomic status and closely related to education level, family type, family structure, and family economic status, as well as children’s academic performance.…”
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Areas simultaneously susceptible and (dis-)connected to debris flows in the Dolomites (Italy): regional-scale application of a novel data-driven approach by Felix Pitscheider, Stefan Steger, Marco Cavalli, Francesco Comiti, Vittoria Scorpio

“…In mountain regions, the impact of areas on the sediment conveyance can not only be described by their susceptibility to debris flow release, but also by their structural connectivity to the rivers. This generates the need to combine susceptibility and connectivity for accurate analyses of sediment transport. …”
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Reversible Akinetic Mutism after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the Territory of the Anterior Cerebral Artery without Permanent Ischaemic Damage to Anterior Cingulate Gyri by François-Xavier Sibille, Philippe Hantson, Thierry Duprez, Vincent van Pesch, Simone Giglioli

“…Both patients had good recovery and we hypothesized that this unexpectedly favourable outcome was due to the absence of permanent structural damage to the ACA territory, with only transient dysfunction due to a reversible mass effect on cingulate gyri.…”
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On Productions of Net-Baryons in Central Au-Au Collisions at RHIC Energies by Ya-Hui Chen, Guo-Xing Zhang, Fu-Hu Liu

“…Then, the four types of parameters are used to structure some scatter plots of the considered particles in some three-dimensional (3D) spaces at the stage of kinetic freeze-out, which are expected to show different characteristics for different particles and processes. …”
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Graduate Degree in Electric Vehicles—A Timely Programme for Modern Society by K. T. Chau, C. C. Chan, Shuangxia Niu, Wei Liu, Tianyi Liu

“…Then, the curriculum structure of the newly developed MScEV programme as well as the corresponding core and elective courses are discussed. …”
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Des mages à Florence au Quattrocento. Autour de la fête de l’Épiphanie de 1443 by Pauline Duclos-Grenet

“…The purpose of this essay is to draw the frame of this phenomenon and to understand how it pervades the minds of the period, through the urban rituals and pictural representations which structure the Florentine society. Indeed, ritual processions and pictural representations, in addition to other kinds of discourse, express the will of a republic which dreams of being both a New Jerusalem and a New Rome. …”
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Impact of the nationwide implementation of mobile number portabilityon mobile communications market by Wenyu HU, Xiaoyan DOU

“…China’s mobile users were taken as a research object,using the random sampling survey method and the survey way of CATI (computer-assisted telephone interviewing) to conduct research on the mobile subscribers market’s structure and impact after implementation of MNP (mobile number portability).The Markov probability transfer matrix was used to predict the market share of mobile phones in China,North China and South China after the implementation of MNP.And the inflow and outflow path model was proposed innovatively.In addition,the focus was on regional characteristics,duration of use,ARPU value and number of MNP to further analyze the concerns and reasons of MNP.The result shows that the longer duration of use,the higher the ARPU value,and the stronger the willingness to choose other operators and the northern subscribers have more willing than the southern.The conclusions provide reference for the decision-making of communication operators.…”
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