Virtuous integrative social robotics for ethical governance by Anshu Saxena Arora, Arlene Marshall, Amit Arora, John R. McIntyre

“…It encompasses shared ethical principles highlighted as autonomy, responsibility, and transparency (ART) for social robotics in the VISR context. Virtue ethics is explored as a means for programming social robots as artificial moral agents, placing human values as the basis of robot design. …”
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Does the Strasbourg European Court protect all human rights equally? by Javier Borego Borego

“…The author urges the audience to approach Catholic culture wisely  and quotes St John Paul II's encouragement not to be afraid of the future, emphasising the capacity for wisdom and virtue in individuals. The text then moves on to a critical analysis of the European Court of Human Rights , pointing out instances of procedural irregularities and dissenting views on judgements related to issues such as abortion and the recognition of civil marriage. …”
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Aesthetics and Ethics in Anna Jameson’s Characteristics of Women by Alison Stone

“…The consequence for Jameson is that art-works can only be aesthetically good – in virtue of being wholes – if they are also morally good – in presenting characters that serve as moral examples.…”
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(2+1)-Dimensional mKdV Hierarchy and Chirp Effect of Rossby Solitary Waves by Chunlei Wang, Yong Zhang, Baoshu Yin, Xiaoen Zhang

“…Furthermore, the (2+1)-dimensional mKdV equation can be applied to describe the propagation of the Rossby solitary waves in the plane of ocean and atmosphere, which is different from the (1+1)-dimensional mKdV equation. By virtue of Riccati equation, some solutions of (2+1)-dimensional mKdV equation are obtained. …”
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Ruiz Zorrilla y El Motín: la construcción de una legitimidad revolucionaria en la prensa satírica republicana durante la Restauración (1881-1895) by Eduardo Higueras Castañeda

“…In collaboration with periodical press and other media, he built a character that symbolized political values entailed with civic virtue and masculinity, like sacrifice, integrity, determination, and rebellion. …”
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Thrombosed Large Distal Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm Mimicking an Infratentorial Ependymoma by Peter Yat Ming Woo, Natalie Man Wai Ko, Kwong Yau Chan

“…Large or giant intracranial aneurysms can simulate brain tumors clinically and radiologically by virtue of their progressive mass effect. Unlike aneurysms from alternative locations, those arising from the distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are uncommon. …”
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L’esthétique au prisme de la trans‑caribéanité : Perspectives décoloniales sur l’art jamaïcain et martiniquais by Frédéric Lefrançois

“…If the artist born in the Americas cannot overlook the weight of the slave trade, of slavery and colonization, in virtue of their quality as founding traumas, then the fragmentation induced by all their breaking-lines represents a real aesthetic and political challenge. …”
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Moral judgments and validity of law by A. B. Didikin

“…On the basis of modern discussions in the legal philosophy, the groundlessness of arbitrary transfer of moral judgments in the field of law is proved, as well as on the example of judicial practice, it is demonstrated that the judicial process does not include a moral interpretation of actions, by virtue of which the nature of the sanction or punishment can be determined. …”
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A New Integro-Differential Equation for Rossby Solitary Waves with Topography Effect in Deep Rotational Fluids by Hongwei Yang, Qingfeng Zhao, Baoshu Yin, Huanhe Dong

“…Finally, by seeking the numerical solutions of the equation with the pseudospectral method, by virtue of waterfall plots, the effect of detuning parameter and dissipation on Rossby solitary waves generated by topography are discussed, and the equation is compared with KdV equation and BO equation. …”
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The Effect of de-Sitter Like Background on Increasing the Zero Point Budget of Dark Energy by Haidar Sheikhahmadi, Ali Aghamohammadi, Khaled Saaidi

“…During this work, using subtraction renormalization mechanism, zero point quantum fluctuations for bosonic scalar fields in a de-Sitter like background are investigated. By virtue of the observed value for spectral index, ns(k), for massive scalar field the best value for the first slow roll parameter, ϵ, is achieved. …”
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Les Dépravés de Dieu by Romain Simenel

“…As God’s depraved ones, these youths distance themselves as radically as possible from a prescriptive Islam in order to then make a stronger choice to embrace religion with all their heart and become men on the road to paradise by virtue of marriage.…”
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Essai de recherche d’une typologie de la sainte mystique dans l’islam et le christianisme à partir de l’étude de cas de Rabia Adawiyya by Claude-Brigitte Carcenac

“…Women acquire, it would seem, a significant standing by virtue of achieving saintliness, often by way of mysticism.Identifying a typology of saintly mysticism specific to women and common to both religions holds out several prospects, including that of outlining a phenomenology, over and above religious creeds, which is specifically feminine in gender. …”
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As Spirits Speak: Interaction in Wauja Exoteric Ritual by Christopher Ball

“…I examine a Wauja (Xingu Arawak) ritual session of « bringing spirits », wherein a sick person is aided by a conversation he has with the spirit-monsters that are afflicting him, whom he hopes by virtue of this very conversation to turn from pathogenic to guardian spirits. …”
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Philip Massinger et le théâtre historique : trouver la bonne distance by Gilles Bertheau

“…If this historical drama may be interpreted as political drama, it is because it stages the mechanics of power, where sole virtue is not enough to overcome evil, rather than because it can be read analogically.…”
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Ekphrastic Moral Mirrors in New Spain: Sor Juana’s Neptuno Alegórico and Sigüenza’s Theatro de Virtudes Políticas by Sergio Armando Gallegos-Ordorica

“…I also argue that, insofar as the Neptuno and the Theatro create different audiences that are mutually aware of each other in virtue of systematically relying on ekphrasis deployed in a public setting, they are potentially more effective for moral instruction than other traditional mirrors of princes.…”
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A Novel System for Measuring Optical Properties in Arterial Blood of Man by A. Castañeda-Miranda, L. D. L. Vizcaya

“…These techniques have the virtue of being nondestructive; in addition they have the advantage of remote direction by using an in situ technique, with sensitivity capable of studying the properties of the blood through electromagnetic excitation. …”
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El trabajo con sentido y el florecimiento humano de los docentes: claves para la calidad en el proceso educativo by Pau Xipell Font, Alfonso Méndiz Noguero

“…Human flourishing is defined through domains such as happiness and life satisfaction, mental and physical health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships. An analysis of 227 questionnaire responses indicates that teachers who view their work as a calling or a higher calling experience greater flourishing, whereas those who perceive their work merely as a job face greater challenges in achieving it. …”
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Naître vers la fin : circularités dans Alumbramiento de Víctor Erice by Miguel Rodrigo

“…In a filmography where the narrative is often greatly weakened in favour of a direct representation of time, Alumbramiento is an exception : here the narrative, acting like a veritable explosion engine, by virtue of its force relegates time to its classic status as a measure of movement. …”
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Prawa i godność człowieka we współczesnej bioetyce by Wojciech Bołoz

“…In addition, it has one more outstanding virtue; in the contemporary world, it is the most widespread and understandable ethical code. …”
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Nonautonomous Motion Study on Accelerated and Decelerated Lump Waves for a (3 + 1)-Dimensional Generalized Shallow Water Wave Equation with Variable Coefficients by Wei-Qin Chen, Qing-Feng Guan, Chao-Fan Jiang, Fei-Fan Zhang, Lei Wang

“…The exact lump solutions of this equation are presented by virtue of its bilinear form and symbolic computation. …”
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