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Showing 1 to 20 of 8059 for “"Article"”.
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An article on salt
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, 1875
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Moral Equality: Article of Faith
In the first part of this thesis I demonstrate that the best arguments we have for the equal moral worth of all human beings are incorrigibly defective. This is a problem because many people hold that equality between persons in the political, legal and social realms depends on and is justified by …
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An automatic news article editor
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1987.
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Article semantics in second language acquisition
This thesis examines article choice and parameter-setting in second language (L2) acquisition. It argues, on the basis of L2-English elicitation and production data, that L2- learners have access to UG-based semantic distinctions governing article choice, but do not know which distinction is …
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Frame anaphora: The definite article in discourse
The definite article is a problematic feature of language for many nonnative speakers of English. This study investigates one use of the definite article in the written discourse of native and nonnative speakers. This use, which I term frame anaphora, is illustrated in the following example: 'The …
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Some complexities in English article use and acquisition
<p>Along with preposition use, native-like article use is one of the greatest difficulties for learners of English, particularly for those learners whose first languages do not have articles. And unlike many other areas involved in the mastery of the language, articles continue to present a …
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Retrieval Performance in a Full Text Journal Article Database
… the availability of the full text of journal articles for online searching will make abstracting and indexing obsolete and that search results with full text will be superior to the results of bibliographic searching. This study tested these assumptions by comparing results from searching the …
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Protecting the environment using the GATT Article XX: chasing shadows
… some time and has mainly been around the use of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to protect the environment from harmful trade practices. Some piecemeal fashioned suggestions have been made on how to deal with this issue and there has been some hope in many instances that …
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The Application of Article 102 TFEU in the Pharmaceutical Sector
… the Commission’s 2020 Pharmaceutical Strategy. Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) has especially been invoked by competition authorities in this sector in recent years. However, no comprehensive research into the application of this prohibition in this …
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An analysis of Article 30A of the dangerous drugs ordinance including the suspension or otherwise of the application of Article 661 of the criminal code
Article 661 of the Criminal Code provides that confessions shall not operate to the prejudice of third parties. However, article 30A of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance serves as a lex specialis, derogating from this principle by allowing such prejudicial statements to be admitted against third …
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Constrains on Freedom of Expression in Turkey: The Effects of Article 301
… controversial issues in public. In particular, Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code has been one of the main laws used to punish those who speak of granting more rights to minorities. Hundreds of scholars have been prosecuted under Article 301, and this paper looks into a few noteworthy cases …
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In search of systematicity : a conceptual framework for the English article system
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Second Language Studies, 2010
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The Benefits of Mandatory Disclosure: Evidence from Regulation S-X Article 11
<p>The SEC mandates disclosure of Article 11 pro forma financial statements (pro formas) for acquisitions that exceed one of three bright-line materiality thresholds. Motivated by two theories of mandated disclosure, I test whether pro formas improve analyst forecasts or mitigate incentive …
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Self-preferencing in the digital markets : a new offence under article 102 TFEU?
… practice may constitute a standalone abuse under article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This study is carried out against the backdrop of several prominent and public antitrust cases initiated against large digital platforms, or gatekeepers, such as Apple, …
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The meaning of self-defence under article 51 of the United Nations charter
… and collective self-defence as expressed in Article 51 of the UN Charter. In doing so, it will analyse the attempts to stretch the scope of the right of self-defence beyond the limits allowed under Article 51 and assess whether such attempts have undermined the Charter regime. The concept of …
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Mining social media stimulus from news article text using weakly-supervised narrative classification
… into a narrative classification task on a news article dataset. The previous state-of-the-art text classification methods can not be directly applied here, mainly due to the following challenges we need to solve: 1) Lack of training data: the given news article data does not have labeling for …
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Racialised Poverty and Article 14 ECHR: The Role of Equality and Discrimination Law
… steady stream of discrimination complaints under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) that, at their heart, exemplify different manifestations of racialised poverty in Europe. However, the dominant interpretation of Article 14 impedes the European Court of Human Rights from …
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