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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Clouding"”.
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Legal and economic uncertainties clouding digital taxation : unpacking and addressing the issues
The digital economy has over the past years developed at a dramatic pace, generating substantial revenues for entities and individuals trading on this platform. This has fuelled vast interest and debate into whether such activity should be taxed. After the turn of the millennium, a lot of research …
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An investigation of the assumptions of self-handicapping : youth responses to evaluative threat in the physical domain
… motivation to self-handicap lies in clouding any evaluation of ability, whilst the intrapersonal motivation is the protection of self-esteem. On the surface, self-handicapping represents somewhat health ego-centrism, but if used continually, pathological internalisation is a …
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Ambiguity Aversion: Adoption, Uptake, and Trends
… any ambiguity-preference-related constraints and clouding the picture. Methodological lessons learned regarding the development and implementation of an apporopriate ambiguity preference measure point to a promising future.</p>
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Molecular self assembly in flurocarbon surfactant / water systems
… surfactant systems in that they exhibit a clouding phenomenon with increasing temperature. This behaviour was ascribed to the tight association of the large, hydrophobic counterions with the poiar head group region. In this study a series of perfluorocarbon surfactants have been synthesised …
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The Interaction of Pain and Morphine on Analgesia, Locomotion, and Cognitive Functioning
… by side effects like tolerance and mental clouding which, themselves, can be disabling. The present study examined the independent and combined effects of inflammatory pain and opioid medication on spatial memory for a well learned task in Sprague-Dawley rats. The Hargreaves method was used …
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Molecular therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis Type I
… the first two years of life including corneal clouding, hepatoslenomegaly, skeletal dysplasias, cardiopulmonary disease, and obstructive airway disease. Additionally, patients with severe MPS I, also known as Hurler syndrome, develop hydrocephalus and severe neurocognitive decline. The current …
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Investigating the putative therapeutic effects of sulfophane in the human lens
Purpose: Cataract (a clouding of the lens) and PCO, a lens wound-healing response that occurs following cataract surgery, are important medical problems affecting millions worldwide. Reducing the incidence of these conditions would have a marked effect on the personal well being of millions of …
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Smart City and Related Implementation Challenges - Case Study: Kakinada and Kanpur
… term by city managers and technology vendors is clouding the view on what it really takes to become a SC (Van den Bergh and Viaene, 2015). Consequently, cities are experiencing multiple implementation risks when trying to turn a smart city ambition into reality. These implementation risks reflect …