Walk-based measure of balance in signed networks
... empirical evidence, more weight to the shorter cycles than to the longer ones. We found that, contrary to what is generally believed, many signed social networks, in particular very large directed online social networks, are in general very poorly balanced. We also show that unbalanced states can be ...
... empirical evidence, more weight to the shorter cycles than to the longer ones. We found that, contrary to what is generally believed, many signed social networks, in particular very large directed online social networks, are in general very poorly balanced. We also show that unbalanced states can be ...
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... consequential step forward with no sensational features, yet they are in some way superior to previous or competing devices, materials, products or processes (enough to find ways to market), and there are great numbers appearing in fast pace. Substantially decisive innovations with major impact are ...
... consequential step forward with no sensational features, yet they are in some way superior to previous or competing devices, materials, products or processes (enough to find ways to market), and there are great numbers appearing in fast pace. Substantially decisive innovations with major impact are ...
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... already changed over time, the characteristics observed now could be different from those at the time the decision is made. Such variables may include risk attitudes as there is evidence showing that risk aversion is not stable over time (Bucciol and Miniaci, 2013). Second, the ex post measure of th ...
... already changed over time, the characteristics observed now could be different from those at the time the decision is made. Such variables may include risk attitudes as there is evidence showing that risk aversion is not stable over time (Bucciol and Miniaci, 2013). Second, the ex post measure of th ...
The Property-Owning Democracy vesus the Welfare State∗
... most notably public educational provision based on merit and equality of opportunity, are usually taken to be central features of developed welfare states. Rawls's description of the `capitalist welfare state' resembles what are sometimes called residual welfare states on the Anglo-Saxon model (see ...
... most notably public educational provision based on merit and equality of opportunity, are usually taken to be central features of developed welfare states. Rawls's description of the `capitalist welfare state' resembles what are sometimes called residual welfare states on the Anglo-Saxon model (see ...
The Power of Compassion - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... We who lived in concentration camps can remember the people who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a person except one thing: the last of human freedoms— ...
... We who lived in concentration camps can remember the people who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a person except one thing: the last of human freedoms— ...
Social Acceleration: Ethical and Political Consequences of a
... promising route probably being a combination of the two. On the ‘subjective’ side, an acceleration of the speed of life (as against the speed of life itself) is likely to have effects on individuals’ experience of time: it will cause people to consider time as scarce, to feel hurried and under time ...
... promising route probably being a combination of the two. On the ‘subjective’ side, an acceleration of the speed of life (as against the speed of life itself) is likely to have effects on individuals’ experience of time: it will cause people to consider time as scarce, to feel hurried and under time ...
Cultural conceptions of poverty and shame as portrayed
... These countries embrace: Christian, Islamic and Confucian traditions; include established parliamentary democracies, fragile political systems and communist regimes; and span the range from among the richest to among the poorest. Should a poverty-shame nexus exist in each of these very different cou ...
... These countries embrace: Christian, Islamic and Confucian traditions; include established parliamentary democracies, fragile political systems and communist regimes; and span the range from among the richest to among the poorest. Should a poverty-shame nexus exist in each of these very different cou ...
The effects of perceived dominance in persuasion
... These three variables, and especially expertise and trustworthiness, have repeatedly been used to define source credibility. As for recent examples, Ohanian (1990) identifies source credibility as a three dimensional construct composed of expertise, trustworthiness, and attractiveness. In this, sou ...
... These three variables, and especially expertise and trustworthiness, have repeatedly been used to define source credibility. As for recent examples, Ohanian (1990) identifies source credibility as a three dimensional construct composed of expertise, trustworthiness, and attractiveness. In this, sou ...
a first perspective of indigenous australian
... continued the Aristotelian legacy of empiricism as the account of the foundations of human knowledge, while the latter continued the Platonic rationalist tradition’. Both were looking for an intellectual method that would defeat scepticism and provide certainty about knowledge of the world. In doing ...
... continued the Aristotelian legacy of empiricism as the account of the foundations of human knowledge, while the latter continued the Platonic rationalist tradition’. Both were looking for an intellectual method that would defeat scepticism and provide certainty about knowledge of the world. In doing ...
Apes with a Moral Code? Primatology, Moral Sentimentalism, and
... Recent advances in primatology and comparative psychology reveal that many of those imaginative depictions are not so fanciful; rather, the portrayals reflect our growing understanding of nonhuman primate cognitive capacities, an understanding due in large part to the careful research, spanning over ...
... Recent advances in primatology and comparative psychology reveal that many of those imaginative depictions are not so fanciful; rather, the portrayals reflect our growing understanding of nonhuman primate cognitive capacities, an understanding due in large part to the careful research, spanning over ...
The why, what and how of leadership in adult social care
... The aim of the care and support system should not simply be to deal with as many people as possible – it should be to work with people, their carers and families as well as with other sectors, particularly health and housing, to keep people independent and well in their communities for as long as po ...
... The aim of the care and support system should not simply be to deal with as many people as possible – it should be to work with people, their carers and families as well as with other sectors, particularly health and housing, to keep people independent and well in their communities for as long as po ...
92. Whither the Welfare State: Public versus Private Consumption?
... how capitalist could get away with it. One answer was sought in the preferential access to money which, in and of itself, appeared capable of accruing a return to those who possessed it in sufficient quantities for a sufficient length of time. Accordingly, as the counterpart to labour in production, ...
... how capitalist could get away with it. One answer was sought in the preferential access to money which, in and of itself, appeared capable of accruing a return to those who possessed it in sufficient quantities for a sufficient length of time. Accordingly, as the counterpart to labour in production, ...
Erving Goffman and advertising
... For Goffman “advertisements mediate the ritualized interaction orders of society in a way that anticipates and is already adapted to the variety of readings it will be subject to.” (Ytreberg, 2002, p. 486). In the same way as individuals try to interact in a manner appropriate to the arena in which ...
... For Goffman “advertisements mediate the ritualized interaction orders of society in a way that anticipates and is already adapted to the variety of readings it will be subject to.” (Ytreberg, 2002, p. 486). In the same way as individuals try to interact in a manner appropriate to the arena in which ...