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Two sorts of natural history: On a central concept in critical theory and ethical naturalism
(2022-06-13)
The concept of natural history has received a great deal of attention in contemporary practical philosophy, especially as a result of Michael Thompson's concept of natural-historical judgments which aims to explain the normativity of the human life-form. With this concept, the norms effective in a life-form are understood as something natural and constitutive for that life-form. Although Thompson does not present a historical-philosophical model, he claims to be able to determine the normativity of the historically ...
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Antecedents to the Adoption of Mobile Payment in China and Italy: an Integration of UTAUT2 and Innovation Resistance Theory
(2022-01-22)
This research aims to investigate the adoption gap in mobile payment systems between Italy and China, focusing on users’ intention to adopt mobile payment. The theoretical framing considers both drivers and barriers when combines the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2) with innovation resistance theory (IRT). To empirically verify the proposed model, this study gathers primary data through a web-based, self-administered survey. To analyze the data, we use structural equation modeling, and ...
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Impact of Ten Years Conservation Tillage in Organic Farming on Soil Physical Properties in a Loess Soil—Northern Hesse, Germany
(2023-01-04)
In conservation agriculture, conservation tillage potentially influences the physical, chemical, and biological quality of the soil. Although the effects of conservation agriculture on the soil’s physical properties have been studied in conventional management systems, studies on organic farming systems, especially concerning long-term changes, are scarce. This study summarizes the results of physical and mechanical soil parameters obtained over the initial 10 years of different conservation management treatments ...
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Von Lefort zu Mouffe. Populismus als Moment und Grenze radikaler Demokratie
(2021-06-10)
In diesem Beitrag werden Chantal Mouffes jüngste Interventionen für den Linkspopulismus zum Anlass für eine theoretische Reflexion über das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Populismus und radikaler Demokratie genommen. Im Lichte der radikalen Demokratietheorien Claude Leforts, Jacques Rancières, Ernesto Laclaus und Chantal Mouffes, der Populismustheorie Laclaus sowie der einschlägigen Rezeption wird argumentiert, dass der Populismus sowohl konstitutives Moment als auch Grenze eines radikalen Demokratieverständnisses ...
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A comparison of online and live training of livestock farmers for an on-farm self-assessment of animal welfare
(2022-11-14)
One approach to strengthening the involvement of farmers or stockpersons in the evaluation and improvement of animal welfare is the implementation of an on-farm self-assessment. A valid comparison of the results with reference values, between or within farms, requires that training of the farmers and reliability testing have taken place. We investigated two different training methods (online vs. live) with a total of 146 livestock farmers from farms with dairy cows and calves, beef cattle, sows and suckling piglets, ...
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Shearographic Detection of Internal Defects in Austenitic Stainless Steels
(2022-12-28)
Despite the formation of a passive layer, corrosion also occurs in austenitic stainless steels. One of the most common and most dangerous types is pitting corrosion, in which the material beneath the surface is completely dissolved. Since this type of corrosion only produces small holes on the surface, it is difficult to detect without nondestructive testing. This paper presents induction-excited shearography as an optical, nondestructive testing method for quick inspection of inner defects and corrosion. The ...
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Does Ego Depletion Elicit Stronger Cues of Deception?
(2022-12-27)
Lying is cognitively demanding and presumably requires self-regulation. According to ego depletion theory, a task that requires self-regulation should therefore impair an individual’s ability to tell a convincing lie in a later task. Consequently, it was hypothesized that a manipulation of ego depletion would enhance behavioral differences between liars and truth-tellers. To manipulate ego depletion, participants worked (vs. did not work) on a task in which they had to suppress dominant responses while copying a text. ...
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On Non-linear Characterizations of Classical Orthogonal Polynomials
(2022-12-03)
Classical orthogonal polynomials are known to satisfy seven equivalent properties, namely the Pearson equation for the linear functional, the second-order differential/difference/q-differential/ divided-difference equation, the orthogonality of the derivatives, the Rodrigues formula, two types of structure relations, and the Riccati equation for the formal Stieltjes function. In this work, following previous work by Kil et al., we state and prove a non-linear characterization result for classical orthogonal polynomials ...
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Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(2022-09-23)
In the mountain regions of northern Pakistan, pasture-based animal husbandry is a substantial element of people’s livelihood. To study the implications of herding strategies on rangeland utilization patterns, individual interviews with 90 herders and 10 group interviews with five to eight herders per group, respectively, were conducted in three valleys each of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. Data collection targeted number and species of animals kept, livestock management practices and seasonal pasture use and ...
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Spatial and Temporal Variations of Stable Isotopes in Precipitation in the Mountainous Region, North Hesse
(2022-12-01)
Patterns of stable isotopes of water (¹⁸O and ²H) in precipitation have been used as tracers for analyzing environmental processes which can be changed by factors such as the topography or meteorological variables. In this study, we investigated the isotopic data in precipitation for one year in the low mountain range of North Hesse, Germany, and analyzed mainly for altitude, rainfall amount, and air temperature effects on a regional scale. The results indicate that the isotopic composition expressed an altitude ...