Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Soul by Eric Stencil

“…I argue that Elisabeth raises three distinct problems to Descartes’ account of the nature of the soul: the causal interface problem, the vapors problem and the principal attribute problem.…”
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Mandatory CSR disclosure regulation and stock price synchronicity: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment by Chuang Wu

“…Abstract Using the mandatory CSR disclosure policy enacted in China as a quasi-natural experiment, this study provides causal evidence that mandatory CSR disclosure regulation increases stock price synchronicity. …”
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Descriptively Adequate and Cognitively Plausible? Validating Distinctions between Types of Coherence Relations by Merel C.J. Scholman, Vera Demberg, Ted J.M. Sanders

“…We investigate this issue in the field of discourse coherence, and particularly the study of coherence relations such as causal and contrastive. Proposed inventories of coherence relations differ greatly in the type and number of proposed relations. …”
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Descartes on Natural Signs and the Case of Sensory Perception

“…The objective of this paper is to counter this view and present two related points: first, Descartes’ identification of brain states with signs established by nature in the Treatise on Light (AT XI.4/G.4) amounts to a genuine attempt at understanding the causal structure of sensory perception. This is supported by Descartes’ consistent usage of the notion of sign for capturing the activities exclusive to embodied minds. …”
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Integrating Qualitative Comparative Analysis With Reflexive Thematic Analysis in Theme Development by Yi Sun, Jasper Hsieh, Xuesong (Andy) Gao

“…We demonstrate how novice researchers can develop codes and categories, use qualitative comparative analysis to facilitate the exploration of the complex causal relationships between categories, and construct candidate themes based on these analyses. …”
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¿Democratización o burocratización? Inestabilidad del acceso al poder y estabilidad del ejercicio del poder en América Latina by Sebastián Mazzuca

“…El propósito central de este marco analítico es facilitar la inferencia causal en el estudio de los elementos determinantes a largo plazo de los llamados problemas de "calidad" de los regímenes políticos contemporáneos en América latina.…”
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„Rasse mit Stil“ by Marcus Hahn

“…Thus, on the one hand, it contains some of Benn’s most problematic statements—the celebration of Machiavellian political decisionism, the causal derivation of Western art from soldierly slave states or the celebration of eugenics—while, on the other hand, it reaffirms a bourgeois aesthetic of autonomy. …”
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Bilateral adrenal cryptococcosis causing adrenal insufficiency in an immunocompetent patient by Ramneek Kaur, Naveen Mittal, Ankita Soni, Harpreet Kaur

“…The detection of the causal organism on Fine needle aspiration (FNA)/biopsy examination may be useful in confirming the diagnosis and determining the appropriate medical treatment.…”
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Probability-Lowering Causes and the Connotations of Causation by Andrés Páez

“…El artículo argumenta que la connotación evidencial sólo implica una forma epistémicamente relativizada de atribución causal y no la causalidad misma, y que hay casos claros de explicación y razonamiento instrumental que deben apelar a factores negativamente relevantes. …”
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Extensive and every day risk in the Bolivian Chaco: Sources of crisis and disaster by Lilian R. Reyes Pando, Allan Lavell

“…Additionally, the article demonstrates how preconceived notions of causal factors and post impact needs analysis, associated with large scale, rapid onset hazards, belies an understanding of the needs in slow onset and lifestyle based extensive risk crises. …”
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Transient Hiccups Associated with Oral Dexamethasone by Mark E. Peacock

“…Although pharmacotherapeutic agents are not generally considered causal in the etiology of hiccups, many clinicians empirically associate episodic hiccups in their patients as being drug induced. …”
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Evolocumab-induced delayed skin hypersensitivity reaction in a patient with familial hypercholesterolaemia by Grzegorz Porebski, Alicja Dziadowiec

“…Our case report convincingly demonstrates the causal relationship between repeated drug exposure and the development and exacerbation of clinical symptoms. …”
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La racionalidad del amor. Un análisis desde la teoría elsteriana de la racionalidad de las emociones by José Carlos Vázquez Parra

“…Para hacer este análisis, se ha utilizado la teoría de la racionalidad de las emociones de Jon Elster y se concluye que la posibilidad de un amor racional recae, en gran medida, en la evaluación de las líneas causales y las creencias que respaldan nuestra concepción del amor.…”
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Cohort profile: the multigeneration Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) cohort by Thorarinn Gislason, Torben Sigsgaard, Vivi Schlünssen, Joachim Heinrich, Jesús Martínez-Moratalla, Øistein Svanes, Mathias Holm, Bertil Forsberg, Dan Norbäck, Rain Jogi, Kjell Torén, Deborah Jarvis, Magnus Ekström, Adrian Lowe, Caroline J Lodge, Michael Abramson, Shyamali Dharmage, Kathrine Pape, Cecilie Svanes, Gita Mishra, Caroline Lodge, Lyle Gurrin, Bruce Thompson, Eva Lindberg, Christer Janson, Simone Accordini, Ane Johannessen, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Karl Franklin, Andrei Malinovschi, Anna Oudin, Francisco Gómez Real, José Luis Sánchez-Ramos, Lennart Bråbäck, Torgeir Storaas, Shanshan Xu, Julia Dratva, John Holloway, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Christine Cramer, Gro Tjalvin, Anne Mette Lund Würtz, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, Oskar Jõgi, Signe Timm, Francisco Javier Callejas, Raúl Godoy, Trude Duelien Skorge, Christine Drengenes, Nils Oskar Jõgi, Maryia Khomich, Toril Mørkve Knudsen, Ingrid Kuiper, Juan Pablo López-Cervantes, Marianne Lønnebotn, Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad, Antonio Pérez, Anders Røsland, Rajesh Shigdel, Svein Magne Skulstad, Kai Triebner, Hilde Vindenes, Jose Luis Sanchez, Jose Maldonado, David Martino, Jennifer Perret, Lucia Calciano, William Horsnell, Susanne Krauss-Etchmann

“…Statistical analyses developed to approach causal inference suggest that these associations may be causal. …”
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Bayesian network for predicting mandibular third molar extraction difficulty by Tian Meng, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Chao Zhang

“…First, the qualitative mechanism knowledge, including the effect of risk factors on the extraction difficulty and the causal relationships between risk factors, was analysed to establish the framework of the Bayesian network. …”
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A Localized Model for Branding in the Iranian Dairy Industry by Shaghayegh Sabaghi, Alireza Rousta, Farzad Asayesh

“…FindingsBased on the results of qualitative analysis, six categories of factors including causal conditions, contextual factors, strategies, central phenomenon, intervening factors, and consequences were identified. …”
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Deciphering Immunometabolic Landscape in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Integrative Multiomics, Explainable Machine Learning and Experimental Validation by Dong Q, Wu J, Zhang H, Chen X, Xu X, Chen J, Shi C, Luo L, Zhang D

“…Mendelian randomization (MR) and mediation analyses were applied to evaluate causal relationships among plasma metabolites, immune cells, and RA. …”
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Integrative bioinformatic approach reveals novel melatonin-related biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease by Hua-xiong Zhang, Dilmurat Hamit, Qing Li, Xiao Hu, San-feng Li, Fu Xu, Ming-yuan Wang, Guo-qing Bao, Hong-yan Li

“…After intersecting two sets of DEGs and MRGs, we performed Mendelian randomization analysis to identify the MRGs causally related to AD. Biomarkers were further ascertained through receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and expression analysis in GSE5281 and GSE48350. …”
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Anthracyclines and Acquired Long QT Syndrome. A Case Report by Carlos Rodríguez Armada, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…The presentation of this case aims at motivating interest in new reports on the subject and establishing a direct causal relationship through the evidence provided by new experiences.…”
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Customer satisfaction in the catering industry: Contrasts between Lithuania and Portugal by Lina Pilelienė, Nuno Almeida, Viktorija Grigaliūnaitė

“…Three statistically non-significant direct causal relations are presented: complaints do not influence loyalty; expectations do not influence perceived value as well as satisfaction. …”
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