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Luckiness, competition, and performance on a psi task
(1997-03)This paper briefly reviews previous research on luck and psi, and presents a study on luckiness, competition, and performance on a psi task from an ongoing research project into the psychology and parapsychology of luck ... -
Luddism, incendiarism and the defence of rural 'task-scapes' in 1812
(2011)The Luddite machine-breaking outbreaks in 1812 were not solely an urban or industrial phenomenon. Using a case study of the Horbury district in the West Riding, this article shows that Luddism, and especially popular fear ... -
Ludwig Wittgenstein
(Wiley, 2016-10-31)Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) is one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. He is best known for Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Philosophical Investigations, and On Certainty. Wittgenstein's philosophy covers ... -
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Collected Works
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Later Works
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010-05-10)The work of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) continues to influence philosophers working in fields such as language, morality, religion, and culture. Biographers often separate his work into periods, and the early period ... -
Lumina : [for cello and piano]
(2011)Lumina is primarily an authentic musical expression with a poetic origin. Its originality lies in the techniques used to render its surface. Lumina is constructed using attack group theory, first described by Joseph ... -
Luminosity functions of LMXBs in Centaurus A: globular clusters versus the field
(2009)We study the X-ray luminosity function (XLF) of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) in the nearby early-type galaxy Centaurus A, concentrating primarily on two aspects of binary populations: the XLF behavior at the low-luminosity ... -
Luminosity functions of LMXBs in different stellar environments
(2011-09)Aims. Based on the archival data from the Chandra observations of nearby galaxies, we study different sub populations of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) - dynamically formed systems in globular clusters (GCs) and in the ... -
Lunchtime food and drink purchasing : young people’s practices, preferences and power within and beyond the school gate
(2016-04-02)This paper highlights factors that influence young people aged 13–15 years when purchasing food or drink within or beyond the school catering service. The paper draws from a qualitative study of secondary schools in Scotland, ... -
Lurasidone in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression: : Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
(2017-05-09)Introduction. A burgeoning number of systematic reviews considering lurasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression have occurred since its Food and Drug Administration extended approval in 2013. While a paucity of ... -
Lying: A Gricean Account
(2015-08-19)It is widely assumed that in order to lie, a speaker must at least assert a falsehood. I offer an analysis of lying based on the Gricean notion of communicative-intention and show how lying through assertion operates. I ... -
Lysenko's “Michurinism" and Art at the Darwin Museum 1935-1964
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017-02-01)This chapter offers a case study from an art historian’s perspective, of the impact of the growth and decline of Trofim Lysenko’s power between 1935 and 1964 on the displays at the Darwin Museum, a natural history museum ... -
Lysenko, “Michurinism” and Art at the Moscow Darwin Museum 1930s-1950s
(2012-06)The triumph of Lysenko’s ‘Michurinism’ in 1948 did not just affect Soviet bio-sciences per se, it also affected the ways in which bio-science and Darwinian evolutionary theory were presented for mass consumption in Soviet ... -
Lysophosphatidic acid protects mesenchymal stem cells against hypoxia and serum deprivation-induced apoptosis
(2008-01)Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have shown great promise for cardiac repair. However, poor viability of transplanted MSCs within the ischemic heart has limited their therapeutic potential. Our previous ... -
L’affaire du Chemin de fer du Rhin de fer, entre fragmentation et unité du droit international
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M Dwarfs from the SDSS, 2MASS and WISE Surveys: Identification, Characterisation and Unresolved Ultracool Companionship
(2016-09-01)The aim of this thesis is to use a cross-match between WISE, 2MASS and SDSS to identify a large sample of M dwarfs. Through the careful characterisation and quality control of these M dwarfs I aim to identify rare systems ... -
M. William Shak-speare, his true chronicle historie of the life and death of King Lear and his three daughters
(Prentice Hall Trade, 1995-04-01)This series, the "Shakespearean Originals," seeks to give the reader of modern drama examples of 16th and 17th-century playtexts in a form that are published in as close as mirror-image form as possible to the original ...