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Why isn't trust transitive?
(1997)One of the great strengths of public-key cryptography is its potential to allow the localization of trust. This potential is greatest when cryptography is present to guarantee data integrity rather than secrecy, and where ... -
Why look at causality in the sciences : A manifesto
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011)This chapter is the introduction to the volume. The volume editors begin by setting out a manifesto that puts forward two theses: first, that the sciences are the best place to turn in order to understand causality; second, ... -
Why Millennials Continue to Use WhatsApp? A Focus on Culture and Computer–Human Dialogue
(2024-01-29)Continuous usage behavior among millennials is crucial, yet factors influencing this behavior are not well understood. This study integrates human-computer interaction and marketing research to investigate the relationship ... -
Why Planning is More Important than Plans
(2016-04)Project management is intimately associated with the production of detailed plans, charts and schedules, constantly re-affirming Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s belief that “a goal without a plan is just a wish.” Planning is ... -
Why premium in freemium: a hedonic shopping motivation model in virtual game retailing
(2024-09-06)Purpose Hedonic shopping is a growing phenomenon designed to enhance gamers’ virtual content shopping experience with increasing economic significance, yet limited attention has been dedicated to this area. Our study ... -
Why quality of life measurement is important in dermatology clinical practice : An expert-based opinion statement by the EADV Task Force on Quality of Life
(2017-03)The aim of this study was to describe the many ways in which quality of life (QoL) measurement may potentially be advantageous in routine clinical dermatology practice. Thirteen members of the EADV Task Force on Quality ... -
Why should I switch on my camera? Developing the cognitive skills of compassionate communications for online group/teamwork management
(2023-08-04)Introduction: Associated with learning and social isolation from each other during the pandemic-driven transition to online platforms in Higher Education (HE), many students were, and remain, reluctant to turn on their ... -
Why should you care? : An arousal-based model of exploratory behavior for autonomous robots
(MIT Press, 2008)The question of how autonomous robots could be part of our everyday life is of a growing interest. We present here an experiment in which an autonomous robot explores its environment and tries to familiarize itself with ... -
Why study Wittgenstein's diagrams?
(Die Osterreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft, 2001)This was the title of a seminar that I gave at the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen in November 1992. The present conference, at which we are undertaking a review of Wittgenstein's works 50 years after his ... -
Why the ability hypothesis is best forgotten
(2009)According to the knowledge argument, physicalism fails because when physically omniscient Mary first sees red, her gain in phenomenal knowledge involves a gain in factual knowledge. Thus not all facts are physical facts. ... -
Why the contextualisation of chemistry in the MPharm curriculum is needed
(2011)Chemistry is a core subject area in the MPharm degree programme. The indicative syllabus1 specifies chemistry directly in drug design and discovery, pharmaceutical chemistry and analysis, drug identification and drug ... -
Why the naïve Derivation Recipe model cannot explain how mathematicians’ proofs secure mathematical knowledge
(2016-10-01)The view that a mathematical proof is a sketch of or recipe for a formal derivation requires the proof to function as an argument that there is a suitable derivation. This is a mathematical conclusion, and to avoid a regress ... -
Why the Pilot Cannot be Blamed : A Cautionary Note about Excessive Reliance on Technology
(2007)In many human endeavours intelligent automation has taken over some of the tasks traditionally performed by operators, pilots or controllers. The adoption of intelligent protective technology reflects the greater degree ... -
"Why then the world's mine oyster": Consumption and Globalization
(Routledge, 2016-06-01)Design has been seen in education and public contexts as principally concerned with ideation and production, yet consumption is an important part of the design lifecycle. This chapter considers the history of consumer ... -
Why theories of causality need production : an information-transmission account
(2011)In this paper, I examine the comparatively neglected intuition of production regarding causality. I begin by examining the weaknesses of current production accounts of causality. I then distinguish between giving a good ... -
Why we need a generalized Darwinism, and why generalized Darwinism is not enough
(2006)Complex evolving systems, consisting of populations of varied and replicating entities are found in both nature and human society. There exists no alternative to the core Darwinian principles of variation, selection and ... -
Why we need a survey of unions
(2012)Unions represent millions of workers in both Britain and the U.S. despite substantial membership declines over the last thirty years. Union influence and trends contained therein are major concerns to a broad range of ...