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Art and experience

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This three-part dissertation is on the double role of experience in art: as a subject matter, and as the vehicle for our evaluations. It argues (Part three, Chs. 7, 8) for the inclusion within contemporary analytical ‘cognitivism’ (Part one, Chs. 1-3) of certain arguments from the founding fathers of aesthetics, Baumgarten and Kant (Part two, Chs. 4-6). I argue...
1. that depiction ought to be understood in terms of anticipated resemblances (resemblance-a, for short).

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Unembedded definite descriptions and relevance

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Definite descriptions (e.g. 'The king of France in 1997', 'The teacher of Aristotle') do not stand for particulars. Or so I will assume. The semantic alternative has seemed to be that descriptions only have meaning within sentences: i.e., that their semantic contribution is given syncategorimatically. This doesn't seem right, however, because descriptions can be used and understood outside the context of any sentence.

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Changing paradigms from a historical DSM-III and DSM-IV view toward an evidence-based definition of premature ejaculation. Part I--validity of DSM-IV-TR

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In former days, information obtained from randomized well-controlled clinical trials and epidemiological
studies on premature ejaculation (PE) was not available, thereby hampering the efforts of the consecutive
DSM Work Groups on Sexual Disorders to formulate an evidence-based definition of PE. The current DSM-IVTR
definition of PE is still nonevidence based. In addition, the requirement that persistent self-perceived PE,
distress, and interpersonal difficulties, in absence of a quantified ejaculation time, are necessary to establish the
diagnosis remains disputable.
Aim.

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Changing paradigms from a historical DSM-III and DSM-IV view toward an evidence-based definition of premature ejaculation. Part II--proposals for DSM-V and ICD-11

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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a descriptive definition for
premature ejaculation (PE) that was based on historical assumptions has been accepted.
Aim. To formulate a new functional definition of PE in the DSM.
Methods. A “syndrome” approach instead of a “complaint” approach is applied and evidence-based data from
epidemiological and clinical studies are used.
Results.

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On the definition of the weak mixing angle

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A discussion of the need for a definition of is presented. The use of a minimal subtraction scheme is advocated.

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Cell death by mitotic catastrophe: a molecular definition

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The current literature is devoid of a clearcut definition of mitotic catastrophe, a type of cell death that occurs during mitosis. Here, we propose that mitotic catastrophe results from a combination of deficient cell-cycle checkpoints (in particular the DNA structure checkpoints and the spindle assembly checkpoint) and cellular damage. Failure to arrest the cell cycle before or at mitosis triggers an attempt of aberrant chromosome segregation, which culminates in the activation of the apoptotic default pathway and cellular demise.

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The characterisation of structure: definition versus axiomatisation index of names

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Crucial to structural realism is the Central Claim that entity B is or has structure
S. We argue that neither the set-theoretical nor the category-theoretical conceptions
of structure clarify the Claim in a way that serves the needs of structural
realism. One of these needs is to have a viable account of reference, which almost
any variety of realism needs. There is also a view of structure that can adopt
both set-theoretical and category-theoretical conceptions of structure; this is the
view that adopts B.C.

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The definition of entropy in non-equilibrium states

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Several different expressions are used in statistical mechanics for the entropy. They are here evaluated explicitly for non-equilibrium states. The result consists of three terms: (i) the equilibrium entropy; (ii) the familiar quadratic term measuring the departure from equilibrium; (iii) a term referring to the fluctuations. Only the last term differs for the several expressions for the entropy. However, it is much smaller than the second term when the departure from equilibrium is large compared to the size of the fluctuations.

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The Implicit Definition of the Set-Concept

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DOT tomography of the solar atmosphere. I. Telescope summary and program definition

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The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) on La Palma is an innovative optical solar telescope capable of reaching 0.2 arcsec angular resolution over extended durations. The DOT presently progresses from technology testbed to a stable science configuration providing multi-wavelength imaging and multi-camera speckle data acquisition for tomographic mapping of the solar atmosphere. Large-volume speckle processing will soon enable frequent usage and community-wide time allocation, in particular for tandem operation with other solar telescopes pursuing spectropolarimetry and EUV imaging.

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