Philosophers analyzing standing to blame have argued (a) that in view of a blamer’s own fault she can lack another for an act even if the is blameworthy and (b) standingless, hypocritical pro tanto morally wrongful. The bearing these conclusions on praise yet receive attention it deserves. I defend two claims. first conditional claim are true, so (a*) (b*). latter are: praiser herself praisewor...

The economy is rebounding. After a 6 percent drop in 2020, real GDP projected to grow at 4 both 2021 and 2022, reflecting improved mobility, return of the diaspora, continued policy support. With uncertainty remaining high, including about course pandemic, policies need be kept flexible. Emphasis should on limiting economic scars from pandemic crisis while making progress long-standing reform p...

We present DBToaster, a novel query compilation framework for producing high performance compiled query executors that incrementally and continuously answer standing aggregate queries using in-memory views. DBToaster targets applications that require efficient main-memory processing of standing queries (views) fed by high-volume data streams, recursively compiling view maintenance (VM) queries ...

AIMS To assess the extent to which the German public supports the allocation of financial resources to the care of people with alcoholism and to research on alcoholism as compared with other conditions. METHODS 5025 interviews were conducted in the scope of a representative survey in Germany during May and June of 2001, using a personal, fully structured interview. RESULTS Respondents most ...

Using long-standing models for expected returns of US equities, we show that firm environmental ratings interact with those forecasted and produce excess both unconditionally conditionally. Well-known factor subsume neither environmental-related return differentials nor premia from scores models. In addition, combining information inputs—expected economic, social, governance (ESG) information—m...