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Polygraph Tests - Benefits and Challenges

Panthayil Babu · Higher Colleges of Technology Madinat Zayed Colleges, A…
This research describes the working, benefits and challengers of polygraph tests. Polygraph tests are lie-detecting devices that help ascertain individuals’ honesty based on physiological indicators. The heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin responses are the three indicators measured in …
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Liliana Segre, or the courageous struggle against “indifference” and for social recognition

Silvana Greco · Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
From a historical and sociological perspective, based on the social theory of recognition of Axel Honneth, this article analyzes the life course of the Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, born in 1930 in Milan, and her struggle for social recognition after her liberation from the concen…
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Modern legal systems and the principle of “Culpa in Contrahendo”: A review of the Albanian model of pre-contractual liability on a Roman-Germanic model reference.

Borana Mustafaraj · Faculty of Law, University of Tirana Academic Counsello…
The doctrine of “culpa in contrahendo” constitutes an integral part of the legal systems of different states, although its content differs from one country to another. “Culpa in contrahendo”, as the states with a civil law system recognize, is bound by the obligation to act in good faith during the …
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Deconstructing the use of REPO 105 and Repo 108 Transactions Under SFAS 140: the Case of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. and the Liability of Ernst & Young

John Burke · RISEBA University Riga, Latvia
Prior to filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman Brothers Holding Inc., [LBHI] relied upon select repurchase agreements denominated “Repo 105” and “Repo 108” for the purpose of re-casting its balance sheet to meet net leverage ratios required by money markets. SFAS 140, as then existing without the 20…
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Philosophy and Logical Positivism

Michele Marsonet · University of Genoa, Italy
Logical positivists claim that the whole of human knowledge can be reduced to analytic and synthetic sentences, and this means that the only possible knowledge is provided by science. Metaphysics is thus meaningless, because its sentences do not comply with the rules set forth by logical analysis of…
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The Specious Denials of Access to Administrative Documents: Practical Problems in the Transparency Era with the Case of Italian Military Court of Verona

Fabio Ratto · University of Venice, Italy
The contribution examines the institution of the right of access to administrative documents between coarse and pretentious denials in the Italian public administration and particularly the case of the reiterated illegitimate denials of access to the Military Court of Verona. The age of transparency…

Naimi dhe Rumiu, në kontekstin e pranisë kulturore Perso-Iraniane në traditën shqiptare

Shaban Sinani
Megjithëse gjatë shekullit XX e më pas historia e letërsisë shqipe është shkruar e rishkruar disa herë, nga studiues vendës e të huaj, nga individë e institucione, vlerësimi për Naim Frashërin ka mbetur gjithnjë i pandryshuar. Ai është cilësuar në njëjës poeti kombëtar, Dichter misionar, poeti-profe…

Rapsodi të pabotuara të f. A. Santorit: cikli “Kënka jushtërore” (këngët e luftës)

Merita Bruci, Zeqirja Neziri
Në këtë editio princeps të ciklit të rapsodive “Kënka jushtërore” mbledhur e përpunuar nga F. A. Santori do të hedhim dritë mbi një aspekt pak apo aspak të njohur të një shkrimtari shumë prodhimtar arbëresh të shekullit XIX, kontributi i të cilit pak përmendet e mbahet parasysh: Franqisk Anton Santo…