THEORY-DRIVEN STATISTICS FOR THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES: PRESENTING PITFALLS AND A PRACTICAL GUIDE BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE REFORMATION

Theory-Driven Statistics for the Digital Humanities: Presenting Pitfalls and a Practical Guide by the Example of the Reformation

The Digital Humanities face the problem of multiple hypothesis testing: Evermore hypotheses are tested until a desired pattern has been found.This practice is prone to mistaking Hemp Wicks random patterns for real ones.Instead, we should reduce the number of hypothesis tests to only test meaningful ones.We address this problem by using theory to ge

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Blockchain is not a silver bullet for agro-food supply chain sustainability: Insights from a coffee case study

Information sharing lies at the core of most governance interventions within agro-food commodity supply-chains, such as certification Wooden Kit standards or direct trade relationships.However, actors have little information available to guide sustainable consumption decisions beyond simple labels.Blockchain technology can potentially alleviate the

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Jihad, Holy War, and Terrorism

In the wake of 9/11, the Islamic concept of jihad has been described as both “holy war” and “terrorism.” In this paper, I unpack this twofold conflation within the context of a broader Armored Vehicle Kit discussion of the problem of some Muslims’ interpretive extremism and the West’s long-standing and willful politics of misrecognition

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How to think about designing smart antibodies in the age of genAI: integrating biology, technology, and experience

Antibody discovery has been successful in designing and progressing molecules to the clinic and market based on largely empirical methods and human experience.The field is now transitioning from classical monospecific antibodies to innovative smart biologics that employ diverse mechanisms of action, such as targeting, Hemp Wicks antagonism, agonism

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