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Kidney Sales and the Burden of Proof
Janet Radcliffe Richards’ The Ethics of Transplants outlines a novel framework for moral inquiry in practical contexts and applies it to the topic of paid living kidney donation. In doing so, Radcliffe Richards makes two key claims: that opponents of organ markets bear the burden of proof, and that this burden has not yet been satisfied. This paper raises four related objections to Radcliffe Richards’ methodological framework, focusing largely on how Radcliffe Richards uses this framework in her discussion of kidney sales. We conclude that Radcliffe Richards’ method of inquiry hinders our ability to answer the very question that it ought to help us resolve: What is there best reason to do, all things considered
Patterns of growth, mortality, and size of the tropical damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef
Age-based analyses were used to demonstrate consistent differences in growth between populations of Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Pomacentridae) collected at three distance
strata across the continental shelf (inner, mid-, and outer shelf) of the central Great Barrier Reef (three reefs per distance stratum). Fish had significantly greater maximum
lengths with increasing distance from shore, but fish from all distances reached approximately the same maximum age, indicating that growth is more rapid for fish found on outer-shelf reefs. Only one fish collected from inner-shelf reefs reached >100 mm SL, whereas 38−67% of fish collected from the outer shelf were >100 mm SL. The largest age class of adult-size fish collected from inner and mid-shelf locations comprised 3−4 year-olds, but shifted to 2-year-olds on outer-shelf reefs. Mortality schedules (Z and S) were similar irrespective of shelf position (inner shelf:
0.51 and 60.0%; mid-shelf: 0.48 and 61.8%; outer shelf: 0.43 and 65.1%, respectively). Age validation of captive
fish indicated that growth increments are deposited annually, between the end of winter and early spring. The
observed cross-shelf patterns in adult sizes and growth were unlikely to be a result of genetic differences between
sample populations because all fish collected showed the same color pattern. It is likely that cross-shelf
variation in quality and quantity of food, as well as in turbidity, are factors that contribute to the observed
patterns of growth. Similar patterns of cross-shelf mortality indicate that predation rates varied little across
the shelf. Our study cautions against pooling demographic parameters on broad spatial scales without consideration
of the potential for cross-shelf variabi
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were developed during the last 150 years by the creative efforts of management
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Super-R\'enyi Entropy & Wilson Loops for N=4 SYM and their Gravity Duals
We compute the supersymmetric R\'enyi entropies across a spherical
entanglement surface in N=4 SU(N) SYM theory using localization on the
four-dimensional ellipsoid. We extract the leading result at large N and
\lambda, and match its universal part to a gravity calculation involving a
hyperbolically sliced supersymmetric black hole solution of N=4+ SU(2) X U(1)
gauged supergravity in five dimensions. We repeat the analysis in the presence
of a Wilson loop insertion and find again a perfect match with the dual string
theory. Understanding the Wilson loop operator requires knowledge of the full
ten-dimensional IIB supergravity solution which we elaborate upon.Comment: 30+1 pages, 1 table; minor corrections, references added; matches
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