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James T. Richardson
Researcher at University of Nevada, Reno
Publications - 173
Citations - 3507
James T. Richardson is an academic researcher from University of Nevada, Reno. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human rights & Brainwashing. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 166 publications receiving 3358 citations.
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Principles of Catalyst Development
TL;DR: Richardson as mentioned in this paper provides a comprehensive overview of the design, development, and manufacture of practical heterogeneous catalysts for both industrialists and academic researchers, covering both the theory and the practice of catalyst development.
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Religious Conversion and Personality Change
TL;DR: The question of whether religious conversion causes changes in someone's personality is examined in light of two bodies of literature as discussed by the authors, namely, the research on personality change and research on conversion, and the answer depends on what level of personality is of concern.
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Asking the gatekeepers: a national survey of judges on judging expert evidence in a post-Daubert world.
Sophia I. Gatowski,Shirley A. Dobbin,James T. Richardson,Gerald P. Ginsburg,Mara L. Merlino,Veronica Dahir +5 more
TL;DR: Although most judges agreed that a distinction could be made between “scientific” and “technical or otherwise specialized” knowledge, the ability to apply the Daubert guidelines appeared to have little bearing on whether specific types of expert evidence were designated as “science” or “nonscience.”
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The Active vs. Passive Convert: Paradigm Conflict in Conversion/Recruitment Research
TL;DR: In this paper, a new or alternative paradigm has been developed, derived mainly from studies of recruitment to new religions, which posits a more active, meaning-seeking subject who exercises volition in deciding to convert to a new religion.
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The Satanism Scare
TL;DR: The authors of as mentioned in this paper have selected papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of Satanism from the vantage points of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor, and the mass media.