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Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies [PDF]

Folklore, 1908
openaire   +1 more source

What if the expected is not the most likely outcome? Four examples giving pause for thought and reconsideration

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract The foundational nature of expectations‐based theories and the prominence of symmetric unimodal stochastic assumptions in economic research render the expected outcome the go to locational focus throughout its many realms. When symmetric unimodality prevails, expected and most likely outcomes are identical; however, when it does not, they are ...
Gordon Anderson
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding food solicitation techniques applied by free-ranging Hanuman langurs residing in an urban habitat. [PDF]

Anim Cogn
Dasgupta D, Banerjee A, Dutta A, Mitra S, Banerjee D, Karar R, Karmakar S, Bhattacharya A, Ghosh S, Bhattacharjee P, Paul M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asymmetric sanctions and corruption: Theory and practice in China

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Asymmetric punishment of partners in crime, intended to incentivize whistle‐blowing, may increase detection and deterrence. The idea is age‐old but its use against corruption is not frequent. We study a 1997 Chinese reform that strengthened such asymmetries for some forms of bribery.
Maria Perrotta Berlin, Martin Dufwenberg, Bei Qin, Giancarlo Spagnolo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonlinear vocal phenomena in African penguin begging calls: occurrence, significance and potential applications. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Morandi I, Zanoli A, Tenneriello C, Terranova F, Balestra F, Cadman M, Ludynia K, Favaro L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Offspring Dependency Is Not Reflected in the Social Immunity of Three Burying Beetle Species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Nicrophorus pustulatus, Nicrophorus vespilloides, and Nicrophorus orbicollis are three burying beetle species that differ both in their ecology and in the dependency of their offspring on parental care. This gradient of offspring dependency might be reflected in the parents' social immunity capabilities and/or investment.
Leon Müller, Laura Cherpion, Maximilian Körner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Illness: A Deviation from Phenomenological, Rather than Moral, Norms? [PDF]

J Med Philos
Downey A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Indigenous‐Municipal Relations in Canada

Canadian Public Administration, EarlyView.
Joanne Heritz
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural boundaries of general practice. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract
Papanikitas A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The use of enforcement to combat begging and street drinking in England: a high risk strategy? [PDF]

, 2008
Fitzpatrick, Suzanne, Johnsen, Sarah
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