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Adding one risk to another: generalizing the unavoidable (background) risk [PDF]
ResumenEste artículo ofrece una generalización del modelo de riezgo subyacente. En primer lugar, se relajan los supuestos de independencia. En segundo lugar, se adopta una forma funcional general.
Moawia Alghalith
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Energy Saving Innovations, Non-Exhaustible Sources of Energy and Long-Run: What Would Happen if we Run Out of Oil? [PDF]
We formulate and solve a model of factor saving technological improvementconsidering three factors of production: labor, capital and energy.The productive activities have three main characteristics: first, in order to usecapital goods firms need energy ...
Hernando Zuleta
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Saber‐tooths, extinct apex predators with long and blade‐like upper canines, have appeared iteratively at least five times in the evolutionary history of vertebrates. Although saber‐tooths exhibit a relatively diverse range of morphologies, it is widely accepted that all killed their prey using the same predatory behavior. In this study, we CT‐
Borja Figueirido +2 more
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Mineralized area of the human rib cross‐sections from early puberty until adulthood
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Ribs undergo numerous changes during growth and development. Although they occur both externally and internally, the latter are not as extensively documented during the transition from puberty to adulthood. Therefore, it is unknown how rib cross‐sectional mineralized area changes during this period.
J. M. López‐Rey +4 more
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Does High Unemployment Rate Result in a High Divorce Rate?: A Test for Japan [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to examine if the increase in the unemploymentrate has any effect on the divorce rate. We use time series data andcross section data for the whole of Japan in order to examine this assertion.We also include crime rate and ...
Yukichika Kawata
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On the Age Distribution of Classical Cepheids in the Galaxy
Astronomische Nachrichten, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We revisit the problem of the positive correlation between age and Galactocentric distance seen in Galactic Classical Cepheids, which at first sight may seem counter‐intuitive in the context of inside‐out galaxy formation. To explain it, we use the Besançon Galaxy Model and a simulation of star particles in the Galactic disc coupled with ...
Friedrich Anders +5 more
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Central Bank Independence and inflation: the case of Greece [PDF]
This paper discusses the argument for Central Bank Independence (CBI) in the case of Greece. Using a time series approach and the last data available before Greece joined the EMU , the hypothesis that Central Bank Independence is important for ...
Afroditi Triampella +1 more
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Multisensory Integration of Naturalistic Speech and Gestures in Autistic Adults
Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Seeing the speaker often facilitates auditory speech comprehension through audio‐visual integration. This audio‐visual facilitation is stronger under challenging listening conditions, such as in real‐life social environments. Autism has been associated with atypicalities in integrating audio‐visual information, potentially underlying social ...
Magdalena Matyjek +3 more
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Social security, income taxation and poverty alleviation [PDF]
In this paper I consider the normative arguments that justify a public social security system as a redistributive device when goverment is concerned with individual utility and poverty. Redistribution can be done using social security, income taxation or
Darío Maldonado
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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Anaerobic digestate is a byproduct of biogas production and it is suitable for use as fertilizer. Ammonia and carbon dioxide provide the anaerobic digestate with buffer capacity and these compounds are responsible for the regulation of the pH of this soil organic amendment.
Alejandro Moure Abelenda +1 more
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