The carnivorous plant <i>Genlisea</i> harnesses active particle dynamics to prey on microfauna. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AMartín-Roca J +6 more
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Exploring the design of a sport for employability program: A case study. [PDF]
Front Sports Act Living, 2022 Commers T, Theeboom M, Coalter F.
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Mental Accounting in Portfolio Choice: Evidence from a Flypaper Effect [PDF]
Consistent with mental accounting, we document that investors sometimes choose the asset allocation for one account without considering the asset allocation of their other accounts. The setting is a firm that changed its 401(k) matching rules. Initially,
Brigitte C. Madrian +2 more
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Sticky plants and plant-based glues: potential for pest control. [PDF]
Front Plant SciBierman TV, Choi YH, Bezemer TM.
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Intergovernmental Grants and Local Public Expenditure: Spending Decisions and Information Spillover Effects [PDF]
This empirical study takes advantage of a new intergovernmental grant in order to investigate the expenditure behavior of the municipalities in Sweden in two ways.
Birkelöf, Lena
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Fiscal equalization, capitalization and the flypaper effect
, 2014 We investigate the impact of equalizing grants to municipalities on local house prices in the Netherlands. Our identification exploits a nonlinear time-pattern in the implementation of a reform of the grant allocation system, which was gradually introduced and carried out in two subsequent stages that targeted different policy domains. Results indicate
Vermeulen, W., Allers, Maarten
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The implications of foreign aid fungibility for development assistance [PDF]
A foreign aid or foreign lending policy that focuses exclusively on project financing may have unintended consequences, report the authors. New research shows that aid intended for crucial social and economic sectors often merely substitutes for spending
Devarajan, Shantayanan, Swaroop, vinaya
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The impact and mechanism of vertical fiscal imbalance on green development efficiency: An empirical analysis based on city-level samples in China. [PDF]
HeliyonLiu R, Sun K, Cao H.
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Lymph Node Subcapsular Sinus Macrophages as the Frontline of Lymphatic Immune Defense. [PDF]
Front Immunol, 2019 Louie DAP, Liao S.
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MARCO+ lymphatic endothelial cells sequester arthritogenic alphaviruses to limit viremia and viral dissemination. [PDF]
EMBO J, 2021 Carpentier KS +12 more
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