Carnivorous Nepenthes x ventrata plants use a naphthoquinone as phytoanticipin against herbivory. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Dávila-Lara A +3 more
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The Flypaper Effect: Evidence from the Italian National Health System [PDF]
Public expenditure reduction in Italy is achieved through a revision of social security and health care programmes. In particular, public health expenditure control has been implemented through a reform that imposes more stringent budget rules at local ...
Levaggi, Rosella, Zanola, Roberto
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ChemicaL Profiles and Foraging Efficiency in a Carnivorous Plant: Effects of Contrasting Precipitation Regimes. [PDF]
J Chem EcolTei A +6 more
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Empirical analysis of the influence of voters and politicians in the public choice of Portuguese municipalities universidade portucalense [PDF]
When estimating a specification combining different influences on local public choice, three public issues of different ideological attributes were compared for two periods of Portuguese local government intervention: the beginning and the ending of one ...
José Manuel Cruz
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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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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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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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Municipal Labour Demand - Sweden 1988 - 1995 [PDF]
In this paper we investigate the determinants of municipal labour demand in Sweden 1988-1995. Utilising a major grant reform in 1993, through which a switch from mainly targeted to mainly general central government grants occurred, we are able to ...
Bergström, Pål +2 more
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An insect trap adjusting to weather conditions: Nepenthes rafflesiana plants control the fluid level in their pitchers to maximize prey capture. [PDF]
Ann BotAndrew CNS +7 more
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Directing coral larval settlement in coral aquaculture for reef restoration. [PDF]
Sci RepBriggs ND +5 more
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