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The Historical Roots of Corruption and Economic Development in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We claim that a sequential mechanism linking history to development exists: first, history defines the quality of social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance.
Petrarca, Ilaria, Ricciuti, Roberto
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Birds of Trade: Availability of Water Birds and Bird Products During Medieval and Early Modern Period in the Baltic Sea

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bird bones are generally scarce in zooarchaeological assemblages in the medieval and early modern period from Finland and Sweden. To obtain new information on bird products and the role of water birds in the Baltic Sea during this period, zooarchaeological assemblages and historical documents were studied from these two countries.
Hanna Kivikero
wiley   +1 more source

Continuity between Early Paulicianism and the Seventeenth-Century Bulgarian Paulicians: the Paulician Legend of Rome and the Ritual of the Baptism by Fire

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2019
During the Middle Ages two dualistic communities were active in Bulgaria and Bulgarian lands – Bogomils and Paulicians. Paulicians, unlike Bogomils, survived as a separate religious sect up to the 17th century, when most of them gradually accepted ...
Hristo Saldzhiev
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital malformations : a historical perspective in a Mediterranean community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many important discoveries have been made in the last five decades in the field of hereditary mechanisms, environmental teratogenesis, prenatal diagnosis and medical/ surgical management of affected individuals with congenital malformations.
Savona-Ventura, Charles
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Siting Epidemic Disease: 3 Centuries of American History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Epidemics of infectious disease have always played a role in American history, and such epidemics are sited in time and place and configured in terms of ecology and demography, available medical knowledge, and cultural values and collective experience ...
Rosenberg, Charles
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The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Piotr Skarga (1536–1612) to Michel de Certeau (1925–1986), or from triumphalism to participation

open access: yesLitteraria Copernicana, 2015
Jesuits are known for their fidelity toward papacy. This article suggest regarding the history of this religious order through the life and the activities of two of its members.
Stanisław Obirek
doaj   +1 more source

Can community‐based conservation improve social acceptance of invasive species management? Lessons from New Zealand

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive species management (ISM) is often met with social conflict, particularly around lethal control methods. A key source of conflict is mistrust in government and other authorities undertaking ISM. Community‐based conservation (CBC) therefore holds potential for implementing ISM with reduced social conflict.
Isobel Busby   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Las Competencias Legales del Racional en la Organización Administrativa y Contable del Municipio de Valencia (Comienzos del Siglo XVII)

open access: yesRevista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review, 2005
La organización administrativa y contable de los mayores municipios españoles, a comienzos del XVII, es un tema que apenas ha sido abordado por los investigadores de la historia de la Contabilidad y del Derecho.
Francisco Mayordomo García-Chicote
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Trends in 170 years of Australian plant nursery production and climatic drivers indicate a coupled response to climate change

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As climate change continues to drive global warming, understanding these impacts on plant nursery production is crucial for sustainable landscape management. Our study analysed 170 years of Australian nursery production, identifying trends in species composition and climate tolerance.
Manuel Esperon‐Rodriguez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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