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Abstract Convection‐permitting dynamical downscaling (CPDD) allows for an explicit representation of the convective storms that generate tornadoes, hail, severe thunderstorm winds, and locally heavy precipitation. Possible changes in such hazardous convective weather (HCW) due to human‐induced climate change are therefore projected with higher ...
Songning Wang +4 more
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Indirect tax reform and the role of exemptions [PDF]
This paper examines the question of whether indirect tax rates should be uniform, using four different modelling strategies. First, marginal tax reform is examined.
John Creedy
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ABSTRACT Objectives Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers (hereafter referred to as PALM participants) are integral to Australia's economic landscape, contributing predominantly to agriculture and meatworks sectors. Many PALM participants come from regions with high burdens of blood‐borne viruses (BBVs) such as hepatitis B virus (HBV),
Geraldine Vaughan +3 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
John Diaz +5 more
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Horizontal Inequalities and Political Violence
While recent quantitative research concludes that economic inequality is unrelated to civil conflict, qualitative case studies suggest that what matters for political violence is so-called ‘horizontal inequalities’ (HIs), or systematic inequalities between identity groups. However, since case studies are not well suited for making broad generalizations,
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Distributional analysis of prospective 2009 US individual income taxes: current law and the candidates’ tax plans [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to compare the distributional characteristics of two presidential candidates’ proposed reforms to the US federal individual income tax.
Berliant, Marcus, Strauss, Robert P.
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Chemical profiling and bioassays reveal that leaf‐litter leachates from urban trees flip between nourishing and killing Aedes aegypti larvae: dilute Tipuana tipu boosts growth, whereas concentrated, aged extracts are >90% lethal. Species‐specific chemistry thus turns street trees into potential self‐renewing tools for integrated vector control ...
Ana Luiza Caldatto +7 more
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An empirical analysis of wealth taxation: Equity Vs.tax compliance [PDF]
Capital taxation is currently under debate, basically due to problems of administrative control and proper assessment of the levied assets. We analyze both problems focusing on a capital tax, the annual wealth tax (WT), which is only applied in five OECD
Alejandro Esteller Moré +1 more
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Abstract Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, there is a pressing need for occupational therapy students to graduate as culturally responsive and socially responsible global citizens. However, little is known about the extent in which global citizenship is understood by occupational therapy educators and if it is embedded in Australian
Shinead Borkovic +2 more
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Geographical patterns of unmet health care needs in Italy [PDF]
In recent years, health care reforms and restrained budgets have risen concerns about accessibility to health services, even in countries with universal coverage health systems.
Cavalieri, Marina
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