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When who and how matter: explaining the success of referendums in Europe [PDF]

, 2017
This article aims to identify the institutional factors that make a referendum successful. This comparative analysis seeks to explain the success of top-down referendums organized in Europe between 2001 and 2013.
Gherghina, Sergiu, Silagadze, Nanuli
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
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Inclusive education resources and specialist teachers - the role of subjective and institutional factors

Journal of Modern Science
Objectives The objective of this study was to assess the resources available to teachers—namely, their attitudes, skills, knowledge, and agency—in the implementation of inclusive education throughout their professional careers.
Beata Papuda-Dolińska, Grzegorz Szumski, Magdalena Boczkowska, Paweł Grygiel, Anna Błaszczak, Katrzyna Wiejak   +5 more
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Optimization Models of Agricultural Enterprises Activities under Stochastic Uncertainty Considering Institutional Factors [PDF]

Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2013
The uncertainty of the environment of agricultural enterprises functioning due to institutional factors was determined. The optimization model of activity of agricultural enterprises under stochastic uncertainty based on the institutional factors is ...
Victoria KYFYAK
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Why Transition Paths Differ: Russian and Chinese Enterprise Performance Compared [PDF]

, 2002
We use enterprise data to analyse and compare the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find that in China, enterprise growth and efficiency is associated with rapid increases in factor inputs including management, as well as TFP,
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar, Estrin, Saul
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
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Decentralization of river basin management in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe: an institutional economics analysis [PDF]

, 2011
Southern African countries have been experienced several problems regarding the management of their river basins. In order to mitigate these problems, during the past 15 years, most of the SADC countries have adopted comprehensive reforms in the water ...
Dinar, Ariel, Farolfi, Stefano, Hassan, Rashid, Mutondo, Joao   +3 more
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The determinants of multinational banking during the first globalization, 1870-1914 [PDF]

, 2005
What determined the multinational expansion of European banks in the pre1914 era of globalization? And how were banks' foreign investments related to other facets of the globalizing world economy such as trade and capital flows?
Battilossi, Stefano
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The impact of institutions on blockchain adoption in the European public sector: a qualitative comparative analysis

Data & Policy
Blockchain technology has attracted attention from public sector agencies, mainly for its perceived potential to improve transparency, data integrity, and administrative processes.
Stanislav Mahula, Evrim Tan, Joep Crompvoets   +2 more
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