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Fiscal Cyclicality and Debt Sustainability: Evidence From Over a Century of Data
ABSTRACT Using a historical fiscal dataset for a group of 11 economies over the period 1880–2022, we examine debt sustainability and fiscal policy cyclicality and assess the factors influencing fiscal behaviour. We find that positive and statistically significant responses of primary balances to debt emerge in specific historical episodes and ...
Christos Chrysanthakopoulos +2 more
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Integrated Past, Branching Future: A Narrative Tool for Having One Self and Many
ABSTRACT Is counseling most effective when the self is treated as unified or as multiple? The answer for many counselors and clients is both, and to assist them in navigating this apparent paradox, we present a new narrative tool, based on the Me/I distinction of William James, for explaining why the self can be simultaneously unified and multiple—and ...
Angus Fletcher +3 more
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ABSTRACT On its 100th anniversary in 2026, the German Soil Science Society (DBG) is looking back not only on an eventful history with traditions and impressive achievements but also with painful interruptions and ruptures. One curious fact is that the DBG was initially founded as the national section of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS ...
Karl‐Heinz Feger
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Abstract Research Summary Using detailed plant‐ and individual‐level data from a major Japanese cotton spinning company in the early 20th century, we examine the within‐firm allocation of skilled human capital in conjunction with investment in physical capital, accompanying the firm's evolving strategic priorities.
Shotaro Yamaguchi +3 more
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Intravenous Crystalloids in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century [PDF]
P J, Featherstone, C M, Ball
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The German Soil Systematics and the Rationale Behind Its Revision
ABSTRACT Background The German Soil Systematics is a pedogenetic classification based on the morphological expressions of pedogenic processes and has been developed over several stages since 1952. The system has successfully been in use for soil classification and soil survey for almost 70 years.
Einar Eberhardt +3 more
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Food Security Versus Environmental Health: The Nitrogen Dilemma
ABSTRACT Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and, consequently, crop production. However, the cycling of nitrogen in the environment can have negative effects. Here, we review the historical development of scientific and public awareness of these effects and the influence this has had on political action to control them.
Henrike Mielenz +8 more
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Holocene vegetation change and fire–plant diversity shifts in Mediterranean France
ABSTRACT Changes in fire activity are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and vegetation communities across the Mediterranean Basin. However, long‐term fire–vegetation interactions remain poorly investigated. Here, we combine a high‐resolution charcoal record with pollen data from the “Étang des Aulnes” lake (southern France) to reconstruct ...
Cécile Latapy +13 more
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TECHNICAL STUDY OF THE LATE 19th CENTURY CREDENZA
The credenza is part of the art collection donated to the Art and Restoration Department of the University of Dubrovnik by the late Mrs. Kate Lubaj, an art connoisseur and philanthrope from Dubrovnik. It is a wooden historicism credenza from the last decade of the 19th century consisting of a lower commode with the granite stone slab on top and upper ...
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ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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