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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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Banking on Basel : an alternative for capital requirements [PDF]
Equity capital represents a bank’s net worth—the difference between its assets and liabilities. Put another way, it’s the value of assets financed by the bank’s owners, rather than depositors or other sources of funds.
Kenneth J. Robinson, Kory Killgo
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Sex‐Specific Genetic Architecture of ALS: Evidence of a Female Protective Effect?
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shows sex differences in incidence and age of onset, yet the underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methods We investigated sex‐specific genetic architecture in an Italian ALS cohort with whole‐genome sequencing (1,333 ALS cases, 755 controls).
Maurizio Grassano +20 more
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Economic Valuation Models for Insurers [PDF]
Recently much attention has been given to the approaches insurers undertake in valuing their liabilities and assets. For example, in 1994 the American Academy of Actuaries created a Fair Valuation of Liabilities Task Force to address the issue.
Craig Merrill, David F. Babbel
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Tax Credits Contingent Liabilities Brief July 31, 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 The Tax Credits Contingent Liabilities Report was created by the Tax Research and Program Analysis Section of the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR) for the benefit of the Revenue Estimating Conference (REC).
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The M2 Phase of Free‐Standing Ga‐Doped VO2 Single Crystals Over Wide Temperature Ranges
Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.Upon heating, the free‐standing crystal Ga 0.04V0.96O2(6) transits abruptly from the T‐phase to the M2‐phase at 295.5 K and from the M2‐phase to the R‐phase at 358 K with no coexisting phases. Resistive switching related to these first‐order transitions is exhibited by low current R(T), DC, and pulsed I–V plots under fixed ambient temperature ...
Larisa Patlagan +4 more
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Fair value and accounting standard for financial instrument
EIRP Proceedings, 2009 The measurement of assets and liabilities at fair value, with its subsequent gains or lossesrecognized in profit or loss, should be limited to financial investments that are readily convertible into cash orcash equivalents in active markets, and are not ...
Holban (Oncioiu) Ionica +1 more
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The income implications of rising U.S. international liabilities [PDF]
Although the United States has seen its net liabilities surge in recent years, its investment income balance has remained positive-largely because U.S. firms operating abroad earn a higher rate of return than do foreign firms operating here.
Cedric Tille +2 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.We describe the functional anatomy of masticatory muscles in nine opossums, finding a generalized anatomical pattern with differences related to skull morphology. Variation in quantitative myological data and estimated bite force was mostly related to size, and the increase in bite force supports dietary diversification associated with size increase ...
Juann A. F. H. Abreu, Diego Astúa
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