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Cellularity of Routinely Prepared Cell Blocks: Insights From an International Study
This study revealed marked variability in the proportion of poorly cellular cell blocks among preparation methods and laboratories, highlighting the need for improved processing and regular monitoring of cell block adequacy. ABSTRACT Objective Formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded (FFPE) cell blocks (CBs) are widely used for processing cytology specimens ...
Irena Srebotnik Kirbis +36 more
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Abecedar - the Macedonian Primer for Aegean Macedonians
The text of the book is voluminous and it is composed of a preface, introduction, three parts, epilogue and an index (personarum & rerum). The First and the Second part are divided into several sections. Each section contains source texts, student essays and talks (interviews). The texts elucidate the aspects of the dispute, the essays outline students’
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Infrastructure expansion, tourism and electoral outcomes
Abstract This paper examines the electoral impact of economic growth through increased foreign tourism using data from Croatia. To identify causal effects, the paper applies an instrumental variable strategy, which uses variation in the ruggedness of the local terrain to estimate the network of least‐cost paths.
Adrian Mehic
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The Vardar Valley emerged as a key Balkan center for opium and tobacco cultivation under Ottoman and later Yugoslav rule. White poppies yielded high-morphine opium, largely exported for pharmaceutical purposes. In interwar Yugoslavia, small growers were exploited by Salonika speculators until PRIZAD, established in 1930, centralized pricing, quality ...
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Individualism and working from home
Abstract We show that culturally transmitted individualism is an important determinant of working from home (WFH). Using individual‐level data from the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we compare immigrants and their descendants from different cultural backgrounds residing in the same location.
Jan Bietenbeck +2 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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ABSTRACT This paper aims to investigate Europe's transition towards sustainability. We explore the role of FinTech, financial inclusion, green innovation, renewable energy, and natural resource rents on carbon dioxide emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, and the ecological footprint. This paper applies a panel dataset of 31 European countries from 2004
Aisha K. Almuhailan +3 more
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‘There Is No Such Thing’—Meaningful Human Contact in Prison Under International Law
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the notion of ‘meaningful human contact’ as expressed in the Mandela Rules 2015 (United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners—SMRs) through fieldwork carried out in Scottish prisons via a letter‐writing project.
Deborah Russo
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ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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