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Optimal security limits of RFID distance bounding protocols [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, we classify the RFID distance bounding protocols having bitwise fast phases and no final signature. We also give the theoretical security bounds for two specific classes, leaving the security bounds for the general case as an open problem.
Avoine, Gildas +5 more
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Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London [PDF]
, 2020 This article offers a case study of the adaptation strategies of a section of second-generation young male Alevi Kurds in London and the social conditions which make some of them more prone to join gangs and to reject mainstream institutions in their ...
Cetin, U., Cetin, U.
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Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
The Review of Economic Studies, 2017 We document that the spread of the Mafia in Sicily at the end of the 19th century was in part caused by the rise of socialist Peasant Fasci organizations.
Daron Acemoglu, Giuseppe De Feo, G. Luca
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Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge +4 more
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Cosa Nostra e a sociedade siciliana: a lição de Giovanni Falcone na luta contra a máfia
Dilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle SocialGiovanni Falcone, magistrado italiano nascido em 1939, dedicou sua vida ao combate à máfia, especialmente a Cosa Nostra. Junto a Paolo Borsellino, lutou contra o crime organizado, conduzindo o Maxiprocesso, que comprovou a estrutura hierárquica da máfia ...
Francesco Guerra +1 more
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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni +2 more
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Journal of Field Ornithology, 2022 Most host species of the obligate brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) accept foreign eggs and offspring despite the associated reproductive costs.
Abbigail M. Turner +2 more
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Fragmented Laws, Contingent Choices: The Tragicomedy of the Village Commons in China [PDF]
, 2019 Defining the direct conflict between law and social norms as a tragedy and their reconciliation as a comedy, this paper serves as a case study of the mixture of tragedies and comedies of collective land governance in China.
Qiao, Shitong
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Performance matters more than masculinity: violence, gender dynamics and mafia women [PDF]
, 2016 Narrating the stories of Italian mafia women and classifying their performance, this study shows that mafiosi masculinity creates a violent social atmosphere for women.
Cayli, Baris
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
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