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Two populations mean-field monomer-dimer model

open access: yes, 2017
A two populations mean-field monomer-dimer model including both hard-core and attractive interactions between dimers is considered. The pressure density in the thermodynamic limit is proved to satisfy a three-dimensional variational principle. A detailed
Alberici, Diego, Mingione, Emanuele
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Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public ceremony and private belief: the role of religion in the Scots law of marriage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Historically, religion has played an important role in the legal regulation of marriage in Scotland, with canon law prior to 1560 governing the personal aspects of marriage: formation of marriage, capacity to marry and issues relating to nullity ...
Mair, J.
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Anti‐NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma: A case series and literature review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 23-30, April 2025.
Abstract Autoimmune encephalitis is a group of disorders characterized by symptoms of dysfunction of the limbic and extra‐limbic systems that occur in association with antibodies against intracellular antigens, synapses, or proteins located on the surface of nerve cells. Anti‐NMDA (N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate) receptor encephalitis was first described in 2007
Pham Ba Nha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lex Orandi, Lex Operandi: The Relationship of Worship and Work in the Early Church [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
(Excerpt) We are all familiar with the famous dictum of Prosper of Aquitaine, who in the fifth century coined the axiom, lex orandi, lex credendi. I propose a variation on this principle by suggesting lex orandi, lex operandi, the law of prayer gives ...
Volz, Carl A
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Effects from a single application of photobiomodulation on pain intensity from perineal trauma related to childbirth: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To analyze the effects of a single photobiomodulation (PBM) application on perineal pain and healing in women in the immediate postpartum period. Methods Randomized controlled trial, double‐blind, two‐center, with 60 postpartum women with perineal trauma and pain scoring 4 or more on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS).
Edna Jéssica Lima Gondim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marriage and Assortative Matching in Rural Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the determinants of human and physical capital at marriage. Using detailed data from rural Ethiopia, we Ãnd ample evidence of assortative matching at marriage.
Agnes Quisumbing, Marcel Fafchamps
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Polygyny and family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa: representation and reality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
1. Significance/background Polygyny is rarely, if ever, included in family planning (FP) messaging in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though the region has the world’s highest rates of polygyny.
Coast, Ernestina, Corker, Jamaica
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Associations between Nugent‐bacterial vaginosis and preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural northwestern Bangladesh

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Bacterial vaginosis, defined by Nugent score (Nugent‐BV), has been associated with preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, few studies have longitudinally described the associations between Nugent‐BV and adverse pregnancy outcomes at varying times in pregnancy.
Daniel J. Erchick   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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