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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
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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Ripple Effects: Social Turmoil Following Infant Kidnapping Attempts in Wild Geladas
Graphical abstract illustrating the social consequences of infant kidnapping in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada). The study monitors a 28‐day period divided into a 14‐day pre‐kidnapping phase and a 14‐day post‐kidnapping phase. ABSTRACT Infant kidnapping is an extreme social disruption reported in some primate species, yet its consequences on social
Alice Galotti +13 more
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Throughout decades of partnership, the European Union (EU) has never opened a dialogue with Turkey regarding its refusal to recognise the 1915-1916 “genocide.” This paper evaluates this lack of action against a multilevel legal background: in bilateral ...
Pistoia Emanuela, Emanuela Pistoia
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This paper presents an annotated English translation of the rite of Vespers contained in the Melkite Alexandrian Arabic Book of Hours (Horologion) found in the 13th century Christian Arabic manuscript Sinai Arabic 232.
Andrew Wade
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Assonanze e dissonanze: le rime di Vincenzio Galilei e del padre Galileo
Il presente lavoro ha lo scopo di analizzare la produzione poetica del figlio di Galileo, Vincenzio Galilei, mettendola a confronto con i componimenti paterni.
Duccio Tognini +3 more
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Children with medical complexity: the change in the pediatric epidemiology
In the last years, epidemiological landscape of pediatric illness is changed; we are facing a progressive raising of the number of children affected by chronic illness (children with special health care needs [CSHCN]), mainly due to the amelioration in ...
Rino Agostiniani +2 more
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ABSTRACT In this paper, we continue the development of the Cartan neural networks programme, launched with three previous publications, by focusing on some mathematical foundational aspects that we deem necessary for our next steps forward. The mathematical and conceptual results are diverse and span various mathematical fields, but the inspiring ...
Pietro Fré +4 more
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We investigated the extent and composition of red panda (Ailurus Fulgens spp.) encounters amongst 150 global zoos and their impact on animal longevity and reproduction. Comparative data analysis suggests that encounter animals produced more offspring and had higher longevity (survival) than non‐encounter animals with differences noted between ...
Sarah L. Spooner +6 more
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Mario Garbuglia. Luce sulla scena. Ricordi di cinema e teatro.
Si tratta dell'Introduzione (di M. Pistoia) alle memorie dell'autore seguita da una Conversazione tra M.
Marco Pistoia
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The objective of our study was to compare the efficacy of sciatic and saphenous ultrasound nerve blocks with and without US-guided obturator nerve block in dogs undergoing tibial-plateau-levelling-osteotomy (TPLO) surgery. This study was developed in two
Chiara Di Franco +6 more
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