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Abstract This study examines the role of nonprofit organisations established and operated by Arab citizens of Israel that work with youth in government policies aimed at integrating the Arab population and addressing community violence. Using content analysis of government documents and interviews, we investigate how this co‐production is evident in ...
Jawad Abu Younis, Anna Uster, Itai Beeri
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Does fiscal consolidation hurt economic growth? Empirical evidence from Spanish regions
This article brings empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified by three reasons.
Lago-Peñas Santiago+3 more
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Aim/purpose – The aim of the paper is to compare the statistical picture of aging of the urban population of the Wielkopolskie Province in terms of two typologies: TERYT and DEGURBA.
Klimanek Tomasz, Filas-Przybył Sylwia
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Holographic mesons in various dimensions [PDF]
We calculate the spectrum of fluctuations of a probe Dk-brane in the background of N Dp-branes, for k=p,p+2,p+4 and p< 5. The result corresponds to the mesonic spectrum of a (p+1)-dimensional super-Yang-Mills (SYM) theory coupled to `dynamical quarks', i.
A. Armoni+47 more
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Abstract Ancient Maya texts are informationally dominated by hieroglyphic inscriptions and visually dominated by figural art with distinctly formed hands. The hands suggest iconographically embedded hand signs, which would constitute a unique modality of semantic expression and a discourse complement to hieroglyphic writing.
Rich A. Sandoval
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The socio-economic development of municipalities is defined by a set of indicators in a period of interest and can be analyzed as a multivariate time series. It is important to know which municipalities have similar socio-economic development trends when
Gružauskas Valentas+3 more
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Effect of interlamellar spacing on the elastoplastic behavior of C70 pearlitic steel: Experimental results and self-consistent modeling [PDF]
The effect of pearlite microstructure characteristics on strength and deformation of C70 pearlitic steel was investigated. Tensile tests under X-ray diffraction coupled with self-consistent model have been used to identify the role of interlamellar ...
BACZMANSKI, Andrzej+3 more
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Active employees in the future workplace: From job crafting to selfergetic job crafting
Abstract The job crafting theory implies, but does not explicitly present the relationship between the self and the job. To fill the gap, we theorize upon the holistic view of the self, and selfergy, a new concept reflecting the unique manner by which employees craft their jobs. Based on the principles of the self‐determination theory, we have advanced
Louiza Paraskevopoulou+3 more
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Mutation of the silicon efflux transporter gene BEC1 in cucumber impaired silicon uptake, resulting in fruits lacking bloom, the white powdery layer on fruits, and compromising stress resistance. Grafting bec1 scions onto bloom‐competent rootstocks restored the silicon accumulation and stress resistance, while maintaining the bloomless phenotype ...
Changxuan Xia+9 more
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Background: The paper focusses on the efficiency evaluation of the EU-28 NUTS 2 regions production process according to the concept of the Regional Competitiveness Index 2013.
Hančlová Jana, Melecký Lukáš
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