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How Rich is Too Rich? Measuring the Riches Line [PDF]
Social Indicators Research, 2020 AbstractIs it possible to identify a ‘riches line’, distinguishing the ‘rich’ from the ‘super-rich’? Recent work in political philosophy suggests that this istheoreticallypossible. This study examines for the first time theempiricalplausibility of a riches line, based on novel data collected from a representative sample of the Dutch population.
Ingrid Robeyns +4 more
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Neuron, 2007 A study in Nature by Fischer et al. shows that environmental enrichment or increasing histone acetylation rescue the ability to form new memories and re-establish access to remote memories even in the presence of brain degeneration. Chromatin remodeling may be the final gate environmental enrichment opens to enhance plasticity and represents a ...
PIZZORUSSO, TOMMASO +2 more
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An Embarrassment of Riches [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2014 I applaud the efforts of Holmes et al ( Pediatrics 2014;133:766–768) to provide guidance to clinicians asked to write narrative evaluations of medical students. As the authors correctly point out, thoughtful comments “provide meaningful feedback to the student about performance, and formulate strong statements for the Medical Student Performance ...
Klein, Mark, Convertino, Gregorio
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European Journal of Combinatorics, 2009 In this paper, we study combinatorial and structural properties of a new class of finite and infinite words that are 'rich' in palindromes in the utmost sense. A characteristic property of so-called "rich words" is that all complete returns to any palindromic factor are themselves palindromes.
Glen, A. +3 more
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Environment Conservation Journal, 2012 Species diversity along altitudinal and latitudinal gradient differs in different tree layers at different scales. Thirteen community groups characterized by different dominants in the tree layer were encountered within an altitudinal range of 580 m asl
Anil K. Raina, Neeraj Sharma
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Fire Effects on Understory Forest Regeneration in Southern Amazonia
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020 Fire in tropical forests increases tree mortality, degrades forest structure, and reduces carbon stocks. Currently, there are large gaps in understanding how fire affects understory forest structure and composition, interactions with fire recurrence, and
Nayane Cristina Candida dos Santos Prestes +15 more
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Do the Rich Vote Conservative Because They Are Rich? [PDF]
Review of Economics and Institutions, 2010 Political economics predicts that the rich oppose redistribution and vote for conservative parties. Although this seemingly fits the data well in most countries, I show that the relationship breaks down when we control for unobservable characteristics. Using Norwegian survey data, I study to what extent voting is caused by income.
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AnimalsHabitat loss and land-use intensification are major threats to biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, particularly for bat assemblages that provide key ecosystem services.
Ricardo Bovendorp +3 more
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Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. BiologiaThis study investigated cereal pests (wheat and barley) grown in southeastern Algeria’s arid climate. Using three sampling techniques (yellow pan traps and Pitfall traps, a comprehensive collection of insect specimens was obtained, comprising 2526 ...
Nourelhouda BAKROUNE +4 more
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South African Journal of Science, 2022 The ecological consequences of biodiversity loss are usually the reduction of ecosystem functions. These responses, however, differ depending on the type of land-use change and the ecological setting.
Khalid A.E. Eisawi +3 more
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