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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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Les Beati Paoli : genèse d’un mythe
D’après plusieurs collaborateurs de justice, les origines de la mafia sont à rechercher dans la secte des Beati Paoli, dont les mafieux prétendent être les descendants.
Francesco Valerio Tumbarello
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Taxonomic revision of the tropical African group of Carex subsect. Elatae (sect. Spirostachyae, Cyperaceae) [PDF]
The tropical African monophyletic group of Carex subsect. Elatae (sect. Spirostachyae) is distributed in continental tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene archipelago, and Bioko Island (32 km off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea ...
Escudero Lirio, Marcial +1 more
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Mezhep ve Mezhepçilik / Sect and Sectarianism / المذهب والمذهبية
Makalemiz mezheplilik ile mezhepçiliği birbirinden ayırmak suretiyle mezhepçi anlayışı tanımlamakta, sorunlu karakterini ortaya koymakta ve bu soruna çözümler önermektedir.
Mehmet Ali Büyükkara
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Using a clinical abdominal CT protocol, all three DECT techniques accurately quantified iodine. Rapid kV‐switching achieved the lowest detectable and quantifiable iodine concentrations, while dual‐layer DECT provided the highest normalised contrast‐to‐noise ratio on 40‐keV virtual monoenergetic images.
Chonsitron Sirituenlee +7 more
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Şii Teo-Politik Söylemin Zemini Olarak İmamet (Teori-Pratik)
Şia’da imamet, bir inanç esası olmasının yanı sıra bizzat günlük yaşama yansıyan bir politik söyleme sahiptir. Bu nedenle ilgi odağı olmuştur. Söz konusu ilgi sadece tarihsel ve nazari bir inanış biçimi açısından değil; aksine günümüz İran siyasetinin ...
Metin Bozan
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The background of this article is the emergence of new studies that argue about the origin of Walisongo and the school of faith (akidah) they adopted. On the other hand, historical writings about Walisongo are still dominated by many tales and legends ...
Kholili Hasib
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Hesperantha (sect. Hesperantha) sect. Hesperantha
Published as part of Goldblatt, P., Manning, J. C. & van Wyk, P. C. V., 2015, New species, combinations and range extensions in Hesperantha Ker Gawl. (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from western South Africa *, pp. 114-121 in South African Journal of Botany 98 on pages 118-119, DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.02.007, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Goldblatt, P. +2 more
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When Does Top Management Team Diversity Matter in Large Organizations?
ABSTRACT Top management teams (TMTs) drive strategic leadership, but there is little clarity on when the composition of these upper echelons most impacts organization performance. Drawing from the categorization‐elaboration model, we study an 18‐year sample of approximately 4500 organizations and over 32 000 executives and find a positive relationship ...
Frances Fabian +2 more
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