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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
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, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the detection of small brain lesions in magnetic resonance using deep learning. [PDF]

Front Neurosci
Nogales A, Sicilia MÁ, de la Pinta C, García-Barriocanal E, García-Tejedor ÁJ, Guadalupe D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

NextGenerationEU Landing: Assessing the Territorial Allocation of Italy's Recovery and Resilience Facility Funding

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to the COVID‐19 crisis, the European Union introduced NextGenerationEU, its largest stimulus package to date. We focus on Italy, the program's largest beneficiary, and analyse the territorial distribution of funds. Although centrally coordinated, most expenditures were awarded through calls and implemented by local governments ...
Francesco Scotti, Carlo Caporali, Davide Luca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the relation between social media, dating app use and body image dimensions: A cross-country study. [PDF]

Br J Health Psychol
Lo Coco G, Rodgers R, Harris EA, Markey C, Sicilia A, Aimé A, Dion J, Salerno L, Hayami-Chisuwa N, White HJ, Plateau CR, Granero-Gallegos A, Maïano C, Manzoni GM, Pietrabissa G, Bégin C, Blackburn MÉ, Strodl E, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, McCabe M.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Cross‐Sectional Study on Parakeets Feeding and Housing Practices in Italy

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Italy has one of the largest companion bird populations in Europe. This study aimed to investigate feeding and housing practices among Italian parakeet owners. An online questionnaire was distributed, yielding 433 voluntary responses. Participants were classified as hobbyists (HBY; ≤ 13 birds owned) or breeders (BRD; > 13 birds owned) to ...
Erdem Danyer, Daniele Lauria, Davide Stefanutti, Diego Cattarossi, Rebecca Ricci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of Cytokine Modulation and Inflammatory Cascade in Bio-stimulatory Skin Rejuvenation: A Comprehensive Literature Review of Poly-L-Lactic Acid, Calcium Hydroxyapatite, Polycaprolactone, and Poly-D, L-Lactic Acid. [PDF]

Cureus
Flores Rodríguez JC, Rosengaus Leizgold FE, Cárdenas Sicilia N, Porras Zamora BM, Merino Arellano R, Rico Macías NM, Cabello Martínez SS.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

California's vernal‐pool mousetails (Myosurus, Ranunculaceae): Phylogenetic analysis of ddRADseq data, hybridization tests, and species delimitation

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
We present the first phylogenetic analysis of the Californian species of Myosurus. Our ddRADseq analysis reveals considerably more diversity than what was recognized in recent floristic treatments. Myosurus minimus subsp. apus was found to be a rare species restricted to Southern California and northwestern Baja California.
R. Douglas Stone, J. Travis Columbus, Aaron E. Sims   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of Rat Hepatitis E Virus Circulation through Wastewater Surveillance, Central Argentina. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Filoni B, Lucero ME, Di Cola G, Fantilli A, Roccia A, Sicilia P, Luque L, Cachi A, de Los Ángeles Marinzalda M, Castro G, Masachessi G, Ré V, Pisano MB.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Motor Sequence Learning Under Sleep Deprivation

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep deprivation (SD) compromises declarative memory encoding and subsequent consolidation, yet its consequences for the acquisition of new motor skill learning remain unknown. Forty‐eight healthy adults underwent either one night of total SD or normal sleep and were tested the next morning using a multimodal approach combining psychomotor ...
Guillaume Digonet, Thomas Lapole, Juliette Gélébart, Jérémie Bouvier, Mélanie Prudent, Vincent Pialoux, Maxime Pingon, Emeric Stauffer, Ursula Debarnot   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disease Activity Are Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Crohn's Disease. [PDF]

Adv Ther
Spagnolo G, Ferrarese D, Di Vincenzo F, Iaccarino J, Murgiano M, Vecchione M, Sicilia G, Napolitano D, D'Onofrio AM, Gasbarrini A, Camardese G, Chieffo DPR, Scaldaferri F.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source