Money Laundering and Illegal Trafficking of Waste: Evidence From Italian Provinces
ABSTRACT Money laundering and waste‐related crimes are widely studied by the literature. However, little attention has been paid to the connection between the latter and the former. Using Italian data at the provincial level, the analysis presented here shows that waste‐related crimes also generate illegal proceeds that increase the flows of dirty ...
Emanuele Lucca +2 more
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Claiming the Isle? Islandness and Territorial Demands
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between insularity and territorial demands, focusing on whether island territories are more likely to support regionalist and secessionist parties. To address this question, we compare electoral support for such parties across island and mainland territories using a large‐N dataset.
Pau Torres, Marc Sanjaume‐Calvet
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Comparative Genome Mining of <i>Jiangella</i> sp. GA3 from Turtle-Ingested Plastic Reveals Conserved Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. [PDF]
Baviera R +3 more
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The Heterogeneous Regional Employment Effects of Environmental Policies
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of Environmental Policies—measured by the OECD Environmental Policy Stringency Index (EPS)—on employment in 349 regions across 26 countries from 1990 to 2020. We find that more stringent EPS have short‐term negative effects on regional employment, which disappear in the medium term.
Luca Bettarelli +4 more
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(Dis-)Empowering Motivational Climate and Social Physique Anxiety in Physical Education: Is There a Gender Difference? [PDF]
Granero-Gallegos A +3 more
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Summary Purple dye was an iconic status symbol in the ancient Mediterranean, yet tracing the expansion and shift of production from the Aegean to the Levant encounters substantial methodological difficulties. Using Tel Shiqmona – a unique industrial centre with a continuous Iron Age sequence – as an archaeological benchmark, this study defines detailed
Golan Shalvi
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Evaluation of an Automated Cartridge-Based PCR Assay for the Detection of <i>Leishmania</i> spp. DNA in Canine Lymph Node Samples. [PDF]
Spada E +9 more
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FROM SCANDINAVIA TO THE LEVANT: THE LATE BRONZE AGE METAL TRADE AND NURAGIC SARDINIA
Summary A growing body of evidence suggests that Nuragic Sardinia played a role, as yet poorly understood, in the metal trade between Scandinavia, Atlantic Europe, and the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age. Provenance studies based on lead isotope and chemical analyses of copper‐based – and to a minor extent lead – artefacts from both continental ...
Serena Sabatini
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Pharmacotherapeutic Optimization in a Polymedicated Patient Through Coordinated Pharmaceutical Intervention: A Community Pharmacy Case Report. [PDF]
Vera Peña A +5 more
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Transparency or Access? E‐Procurement's Two Paths to Integrity: Evidence From Italy
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether e‐procurement adoption is associated with procedural competition and transparency, two core components of procurement integrity. Using award‐level microdata for Italian regional contracting authorities (2019–2023), we analyze a period preceding the legal obligation of full‐cycle digital procurement, when the use of ...
Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta +2 more
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