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How Successful Have Trade Unions Been? A Utility-Based Indicator of Union Well-Being [PDF]
Can conventional economic analysis help in defining and measuring the success of labor unions? In this paper, a general indicator of union welfare is proposed and particular expressions for the wage and employment objectives of unions are rearranged to ...
Pencavel, John
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Clustering European Welfare Systems through a Performance Index [PDF]
, 2016 We construct a composite performance indicator to assess the relative performance of welfare policies in the EU countries. We show that the variability of performances cannot be explained only by the amount of resources devoted to social policies, but ...
ANTONELLI, MARIA ALESSANDRA +1 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo +2 more
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Poultry Science, 2019 Previous research has shown that the transect walks (TW) method provide a practical and effective approach to welfare assessment in broiler and turkey farms.
V. Ferrante +6 more
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GDP DILEMMA ANALYZED IN TERMS OF CORRELATION BETWEEN LISBON INDEX AND GDP PER CAPITA [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to analyze the correlation between the index of Lisbon in 2010 and GDP per capita in 43 countries, in order to determine whether exist or not a direct and close correlation between the two indicators.
Diana Mihaiu, Mihai Tichindelean
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Lessons from the Field: Striving for Transformative Change at the Stuart Foundation [PDF]
, 2009 The Stuart Foundation's Child Welfare Program provides a compelling example of what can be accomplished by a foundation that has clear goals, coherent, well-implemented strategies, and relevant performance indicators. This case study describes how Stuart
Judith A. Ross
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo +4 more
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Skin lesion monitoring at slaughter on heavy pigs (170 kg): Welfare indicators and ham defects
PLoS ONE, 2018 In order to evaluate at the slaughterhouse external carcass lesions on heavy pigs (170 kg) as potential welfare indicators, and the prevalence of ham defects determining ham exclusion from Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) markets, 732 pig batches ...
M. Bottacini +6 more
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Welfare Rankings From Multivariate Data, A Non-Parametric Approach [PDF]
Economic and Social Welfare is inherently multidimensional. However choosing a measure which combines several indicators is difficult and may have unintended and undesireable effects on the incentives for policymakers.
Andrew Leicester +2 more
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