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A Privilege That Can Be Withdrawn: Regulation of Exit in Russia and Other Post‐Soviet Republics
International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT The former Soviet Union's restrictions on citizens' foreign travel or emigration were notoriously draconian. Yet what replaced them in the fifteen independent states of the post‐Soviet region has not been well analysed. Outside the Baltic republics, the monolithic and prohibitive policies of the Soviet past have given way to a patchwork of ...
Matthew Light, Leonid Kosals
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The dishonest disposition and everyday economic criminality of the British public
Journal of Economic CriminologyThis paper is concerned with the everyday economic crimes of ordinary people. Although dishonesty is a core characteristic of these offences, we are not aware of any prior research that examines the direct, relationship between dishonest attitude and ...
David Shepherd +2 more
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The Churchill betting tax, 1926-30: a historical and economic perspective [PDF]
, 2014 This paper examines British Government policy with regard to the taxation of betting, from a historical and economic perspective. The taxation of betting is traced to the introduction in 1926 of a tax on betting turnover by the Chancellor of the ...
Vaughan Williams, L
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Avian Influenza: Myth or Mass Murder?
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2005 The purpose of the present article was to determine whether avian influenza (AI) is capable of causing a pandemic. Using research from a variety of medical journals, books and texts, the present paper evaluates the probability of the AI virus ...
Carol Louie
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POLITYCZNO-MILITARNE ASPEKTY ATAKU CIEŚNIN TURECKICH W ŚWIETLE PLANU CHURCHILLA–CARDENA
Studia Maritima, 2017 Since the beginning of the WWI Royal Navy suffered from many heavy defeats which evoked a strong wave of public criticism against the Board of Admiralty for its inability. Having been worried about his position, the first lord of the Admiralty Winston
Zygmunt Stefan Zalewski
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Tutorials: Resource Instruction for Distance Learners [PDF]
, 2014 Academic librarians, devoted to providing resources and services for learners, find both opportunity and challenge in the continuing growth of online programs in higher education.
Greenlee, Pamela
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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 58, Issue 6, Page 290-299, December 2025.ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Missing the Target: A Scoping Review of the Use of Percent Weight Loss for Obesity Management
Obesity Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 11, November 2025.ABSTRACT Introduction To co‐create comprehensive targets for obesity management, we need to understand the genesis and current use of percent weight loss targets in research. The goals of our scoping review are to (1) synthesize the literature on percent weight loss targets for adults with obesity and (2) discuss the percent weight loss targets in ...
Diana Sherifali +20 more
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International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2019 Previous research has shown that a MALDI-MS technique can be used to screen for sickle cell disease (SCD), and that a system combining automated sample preparation, MALDI-MS analysis and classification software is a relevant approach for first-line, high-
Marven El Osta +5 more
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Changing tax for the self-employed [PDF]
The government’s overhaul of the direct tax system, including the 1984 reforms to the Corporation Tax, the introduction of Independent Taxation and in 1993, the introduction of ‘pay and file’ for companies, has so far left the taxation of the self ...
Edward Whitehouse, Graeme Macdonald
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