Hope and love are popular themes of literature and art in many human societies. The human physiology of love and hope is less well understood. This review presents evidence that the lack of love and/or hope delays growth disturbs development and maturati
Collective bargaining over labour conditions between unions and employers is a key labour market institution in democratic societies, guaranteed by international and national law. Its coverage, organization and impact have varied over time and across cou
The environmental dimension covers issues related to the use of natural resources, the effect companies have on the environment on both the local and global scale, and how companies work on reducing their emissions from their own operations and throughout their supply chains. The social dimension ...
In our tests that examine what determines variation in firms' investment in STI, we also consider the effect on this investment of a firm's likelihood of defaulting on its debt. We expect that when this likelihood is higher a firm holds its cash reserves in very liquid assets, such as tho...
This might be observed, for instance, by mass spectral imaging, or by other spectroscopic techniques that can effect spatially distinct chemical imaging, and has been (e.g., 26, 27, 28). Such heterogeneity can lead to distributions of drugs in tissues that differ widely, despite the same ...
2. Much of the above discussion has been about single organizational changes without considering in detail the interactive effect of multiple types of changes simultaneously. In addition, some changes require other changes nested under them in order for another change to proceed. For example, putting...
Secondly, the effect of material, employment-related and behavioural factors on mortality may differ. For example, unemployment is more strongly related to mortality for men than for women, which may be the result of employment status being more central to men’s identities than to women’s [...
During the synthesis of the results, studies that fulfilled any of the criteria in the category ‘high’ (e.g. effect modifiers not considered) were not excluded from the synthesis as was written in the protocol [33]. Instead, their effect on results was tested by excluding them from the ...
action. In Britain, drilling efforts have run into the skepticism of local planning departments as well as sporadic protests [1]. France has kept a ban on fracking [2]. Germany has not yet agreed to allow the exploration necessary to confirm whether the country’s geology is promising [3]...
In relation to this discussion on power, it must be noted that the aviation industry is highly focused on safety, where a major fatal accident can sometimes mean the financial ruin of an airline, and any such major accident can have a significant effect on the economic ‘bottom line’ of ...