This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of finn formation in two major West Gennan industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in finn fonnation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and employment structure on the emergence of new firms. The results are consistent with the existence of l...

Throughout its short history, federal relations in Russia have been dominated by extra-legal political and economic relations rather than constitutionalism and the rule of law. The Russian Federation’s unique blend of constitutional, socioeconomic, and political asymmetry, far from promoting democracy, has bolstered authoritarian regimes in the regions. Federalism and regional democracy have al...

background breast augmentation is the most frequent procedure performed according to the 2009 quick facts report of the american society of plastic surgeons. this study presents the periareolar extra-glandular breast augmentation. methods from 2004 to 2010 among 32 female patients, peri-areolar incision was performed for breast augmentation. dissection was performed in subcutaneous plane toward...

Small cell carcinoma (SCC) is derived from neuroendocrine cells primarily found in the lung. Extra-pulmonary SCC is relatively rare, comprising <5% of all SCCs. Most extra-pulmonary SCCs are found in the gastrointestinal tract; however, SCC of the rectum is extremely rare. The tumour biology of rectal SCC is similar to that of pulmonary SCC, an aggressive tumour that results in frequent distant...

Abstract We consider a large population dynamic game in discrete time where players are characterized by time-evolving types. It is natural assumption that the players’ actions cannot anticipate future values of their Such games go under name Cournot-Nash equilibria , and were first studied Acciaio et al. (SIAM J Control Optim 59:2273–2300, 2021), as time/information dependent version devised B...

EU’s Energy security and trade depend, to a large extent, on sea-based transport relying on open sea lines of communication and Maritime Security. The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region has supplied 13 per cent of oil and six per cent of total EU28 consumption. Between 2003 and January 2015, piracy in the GoG accounted for 31 per cent of attacks (616 of 1,965) in African waters. With that proportion o...

The freedom of navigation in the South China Sea has drawn an extensive international concern in recent years. The main reasons leading to skepticism are the disputes in the South China Sea over islands sovereignty and maritime delimitation, extra-regional state’s intervention, and some ASEAN member states’ wish to countervail China with the help of extra-regional states. In fact there is no pr...

Pheochromocytoma is one of the potentially fatal causes of childhood hypertension. The study aims to analyze the results of our experiences in pheochromocytomas and the long-term results of its surgical treatment in children. The records of 15 children (11 boys, 4 girls) treated for pheochromocytoma in our unit during the period of 1984 and 2002 were reviewed retrospectively. The average age at...

Public funding of university and company-based R&D centres of excellence is widespread both in core and more peripheral regions in the hope of generating local knowledge spillovers. In this paper we examine one such initiative involving the establishment of 18 publicly funded R&D centres. Based on data from a real-time monitoring study, we explore the development of the centres‘ external connec...

the aim of this study was to describe and assess general anthropometric measurements and somatotypes of elite male players of iran adult handball national team and to compare these measurements with those of european elite players in different positions. 19 elite handball players of iran national handball team including goalkeepers (n=4), wing (n=4), center backs (n=2), pivots (n=2) and backs (...