This paper investigates the extent to which the duration and the receipt of social assistance (SA) are linked between parents and children in Germany. Several related questions are addressed. Does parents’ SA duration increase the future welfare dependency of children? Given exposure of welfare at home, are daughters more likely to live on SA later on than sons? Are there any differences in the...

BACKGROUND To date, at least 40 different alleles O have been characterized on the basis of exon 6 and exon 7 sequences but not always for intron 6. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Among 415 individuals, from four continents (Africa, Europe, South America, and Asia), studied for exon 6 and exon 7 sequences, we selected 46 individuals (of respective phenotypes O [39], AB [3], B [3], or A [1]) for seq...

Pair-fed rats were given diets containing 250 ppm added Cu with or without 5% Senecio jacobaea (S J), a poisonous plant containing the highly toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). Levels of Cu, Zn and Fe were determined in whole liver, kidney, spleen, serum and subcellular fractions of liver. Serum ceruloplasmin and hematocrit values were also obtained. At 5 wk, a 7.5-fold increase in liver Cu wa...

In this study we analyzed the complete genomic sequences, except intron 1, and 2 regulatory regions of 6 common (ABO*A101, ABO*A201, ABO*B101, ABO*O01, ABO*O02, and ABO*O03) and 18 rare ABO alleles, 3 of which were new. This was done by phylogenetic analysis and correlating sequence data with the ABO phenotypes. The study revealed multiple polymorphisms in noncoding regions. The intron-based ph...

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Abstract We illustrate the role of left tail dependence—left mean (LTM)—in equity risk premium (ERP) predictability. LTM measures average pairwise dependency among major sectors incorporating shocks imperceptible at aggregate level. LTM, as well variance premium, significantly predicts ERP in and out sample, which is not case with commonly used predictors. find this predictability result procyc...

This study investigates how the Psychological Capital (PsyCap) of small and medium enterprises (SME) leaders has influenced their strategic responses, ultimately impacting performance companies, during COVID-19 pandemic. Embedded within research on behavioral micro-foundations in strategy, based resource-based theory (RBT) individual entrepreneur as well positive organizational behavior literat...

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