The patterns of partnership formation and dissolution, childbearing and parenting in the UNECE during the 1990s are often heterogeneous, with fundamental differences between nations. However, if we want to characterise the unifying direction, we can use a single keyword: postponement. In general, with some exceptions, key demographic events, and more specifically events leading to the formation...

On 12 November 2021, the European Commission (‘EC’) published a consultation document on strengthening quality of corporate reporting and its enforcement by addressing shortcomings in underlying ecosystem. The duties this EC initiative include examining role that internal controls can play achieving high standard reporting. present article examines existing in-control regime United States wheth...

Background: Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder which is characterised by cutaneous and internal organ fibrosis. Raynaud’s phenomenon is the earliest feature and may precede the onset of the disease by months to years. The heart, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and other organs may be involved. Our aim was to evaluate skin thickness and echogenicity in systemic...

Metabarcoding has become a powerful approach to study biodiversity from environmental samples but it is still prone some pitfalls. Several papers have called for good practice in design, data production and analyses ensure repeatability comparability between studies. Notably, the importance of mock community samples, negative controls, replicates frequently highlighted (Alberdi et al. 2018, O'R...

ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the association between Internal Control Weaknesses (or Deficiencies - ICDs) and Audit Quality (AQ). The article fills a gap in national literature, as it provides evidence of an reported ICDs main AQ proxies. is relevant because evinces lack contemporary listed Brazilian companies, but found lagged these variables. Unlike prior studies, was observed that pr...

Cohort studies of adverse reproductive effects of occupational exposures that compare the outcome of exposed pregnancies with non-exposed pregnancies among the same group of mothers (internal controls) and among a different group of mothers (external controls) have been reviewed. Confounding of the hypothesised associations by parental characteristics, the outcome of previous pregnancies, and o...

This paper examines how differences in the bargaining power of husband and wife affect the distribution of consumption expenditures in rural Bangladeshi households. Two alternative measures of assets are used: current assets and the value of assets brought to marriage. Results show that both assets at marriage and current assets are strongly determined by the human capital of husband and wife a...