the present study seeks to find out whether or not higher scores of bilingual and multilingual speakers in raven’s intelligence test owe a debt to their bi/ multilingualism. to this end, 50 abridged versions of raven’s test were randomly distributed among a population of almost 200 freshman university students out of which forty four booklets were returned at the end of administration sessions....

Values at stake in security agenda Lisa Eckenwiler et al. (737–738) discuss the unintended health impacts of counterterrorism policies and practices. Treating paediatric tuberculosis Meaghann S Weaver et al. (700–711) analyse the design, delivery and outcomes of interventions to improve treatment adherence in low-resource settings. Selecting essential medicines Corrina Moucheraud et al. (693–69...

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a r t i c l e i n f o Deserts are often neglected in what concerns conservation funding. Ecotourism, an alternative land-use with ability to preserve threatened biodiversity, is also less developed in these arid lands. Since ecotourism can constitute a complementary approach to natural and cultural resources and to local economy development, more investment should be allocated to desert ecotour...

The production of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D) in the liver is dependent on vitamin D obtained from the diet and from exposure to UV light. UV rays stimulate the conversion of provitamin D in the skin to vitamin D, making it available to the liver for hydroxylation to 25(OH)D. The circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D are considered to be reflective of the individual’s total vitamin D ex...

A fast-growing theoretical literature on the political economy of reform has provided a sizable collection of models that have deepened our understanding concerning how distributional conflict manifests itself in the political process and can prevent efficiency-enhancing economic reform from taking place (see e.g., Allan Drazen [2000 Ch. 10, 13] for an insightful review). Unfortunately, systema...