We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of temporary agency work prior to the crisis. Overall, our results suggest that establishments with a gr...

Scanning recent news sources, anyone preparing for the upcoming celebration of Christmas might wonder how exactly we can manage to celebrate wholeheartedly in a global climate of terrorist attacks, massive migrations of traumatized war victims and economic refugees, and generalized fear for the future. Commentators, syndicated columnists and political cartoonists in recent times have highlighte...

Abstract The proposal introduces the theme of communicative resilience exhibitions during Pandemic Era. On March 7, 2020, Italy and its museums, as well countless housed in their rooms, were closed leaving hundreds, perhaps thousands, works without public: from paintings Raphael (Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale), to tables Griffoni Polyptych assembled after three hundred years (Bologna, Palazzo Fa...

Amid the renewed concern in the last several years about the potential for life science research to facilitate the spread of disease, a central plank of the policy response has been to enact processes for assessing the risks and benefits of "research of concern." The recent controversy regarding a proposed redaction of work on the modification of a H5N1 avian influenza virus is perhaps the most...

The numbers of papers published between 1966 and 1990 which could be of relevance to a histopathologist were assessed. The search for papers was conducted under 18 medical subject headings using the CD-Plus Medline computerised database for the years 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986 and 1990. Between 1966 and 1990 16 categories showed an increase in the number of indexed papers and in 11 of these the inc...