Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?

Constipation and LUTS - how do they affect each other?

CONTEXT Urinary bladder and rectum share a common embryological origin. Their autonomic and somatic innervations have close similarities. Moreover, the close proximity of these two organ systems could suggest that dysfunction in one may influence, also mechanically, the function of the other. Therefore, it is not surprising that defecation problems and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) occur ...

Competitiveness rankings of European countries : How much do they tell us ?

Peer passengers: how do they affect teen crashes?

PURPOSE The specific mechanisms by which peer passengers increase teen drivers' crash risk are not completely understood. We aimed to provide insight on the two primary hypothesized mechanisms, distraction and promotion of risk-taking behavior, for male and female teen drivers and further for select driver-passenger gender combinations. METHODS From the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation ...

How Do Government Mortgage Programs Affect Low-Income Neighborhoods

Acknowledgements I would first and foremost like to thank my thesis advisor, Daniel Fetter. This thesis would not be possible without him. I am very grateful for all the support, expertise, and patience he has offered me from the beginning. With his guidance I gained a deeper understanding of not only my topic but economics in general. I would also like to thank Kristin Butcher for her unending...

Universal Grammar and Chaos/Complexity Theory: Where Do They Meet And Where Do They Cross?

  Abstract The present study begins by sketching "Chaos/Complexity Theory" (C/CT) and its applica-tion to the nature of language and language acquisition. Then, the theory of "Universal Grammar" (UG) is explicated with an eye to C/CT. Firstly, it is revealed that CCT may or may not be allied with a theory of language acquisition that takes UG as the initial state of language acquisition for ...