Rates of Return in the Farm and Nonfarm Sectors: How Do They Compare?

Primary and Secondary Abscission in Pisum sativum and Euphorbia pulcherrima—How Do They Compare and How Do They Differ?

Abscission is a highly regulated and coordinated developmental process in plants. It is important to understand the processes leading up to the event, in order to better control abscission in crop plants. This has the potential to reduce yield losses in the field and increase the ornamental value of flowers and potted plants. A reliable method of abscission induction in poinsettia (Euphorbia pu...

contribution of setting to the study of characters and the main idea in e. brontes: wuthering heights and t. hardys: return of the native.

this thesis aims to adduce an unmitigated and comprehensive explication concerning the relationship of three significant elements of fiction: setting, chracter and theme. my research is basically placed on two outstanding novels of the 19th century: emily brontes wuthering heights and thomas hardys return of the native. my endeavour lies in studying the correlation among the three above-mention...

How do Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change and How do They Compare with Natural Influences?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide an authoritative international statement of scientific understanding of climate change. The IPCC’s periodic assessments of the causes, impacts and possible response strategies to climate change are the most comprehensive and up-...

Earnings dynamics and uncertainty in Italy : How do they differ between the private and public sectors ? ♣

This paper uses Italian panel data from the private and public sectors and analyses earnings dynamics by applying the minimum distance estimator of Chamberlain (1984). We consider two main aspects of earnings careers. First, we estimate a measure of earnings growth heterogeneity, whereby quantifying to what extent the two sectors differ in the ability to differentiate remuneration of time-varyi...

The Drug Policies of the Netherlands and Sweden: How Do They Compare?