Some of the main activities of the Balkan Stomatological Society (BaSS) over a rich 19-year history are presented. These activities have been aimed at improving oral health care provided by the dentists throughout the Balkans, and to establish ties of friendship and collaboration between researchers and clinicians in this region, creating a foundation for mutual understanding and peace. To acco...

57 National Tax Journal Vol. LIV, No. 1 Abstract This paper tests whether state and local fiscal policy depended on the number of seats in the legislature in the first half of the 20th century. We find that large legislatures spent more, as implied by the “Law of 1/n” from the fiscal commons/logrolling literature. The same relation appears in the latter half of the century, and therefore seems ...

We develop a theory of agenda-setting in a legislature. A proposer supports a platform comprised of several policies. Policies are divisible and can be bundled — the proposer can slice each policy into parts, and she can aggregate the various policy parts into bills. The proposer chooses an agenda, which is a collection of bills. The legislature votes each bill up or down, and all the policy pa...

A history of halophile research reveals the commitment of scientists to uncovering the secrets of the limits of life, in particular life in high salt concentration and under extreme osmotic pressure. During the last 40 years, halophile scientists have indeed made important contributions to extremophile research, and prior international halophiles congresses have documented both the historical a...

The Qur'an is a source of excavation and development Islamic teachings in various dimensions human life. This paper tries to develop economic studies from an point view based on the interpretation Qur'an. As methodology, tafsir plays important role order discipline economics. model derived thematic developed through four phases including; Classification Qur'anic verses related economics, unders...