Through a field experiment in Sri Lanka I analyze the role of experimentally-induced memories of 2004 tsunami on behavior in a trust game in which personal notions of cheating are elicited. Micro-finance borrowers were randomly assigned to a treatment (control) group consisting in watching a video about the calamity before (after) playing. Trust game participants were asked how much to receive ...

Understanding the changing patterns of extreme temperatures is important for taking measures to reduce their associated negative impacts. Based on daily temperature data derived from 2272 meteorological stations in China, spatiotemporal variations extremes were examined with respect covariates by means Mann–Kendall test and a model during 1960–2018. The results indicated that temporal changes c...

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Understanding the recent variations in temperature extremes is crucial to anticipate forthcoming incidences of extreme phenomena. However, knowledge extremes’ spatial and temporal patterns, as well their links atmospheric oscillation topography, scarce Bangladesh. To this end, research intends analyze trends temperatures relationships with indices topography Daily data obtained from 20 meteorol...

Abstract The European wildcat is a threatened carnivore, whose ecology still scarcely studied, especially in Mediterranean areas. In this study, we estimated activity rhythm patterns of felid, by means camera-trapping at three spatial scales: (i) whole country (Italy); (ii) biogeographical areas; (iii) latitudinal zones. rhythms were also calculated according to temporal (1) warm semester; (2) ...

Most countries prohibit the export of certain antiquities. This practice often leads to illegal excavation and looting for the black market, which damages the items and destroys important aspects of the archaeological record. We argue that long-term leases of antiquities would raise revenue for the country of origin while preserving national long-term ownership rights. By putting antiquities in...