The Impact of Risk Perception and Risk Attitudes on Corrupt Behavior: Evidence from a Petty Corruption Experiment We investigate one possible explanation for observed rates of corrupt behavior namely that individual decision makers who frequently engage in illegal actions may underestimate the overall probability of being caught. This might in particular be true for petty corruption where small...

The XPF/Mus81 family of structure-specific nucleases cleaves branched or nicked DNA substrates and are implicated in a wide range of DNA repair and recombination processes. The structure of the crenarchaeal XPF bound to a DNA duplex has revealed a plausible mechanism for DNA binding, involving DNA distortion into upstream and downstream duplexes engaged by the two helix-hairpin-helix domains th...

In this study we explore and document perceptions of slum dwellers about causes of poverty and petty corruption in slum areas of Karachi (Pakistan). Moreover, we examine the effects of fatalism on poverty, large family size, and child labor. We conduct a survey by interviewing 100 respondents covering all districts (Central, West, East, Malir, and South) to document slum dwellers’ perceptions. ...

The likely pathogenic variant c.407A>T p.Asp136Val of the LMNA gene has been recently described in a young woman presenting with atypical progeroid syndrome, associated severe aortic valve stenosis. We further describe cardiovascular involvement syndrome her family. identified seven members general presentation suggestive syndrome. All them presented heart conduction abnormalities: degenerat...