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This article analyses the seasonality of births in pre-industrial Bologna between 1729 and 1860, comparing the city and the surrounding countryside and integrating long-term demographic data with meteorological information. Using Henry’s indices and regression models for the period 1814-1860, the study examines the role of temperature and precipitation during the conception period. The results ind
"What lies hidden behind online ads for erotic services, or on streets on the outskirts of cities, or in the downtown apartments used by escorts? What is someone who buys sex risking? What can be done to prevent human trafficking? What rights to sex workers have? Why is it that Germany considers prostitution to be a service, while Sweden punishes it as one of the most shameful forms of violence ag
The present article analyses the relation between politics and historiography in communist Romania (1948- 1989). Since the beginning of the four-decades-long communist dictatorship, history has been turned into an ancillary discipline of the political discourse. The analysis of this peculiar kind of historiography starts from the processes that have determined its political nature and brought to i
One relevant challenge in the field of sustainable mobility is to plan and operate transport services equitable from a geographical and a social point of view. New forms of mobility can exacerbate pre-existing inequalities in the access to public transport systems by excluding some urban areas such as low-income neighborhoods or outskirts, where residents could benefit most from more supply. The g
Popular Abstract in Swedish Ortnamn utgör en särskild del av kulturarvet; under århundraden har de muntligen traderats från generation till generation på den plats där de skapats, där de minner om tidigare händelser, aktiviteter och kunskaper. I synnerhet på de håll skriftlig dokumentation är relativt sentida ger ortnamn en möjlighet att nå insikter om den mer avlägsna historien. Detta gäller särsAs a special part of our cultural heritage, toponyms have been handed down orally from generation to generation for centuries or more at the place where they were coined, recalling events, activities and knowledge. Especially where written documentation is relatively young, place names offer a way to reach further back into the past. This is particularly true of many dialectal cultures, in which o
This essay is an analysis of the narrative instance in two novels: Montedidio of the contemporary Italian writer Erri De Luca, published in 2002, and La vie devant soi written by Romain Gary in 1975. The aim of this study is to compare these novels which appear quite similar at first glance: they are both narrated by an autodiegetic narrator, this being a child living in poor social condition. Mor
The present study investigates family-related language practices of Moldovan mothers emigrated to Italy, through a semi-structured interview. To date, few studies have considered linguistic choices in relation to educational practices and identity aspects in this population. Ten Moldovan woman have been interviewed. Results from a thematic analysis on the collected interviews has highlighted a com
OBJECTIVE: To verify, in an open study, the efficacy and safety of long-term administration of low weekly doses (5 mg) of methotrexate (MTX) i.m. in different stage rheumatoid arthritis patients.PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study has been performed for 24 months in 42 patients (37 females and 5 males), fulfilling the ARA criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Main functional parameters, main serological
This paper has the purpose of analyzing whether the growing e-commerce is pushing down inflation. We have dealt with theories concerning how e-commerce might affect price setting and increase competition on consumer-, producer-, and market level. Data concerning 30 European countries during a time period between 2002-2014 was set into a panel data and analyzed in an econometric framework. Our resu
