The histogram location approach has been proposed by Kahn (1997) to estimate the fraction of wage cuts prevented by downward nominal wage rigidity.In this paper, we analyze the validity of the approach by means of a simulation study which yielded evidence of unbiasedness but also of potential underestimation of rigidity parameter uncertainty and sy

Giant honey bees (Apis dorsata) of southern Asia are vital honey producers and pollinators of cultivated crops and wild plants.They are known to migrate seasonally up to 200 km.It has been assumed their migrations occur stepwise, with stops for rest and foraging, but bivouacking bees have rarely been seen by scientists.Here I report discovery of a

The 3-D printers offered to the construction market can perform retained form layer-by-layer for subsequent filling with reinforced structural concrete and ultrastar dc hc550 insulation.The use of a single-stage polystyrene concrete with polystyrene gruvi golden lager granules bloated directly in the printer head allows to form layer-by-layer the i

We present ensemblQueryR, an R package for querying Ensembl linkage disequilibrium (LD) endpoints.This package is flexible, fast and user-friendly, and optimised for high-throughput querying.ensemblQueryR uses functions that are intuitive and amenable to custom code integration, familiar R object types as inputs and click here outputs as well as pr

Internet memes are an integral part of the Internet entertainment discourse.They are often based on precedent phenomena and reflect current events, facilitate the self-expression of the author, create a comic effect, etc.Memes possess a great repetitive and transformation potential.Their textual element is compact and humor-oriented.In the English