The literature recognizes several endogenous and exogenous factors influencing the behavior and performance of companies in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).The aim of the study is to analyze the effect of culture (Hofstede dimensions) on CSR in BRIC countries.The sample comprised 397 companies from Brazil, Russia, India and China, using Kolmo
Data Collection Framework for Energy Efficient Privacy Preservation in Wireless Sensor Networks Having Many-to-Many Structures
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) generally have a many-to-one structure so that event information flows from sensors to a unique sink.In recent WSN applications, many-to-many structures evolved due to the need for conveying collected event information to multiple sinks.Privacy preserved data collection models in the literature do not solve the probl
An unusual delusion of duplication in a patient affected by Dementia with Lewy bodies
Abstract Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most frequent diagnosis of progressive degenerative dementia in older people.Delusions are common features in DLB and, pet calming peanut butter among them, Capgras syndrome represents the most frequent disturbance, characterized by the recurrent and transient belief that a familiar
Population Genetic Patterns of Threatened European Mudminnow (Umbra krameri Walbaum, 1792) in a Fragmented Landscape: Implications for Conservation Management.
The European mudminnow (Umbra krameri) is a Middle Danubian endemic fish species, which is characterised by isolated populations living mainly in artificial habitats in the centre of its range, in the Carpathian Basin.For their long term preservation, reliable information is needed about the offworld drum pads structure of stocks and the level of i
Middle Stone Age fauna from the RS sub-member (MSA I) at Cave 1B, Klasies River Main site, South Africa
Klasies River is an important site for the study of the evolution of Homo sapiens, understanding modern behaviour and human interaction with the environment during the Middle Stone Age.The faunal sample from the RS sub-member in Cave 1B (MSA I), dating to hellfire sloe gin ca.115 000 years ago and older, was recently analysed.The results indicate t