Objectives. A non-invasive method for the early detection of Metabolic Syndrome (NIN-MetS) using only Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) and Blood Pressure (BP) has recently been published, with fixed cut-off values for gender and age. The aim of this study was to validate this method in a large sample of Spanish workers. Design. A diagnostic test accuracy to assess the validity of the method was performed. Setting. Occupational Health Services. Participants. The studies were conducted...

Wind turbines and power lines can cause bird mortality due to collision or electrocution. The biodiversity impacts of energy infrastructure (EI) can be minimised through effective landscape-scale planning and mitigation. The identification of high-vulnerability areas is urgently needed to assess potential cumulative impacts of EI while supporting the transition to zero-carbon energy. We collected GPS location data from 1,454 birds from 27 species susceptible to collision within Europe and North Africa and identified areas where...

Abstract The slippery slope framework explains tax compliance along two main dimensions, trust in authorities and power of authorities, which influence taxpayers’ compliance attitudes. Through frequentist and Bayesian analyses, we investigated the framework’s assumptions on a sample of 2786 self-employed taxpayers from eleven post-communist and non-post-communist countries doing business in five economic branches. After using scenarios that experimentally manipulated trust and power, our results confirmed the framework’s assumptions regarding the attitudes of the self-employed taxpayers;...

Abstract The slippery slope framework explains tax compliance along two main dimensions, trust in authorities and power of authorities, which influence taxpayers’ compliance attitudes. Through frequentist and Bayesian analyses, we investigated the framework’s assumptions on a sample of 2786 self-employed taxpayers from eleven post-communist and non-post-communist countries doing business in five economic branches. After using scenarios that experimentally manipulated trust and power, our results confirmed the framework’s assumptions regarding the attitudes of the self-employed taxpayers;...

Интеграцията на малцинствените групи е въпрос, който засяга всяка една държава и през последните години става все по-актуален. Ромите са регистрирани в редица страни, като България не прави изключение. Според данни от преброяването през 2011 г. техният брой възлиза на 4,9 %, но според експертните оценки на илиева и Бърдаров (2019) той е по-висок. Основният проблем е свързан с ниския образователен статус, който имат – най-нисък дял на хора, завършили висше образование, и най-висок дял...

На основата на проведеното теренно проучване в горната част от басейна на р.Калница (Керменско блато) са изследвани съдържанията и разпределението на 7 микроелемента (Cu, Zn, Pb, Mn, Ni, Co, Cr) в почвите на района. Изследванията са направени във връзка с организaцията на мониторинга на природната среда в районите, през които преминава автомагистрала „Тракия“. Проучени са общото съдържание на микроелементите, както и тяхната радиална миграция в почвените профили на преобладаващия почвен тип ливадни смолници.

Yearbook of the Society for 18th Century Studies on South Eastern Europe 4 (2021), 6–8

Additional file 1. Questionnaire structure.

Additional file 1. Questionnaire structure.