The main goal of the present paper is twofold: on the one hand, to highlight the patterns of variation among the existential constructions found in Italo-Romance and Sardinian dialects; on the other, to examine the observed microvariation in a comparative perspective in...

A physically consistent semi-classical treatment of black holes requires universality arguments to deal with the `trans-Planckian' problem where quantum spacetime effects appear to be amplified such that they undermine the entire semi-classical modelling framework. We e...

If the size of firms is measured correctly, small firms do not necessarily earn higher returns than larger firms. Yet, this finding is not inconsistent with the empirical fact that firms with small market values earn higher returns. Modern financial theory predicts that...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading worldwide. Italy emerged early on as the country with the largest outbreak outside Asia. The outbreak in Northern Italy demonstrates that it is funda...

Prof Ioannidis presented an excellent summary on the global perspective of the COVID-19 epidemiology (1) He underlined that his simulations for estimated global deaths during a full cycle of the COVID-19 pandemic over 5 years are for illustrative purposes and should be ...