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The issue of frauds through payment cards has received a great deal of attention from authorities. A large share of card frauds can be ascribed to the phenomenon of counterfeiting of debit cards, widely used payment instrument in “face-to-face” transactions. With the advent of the Single...
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model. Therefore, it highlights the move towards the vicious-circle logic. Owing this vicious-circle logic, prevention must …), the fact that any prevention based on the use of force must be refrained on account of its consequences - it nourishes the …
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Prevention of disease is one of the main challenges to public health and the Bulgarian society in recent years. More … limited (an individual) range. Development of practical approaches and methods of intervention, related to the prevention of …
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Advancements in our understanding of the causes and correlates of disease mean that we are now able to estimate an individual's level of risk. This, and the ever-increasing need for healthcare interventions to be cost-effective, has led to calls for the introduction of risk-based screening....
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representatives of civil society. The special psychological, ethical issues raised especially by trafficking prevention and assistance …
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of prevention, in that insufficient care is often the result of rational calculations on the part of agents. We identify …, positive experiences may lead to an underestimation of these risks and a corresponding underinvestment in prevention. Second … underinvest in prevention for some disasters, especially those that are relatively unlikely. …
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In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., emergency measures were taken to tighten security at air and seaports as well as land border crossings. Some disruption of trade flows during the immediate aftermath of the attacks seemed almost inevitable, yet...
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models for terrorist attacks, and in models assessing the effects of terrorism over the U.S. economy. …
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The aim of this brief paper is to interpret al Qaeda’s modus operandi in the light of the economic theory of contests. The main idea expressed here is that al Qaeda can be considered as a contest-designer rewarding an indivisible prize. Affiliated groups compete with each other to win the...
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This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding an indivisible prize – namely, official membership and economic rewards – to candidate extremists groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment...
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