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Happiness Increases With Age

1.cover A new report published in Psychological Science reveals that self-reported feelings of well-being tend to increase with age, but that a person's overall level of well-being depends on when he or she was born. Two Italian researchers, Antonio Terracciano and Luigi Ferrucci, working at the National Institue on Aging in Baltimore, took part to the research.
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Strategies and resources for culture promotion

logo fondazione_rosselli The Rosselli Foundation's initiatives for the italian culture promotion.

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The evolution of matrilineal kinship organization

proceedings cover In most human societies, men pass on their worldly goods to their wife's children. But in about 10 percent of societies, men inexplicably transfer their wealth to their sister's sons -- what's called "mother's brother-sister's son" inheritance. A new study on this unusual form of matrilineal inheritance by an italian reseacher Laura Fortunato has produced insights into this practice.

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An open letter for research in Italy

logo scienzainrete An open letter for the rebirth of italian research was sent to Napolitano, Italian President of the Repubblic, and to Minister Francesco Profumo (MIUR).

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Marco Fanno Scholarship

UniCredit Universities1 Associazione Marco Fanno, hereby announces, with the co-operative support of UniCredit & Universities Foundation, a competition by qualifications for one scholarship in memory of “Marco Fanno” aimed at training researchers through courses of specialization abroad covering theoretical and empirical studies in the fields of economics.Deadline November 15, 2012.
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Giovanna Crivelli Scholarship

UniCredit Universities1 To pursue the long-standing tradition of UniCredit and reflect its European dimension, UniCredit & Universities Knight of Labor Ugo Foscolo Foundation announces the competition for one European scholarship, in memory of “Giovanna Crivelli”, a young UniCredit employee who died prematurely. Deadline November 15, 2012.
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