The present paper starts out from the challenge regarding auditor tenure launched in 2010 by the Green Paper of the European Commission Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis.According to this document, the European Commission speaks both in favor of the mandatory rotation of the audit firm, and in favor of the mandatory rotation of audit partners.R
On short cracks that depart from elastoplastic notch tips
The behavior of short cracks that depart from elastoplastic notch tips is modeled to estimate the stresses required to initiate and to propagate cracks in notched structural components, and to evaluate the size of tolerable crack-like defects under general loading conditions.This analysis can model both fatigue and environmentally assisted cracking
Different Positions of Vermiform Appendix in Human Cadavers: A Cross-sectional Study
Introduction: The vermiform appendix is a worm-like tube situated in the right iliac fossa.It arises from the posteromedial caecal wall, 2 cm or less below the end of the ileum and suspended by a peritoneal fold known as meso appendix.Position of the appendix influences its mobility.Most common position of appendix has been reported to be retrocaec
Increased presence of the invasive, exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, after hurricane disturbance
Invasive species are a main cause of biodiversity loss, making it important to register their incursion into conserved, protected areas.We evaluated presence of the exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in and around the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco, after hurricane disturbance.During March to May 2017 and 2018, we ca
Outbreak of contagious ecthyma in camels (Camelus dromedarius and Camelus bactrianus) in Southwest Iran
Camel contagious ecthyma (CCE) is a highly infectious viral skin disease of sheep, goats, and camels caused by a Parapoxvirus.This study reports an outbreak of CCE in a herd of 34 camels/dromedaries, with 24 infected animals.The infected animals exhibited severe papules on the lips and legs, increase in body temperature, profuse salivation, foul mo