Accounting and the management of internal interdependencies: 14th century archival sources from the Comune of Siena

The aim of this study is to explore the role that accounting systems effectively played in managing the internal relationships among the various administrative bodies of the Comune (City State) of Siena in the 14th century.This period was characterized by an ever increasing need to monitor economic activities, a need perceived by the Comune with re

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Driver lines for studying associative learning in Drosophila

The mushroom body (MB) is the center for associative learning click here in insects.In Drosophila, intersectional split-GAL4 drivers and electron microscopy (EM) connectomes have laid the foundation for precise interrogation of the MB neural circuits.However, investigation of many cell types upstream and downstream of the MB has been hindered due t

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Leadership in the European Union: Significance and Perspectives

The leadership of the European Union has become an essential challange given the multiple problems the organization is currently facing.The economic crisis, amplified in Europe on the background of worldwide globalization, increased euroscepticism and increased political extremism in the EU member states, increasingly complex relationships with int

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