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From preventive to permissive checks: the changing nature of the Malthusian relationship between nuptiality and the price of provisions in the nineteenth century
Factors affecting the metabolic control of cytosolic and lysosomal glycogen levels in the liver
Introduction: The future of oil supply
Abundant supplies of oil form the foundation of
modern industrial economies, but the capacity to
maintain and grow global supply is attracting
increasing concern. Some commentators forecast a
peak in the near future and a subsequent terminal
decline in global oil production, while others highlight
the recent growth in âtight oilâ production and
the scope for developing unconventional resources.
There are disagreements over the size, cost and
recoverability of different resources, the technical
and economic potential of different technologies, the
contribution of different factors to market trends
and the economic implications of reduced supply.
Few debates are more important, more contentious,
more wide-ranging or more confused. This paper
summarizes the main concepts, terms, issues and
evidence that are necessary to understand the âpeak
oilâ debate. These include: the origin, nature and
classification of oil resources; the trends in oil
production and discoveries; the typical production
profiles of oil fields, basins and producing regions;
the mechanisms underlying those profiles; the extent
of depletion of conventional oil; the risk of an
approaching peak in global production; and the
potential of various mitigation options. The aim is
to introduce the subject to non-specialist readers and
provide a basis for the subsequent papers in this
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Church book registry: A cliometric view
This chapter links economic history to demography, looking into the use of church book data to investigate topics in economic history. Using the Malthusian population model to cast light on scholarly debates about the Great Divergence and the wealth of nations, the chapter illustrates some of the main advantages (and drawbacks) to using church book registry in this context