Mind the gap: inheritance and inequality in retirement wealth by Lukas Brenner, Oscar A. Stolper

“…The sizable difference in private pension savings between heirs and non-heirs persists when we take into account other investments of heirs and non-heirs potentially intended to provide for old age. Our evidence supports the impact of gifts and inheritances on inequality in retirement wealth highlighted in recent research on intergenerational justice. …”
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Use of Silica Fume, Bentonite, and Waste Tire Rubber as Impermeable Layer Construction Materials by Ahmet Şenol, Arzu Guner

“…To avoid the potential risks associated with all hazardous wastes, it is important that containment methods are intended to prevent the migration of liquid hazardous wastes or leaks containing hazardous components. …”
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Grafia cuvintelor românești în textele latinești ale lui Dimitrie Cantemir by Florentina Nicolae

“…Anthroponyms and names of the places have been discussed in our previous articles. We intend to bring additions and improvements to our research on the Latin works of the Moldavian Prince; we are not very much concerned with the Latinized forms, but especially with the words the author endeavored to keep in their vernacular shapes.…”
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Resisting the Politics of Displacement in the San Francisco Bay Area: Anti-gentrification Activism in the Tech Boom 2.0 by Florian Opillard

“…Focusing on two of the activist collectives and organizations that intend to fight this now called “tech-boom 2.0”, I describe the practical ways in which organizing collectively from weekly meetings, marches, rallies leads to the design by a city-scale coalition of pieces of legislation that crystalize and structure the progressive forces in San Francisco and the Bay Area.…”
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LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES OF ESL LEARNERS AT MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY IN IMPROVING THEIR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS by Rusnadi Rusnadi

“… This mini research is intended to know the language learning strategies used by ESL students to improve their English language skills, and whether or not there is a different between male and female in the use of the strategies. …”
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The Spread of Descriptive Geometry in Great Britain Between the XVIII and XIX Century by Stefano Chiarenza

“…The present study, through a research review on the history of representation related to this era, and the collection of documentary sources, intends to offer a systematic reconstruction of the diffusion of Descriptive Geometry in Great Britain, contextualizing it in the socio-political climate of the time and intertwining new instances of the Monge’s method with the original research conducted across the Channel in those years. …”
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“Defendendo” a sociedade: um estudo sobre as trajetórias de oito juízes by Ricardo Visser, Gustavo Siqueira

“…Taking them as observers of national politics and public policies, we do not intend to reconstruct the political “mentality” of the judges, but to indicate a persisting pattern in their discourses and standpoints. …”
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4-H Livestock Judging: Activity 2, Different Strokes by Chad Carr, Justin Crosswhite, Amanda Jhonson

“…The guide emphasizes the development of various life skills through judging activities, such as communication, decision making, and organizational skills, while also aiming to boost confidence and self-esteem among participants. The document is intended for 4-H leaders and coaches, providing encouragement and guidance for those who may lack extensive background knowledge in animal science. …”
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Urban Tree Selection for Diversity by Deborah R. Hilbert, Andrew K. Koeser, Robert J. Northrop

“…This new 4-page fact sheet is intended to provide urban foresters, arborists, landscape designers, and others in charge of tree planting with a process for introducing new species into the urban environment. …”
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4-H Livestock Judging: Activity 1, Parts is Parts by Chad Carr, Justin Crosswhite, Amanda Jhonson

“…The guide emphasizes the development of various life skills through judging activities, such as communication, decision making, and organizational skills, while also aiming to boost confidence and self-esteem among participants. The document is intended for 4-H leaders and coaches, providing encouragement and guidance for those who may lack extensive background knowledge in animal science. …”
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Entre o comércio e a governação local. Fernão Gonçalves Façanha: um mercador eborense de finais da Idade Média by Joaquim Bastos Serra

“…In this paper, we intend to follow the social and political trajectory of the merchant Fernão Gonçalves Façanha who conducted his professional activity in Évora, one of the most important cities of medieval Portugal, in the second half of the 14th century. …”
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Estado y representación política en Brasil by Helcimara De Souza Telles

“…This article intends to focus on the relationship between the State and political representation in Brazil. …”
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The Bittersweet Truth: Corporate Social Responsibility in Online Communication Between a Coffee Company and its Customers by Ana Paula Kieling, Maria José Barbosa de Souza, Franciane Reinert Lyra, Ricardo Boeing

“…The results demonstrated that the elements of the VBA model do not meet the expected criteria in the social network analyzed, showing a discrepancy between what the organization intends to deliver and what is delivered to customers. …”
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Religious Freedom and the Law: A Reality or Pipe Dream for Prisoners in South Africa? by H. Puleng Motlalekgosi

“…In South Africa, the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 as amended, the White Paper on Corrections in South Africa of 2005, and internal policies are intended to make provision for prisoners' freedom of religion in the correctional services environment. …”
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“Entre Deux Transatlantiques”: American Religion and the French Family at the Comédie-Française (1890) by LeeAnn Broderick, Carter Charles, Corry Cropper

“…Mormonism, seen in 1865 by French critic Hippolyte Taine as an American religious and social experiment conducted “for our benefit,” appears frequently in French thinking in the second half of the nineteenth century. Whether Taine intended it or not in his use of the word “benefit,” this American religion was mobilized in French conversations about pressing sociopolitical issues such as gender identity, marriage, and the social norms surrounding those issues. …”
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Un jardin japonais botanique et médicinal de création récente by Manon Paul-Traversaz, Serge Krivobok, Michel Sève

“…The design of the garden, which is both innovative and modern, is intended for educational and recreational use. Special attention has been paid to the layout of the space and the features of the existing landscape and park. …”
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L’évolution et les mobilités spatiales de la ville de Musumb, capitale de l’empire lunda de 1852 à 1885 by Liévain Mwangal Mpalang’a-Maruv

“…This study intends to show the importance and role of the city of Musumb in the history of the Lunda State in Central Africa. …”
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A Note on the Performance of Biased Estimators with Autocorrelated Errors by Gargi Tyagi, Shalini Chandra

“…Hence, this paper is intended to compare the performance of these two estimators under mean squared error (MSE) matrix criterion. …”
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Historias de aprendizaje y formación de ocho directores/as de escuela. Una aproximación a la formación del liderazgo educativo en Chile by Simón Rodriguez, Cristian Cárdenas, Fabian Campos

“…Finally, this research intend to an approach to questions such as learning methods of principals and their daily itineraries, to develop effective and meaningful training programs to them.…”
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Diviser pour mieux juger : concurrence et convergence des parlements au xve siècle by Élisabeth Schmit

“…Throughout the reign of Charles VII, the division of Parlement into several rival courts of justice appeared to be a possible instrument of peace. It intended to intensify judicial activity, to secure the loyalty of the cities and to govern closely the conquered territories. …”
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