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Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Initiating the learning process: A model for federated searching and information literacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Access to federated search tools is increasing and many academic libraries are now looking beyond implementation, and are considering the broader implications of federated searching such as its impact on information literacy programs.
Labelle, Patrick R.
core   +2 more sources

Cultural Significance of Toponyms in South Africa: A Comprehensive Morphosyntactic and Semantic Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Toponyms are integral to daily lexicon, functioning as designators for cities, towns, nations, and tiny villages. This study, therefore, delved into a morphosyntactic and semantic analysis of toponyms in the Nkomazi region, South Africa.
Khulisile Judith Nkuna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expert Consensus on Influenza Vaccine and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Elderly People With Chronic Respiratory Diseases (2024)

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This consensus describes the protective effect and safety of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, and vaccination recommendations, aiming to promote the vaccination rate, better play the role of vaccines in preventing influenza and pneumococcal diseases, and reduce the occurrence of respiratory infections and related serious complications in elderly ...
Lijing Wang   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learner-centred information literacy initiatives in Higher Education. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Welcome to the first issue of JIL 2010 (Vol.4) which continues the information literacy (IL) debate presented in the 2009 volume of this journal.
Andretta, Susie
core   +2 more sources

Conditional clauses and political persuasive discourse: a case study of the 2024 South African election

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
This study investigates the strategic deployment of conditional sentences in political discourse, exploring how diverse types of conditionals function as persuasive mechanisms to shape voter perceptions, construct political narratives, and mobilise ...
Innocent Zitha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking literacy pedagogy in the context of 4IR: Learners’ access and reading motivation

open access: yesReading & Writing, 2023
Background: In the education sector, technologies are (or can be) repurposed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to facilitate teaching and learning.
Florence M. Olifant   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

U.S. Consumers Sometimes Prefer Seemingly Redundant Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More food products are carrying seemingly redundant labels, which are marketing claims or certifications that reiterate product attributes already conveyed. In this paper, we aim to answer two questions on redundant labels. First, do consumers view redundant labels as deceptive or informative? Second, how do redundant labels affect product and
Jackson Lusk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Academic literacy development

open access: yesASCILITE Publications, 2009
This paper describes how the interaction of different research perspectives – multiliteracies, academic literacy, student engagement – combined with the practicality of an open source software environment has influenced the implementation of a blended approach to student learning development.
Katherine Gilliver-Brown   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

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