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Annals of Human Biology, 2018 Background: Human biologists have a longstanding interest in understanding the biological and health impacts of migration. Acculturation, the cultural adjustment that a group or individual experiences when previously separate cultures interact, has been ...
Meredith Wilson, Zaneta Thayer
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ACCULTURATION AND POST-IMMIGRATION CHANGES IN OBESITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND NUTRITION: COMPARING HISPANICS AND ASIANS IN THE WATERLOO REGION, ONTARIO, CANADA. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: The acculturation hypothesis speculates that as new immigrants get exposed to more obesogenic environments, they progressively acquire the unhealthy lifestyles of the host society, and their obesity risk gradually increases since time of ...
Doherty, Sean, Vitale, Michele, Mr.
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary We adopt a network‐based perspective to examine the effects of hiring strategies in terms of the diversity of hiring sources. Considering the transferability of general and firm‐specific skills, we propose that firms can reduce integration costs while gaining diversity benefits when they hire from a focused set of firms that ...
Sang Won Han, Shinjae Won
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An Outline of a Theory of Play
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
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Le Modèle Amplifié d’Acculturation Relative (MAAR). État des lieux et perspectives de recherche
Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2018 The objective of this article is to present the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM). Taking as a starting point Berry’s acculturation model (1990, 2005 and 2011), the RAEM is the result of more than ten years of research on the acculturation ...
Carlos-Roberto Velandia-Coustol +2 more
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Lutheran Theology and Liturgical Acculturation [PDF]
, 1991 (Excerpt) The Lutheran churches in the United States have historically reflected Teutonic and Scandinavian culture and heritage. This was a natural phenomenon due to the fact that the earliest Lutheran settlers in this country were of Teutonic and ...
Ward, Karen M
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines two Australian government programs from the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). Both became shibboleths of the Labor government's perceived waste and incompetence.
Daniel Casey
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El Modelo Ampliado de Aculturación Relativa (MAAR). Balance y perspectivas de investigación
Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2018 The objective of this article is to present the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM). Taking as a starting point Berry’s acculturation model (1990, 2005 and 2011), the RAEM is the result of more than ten years of research on the acculturation ...
Carlos-Roberto Velandia-Coustol +2 more
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Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youths [PDF]
, 2010 Highlights the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Latino/Hispanic youths, who are among minority groups at higher risk, by gender and nativity; consequences; and causes, including food and built environments, media influences, and ...
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International Law and State Socialization: Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges [PDF]
, 2005 This article reports the results from the implementation and testing of a Wide-Area Power Oscillation Damper (WAPOD) controlling a 180 Mvar TCR Static Var Compensator (SVC) installed in the Hasle substation of Norwegian 420 kV transmission grid.
Aarstrand, Vemund Halmo +5 more
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