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Abstract In their efforts to digitize public service delivery, countries increasingly use algorithms based on mathematical models, data and/or a combination of different administrative datasets to issue decisions, but recent studies point towards challenges around citizens' understanding, accessing, and filing objections to such automated decisions ...
Sarah Giest, Annemarie Samuels
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Augmented reality strategy as a didactic alternative in rural public schools in Colombia
Abstract There are access restrictions to the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for rural schools in Colombia. These schools, with few students and teachers geographically dispersed, do not benefit from the possibilities of these technologies in the classroom.
Jhon W. Sánchez‐Obando+1 more
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Considering science needs to deliver actionable science
Abstract Conservation practitioners, natural resource managers, and environmental stewards often seek out scientific contributions to inform decision‐making. This body of science only becomes actionable when motivated by decision makers considering alternative courses of action.
Gustavo A. Bisbal, Mitchell J. Eaton
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Abstract Motivated by the literature on reform complementarities and their importance for the effectiveness of central bank independence (CBI) reforms—particularly for African countries—where CBI has empirically not been found to have a significant impact on financial development, we explore the extent to which differences in literacy levels and ...
Abel Mawuko Agoba+3 more
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Revolutionized learning: Education policy and digital reform in the eurozone
Abstract Education reform has emerged as the main policy priority during the global pandemic. Given the effect of education on individual well‐being and macrolevel socioeconomic growth, countries have undertaken a variety of policy measures to offset the negative ramifications of the health outbreak on learning processes.
Albana Shehaj
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Prevención transfronteriza de la obesidad infantil: comentario de los National Institutes of Health
Resumen En respuesta al aumento de las tasas de obesidad infantil, Estados Unidos y algunos países de Latinoamérica han financiado numerosos estudios que analizan estrategias e intervenciones innovadoras. A pesar de ello, los avances han sido lentos, irregulares y esporádicos, lo cual demuestra la necesidad de intensificar el intercambio de ...
Susan Vorkoper+14 more
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Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
David Berrigan+11 more
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Growth and inequality in the Mexican states: Regimes, thresholds, and traps
Abstract Using the inter‐regional economic inequality index and the gross state product per capita for the Mexican states over the period 1940–2015, we apply regime dynamics and hierarchical cluster analysis for segmenting the sample into regimes of Mexican states with similar performance.
Juan Gabriel Brida+3 more
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Spirituality – a forgotten dimension? Developing spiritual literacy in family therapy practice
Spirituality is hard to approach and define in family therapy practice, both as a concept and as a process. Spiritual perspectives are seen as important in an ecological understanding of family life, yet there is a research gap in the field of family therapy.
Åse Holmberg, Per Jensen, Arlene Vetere
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El presente estudio tiene como objetivo principal establecer valores referenciales que permitan categorizar los niveles de competencia motriz de estudiantes de entre 10 y 12 años, según sexo y edad. Participaron 1010 estudiantes (48,4% niñas) de 5° y 6°
Jaime Carcamo-Oyarzun+6 more
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