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Multidimensional Approaches to Ranking State‐Level Rurality to Enhance Comparisons Across States
Policy Points Single indicators such as rural population percentage can misrepresent a state's rural character, leading to flawed policy comparisons and resource allocation. This study introduces a multidimensional rurality index that combines population share, land area, and population density to create a more comprehensive ranking of US states ...
DANIEL BASLOCK, NARI YOO
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Trading Zones Between Thick and Thin: Anthropological Description as Scaffold or Mosaic
ABSTRACT Referring to the work of historian of science Peter Galison, I argue that anthropology requires thin description as an essential counterpart for thick description. Thin accounts provide the scaffolding within which thick descriptions sit. Galison uses the idea of a “trading zone” connecting different communities who, despite their differences (
David Zeitlyn
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Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
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ABSTRACT In light of increasing stakeholder pressure as well as regulatory efforts, corporate sustainability reporting is on the rise. Although there is increasing regulation, significant flexibility remains for firms how to report sustainability information.
Kai A. Bauch, Florian Fuchs
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From rhetoric to measurement: The economics of wetland conservation
Abstract Wetland conservation continues to be a pressing issue as wetlands continue to be lost due to urban, industrial, and agricultural expansion. This paper synthesizes the current knowledge about wetland conservation economics in Canada, with a focus on prairie landscapes. We review the methods economists use to empirically measure the costs (i.e.,
Patrick Lloyd‐Smith +2 more
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Evaluating Open‐Source Solutions for Computerized Inference of Infant Facial Affect
ABSTRACT Infant affect is often expressed through facial expressions, making this modality a key source of insight into the child's well‐being and social functioning. Computational inference of infant affect could critically assist both researchers and clinicians working with infant development and mitigate the need for manual coding.
Martin Lund Trinhammer +6 more
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Differential returns from networking behaviours for men and women: A longitudinal study
Abstract Networking is an important career self‐management strategy that affects objective and subjective career outcomes. Concerning gender differences, the prevailing assumption is that women benefit less from networking than men. Yet, some findings on the effects of specific subdimensions of networking suggest that although men benefit from most ...
Hans‐Georg Wolff, Klaus Moser
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What About the Environment? How the Physical Activity-Related Health Competence Model Can Benefit From Health Literacy Research. [PDF]
Carl J, Grüne E, Pfeifer K.
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ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a growing number of philosophers come to defend normative nihilism. Even if their arguments do not induce in many a belief in normative nihilism, there may be grounds on which to be less than certain about the falsity of normative nihilism.
Lewis Williams
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Superspace Description of Incommensurate and Commensurate Structures beyond the Perturbative /Modulation Approach [PDF]
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