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Pendeln zwischen zwei Oberzentren – von verlorener bis geschenkter Zeit [PDF]

Geographica Helvetica, 2018
The importance of commuting especially between large urban centers has become a major topic as a growing number of people cover increasing distances to reach their workplaces. Based on this approach, the article looks into commuting between the cities
M. Roggendorf, C.-C. Wiegandt
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Working From Home and Covid-19: Where Could Residents Move to?

Urban Planning, 2022
As a protective measure during the Covid-19 pandemic, in Spring 2020, a high number of employees began relocating their workplace to their homes, many for the first time.
Johannes Moser, Fabian Wenner, Alain Thierstein   +2 more
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Disordered Topological Insulators via $C^*$-Algebras

, 2010
The theory of almost commuting matrices can be used to quantify topological obstructions to the existence of localized Wannier functions with time-reversal symmetry in systems with time-reversal symmetry and strong spin-orbit coupling.
Eilers S., Halmos P. R., Hastings M. B., Hastings M. B. Loring T. A., Kitaev A., Kitaev A., Lin H., M. B. Hastings, T. A. Loring   +8 more
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
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Application of Historical Comprehensive Multimodal Transportation Data for Testing the Commuting Time Paradox: Evidence from the Portland, OR Region

Applied Sciences
There have been numerous theoretical and empirical transportation studies contesting the stability of commuting time over time. The constant commuting time hypothesis posits that people adjust trip durations, shift across modes, and sort through ...
Huajie Yang, Jiali Lin, Jiahao Shi, Xiaobo Ma   +3 more
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Association of changes in commute mode with body mass index and visceral adiposity: a longitudinal study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background Prospective data are sparse for active commuting to work and body weight in Asia. We assessed the association of 5-year changes in commuting mode with body mass index (BMI) and the indicators of abdominal obesity in Japanese working adults ...
Keisuke Kuwahara, Hisashi Noma, Tohru Nakagawa, Toru Honda, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Hayashi, Tetsuya Mizoue   +6 more
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It’s driving her mad: gender differences in the effects of commuting on psychological well-being [PDF]

, 2009
In this paper, we seek to explore the effects of commuting time on the psychological well-being of men and women in the UK. We use annual data from the British Household Panel Survey in a fixed effects panel framework that includes variables known to ...
Dolan, P., Hodgson, R., Roberts, J.
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Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko, Feyisa Demie, Stephen Gorard, Yiyang Gao, Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

R-matrix approach to integrable systems on time scales [PDF]

, 2008
A general unifying framework for integrable soliton-like systems on time scales is introduced. The $R$-matrix formalism is applied to the algebra of $\delta$-differential operators in terms of which one can construct infinite hierarchy of commuting ...
Aulbach B Hilger S, Bohner M, Bohner M, Burcu Silindir, Błaszak M, Błaszak M Gürses M Silindir B Szablikowski B M, Błażej M Szablikowski, Dickey L A, Hilger S, Maciej Błaszak, Olver P J, Reyman A G   +11 more
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‘The best year’/‘I struggled with everything’: Widening participation experiences of pandemic online learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving retention and graduate outcomes for students from a widening participation (WP) background is key to achieving more equitable outcomes. However, evidence suggests WP students experienced different challenges than their peers during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Wilhelmiina Toivo, Emily Nordmann, Jacqui Hutchison, Alison Browitt, Jill R. D. MacKay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source