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The Qualitative Descriptive Approach in International Comparative Studies: Using Online Qualitative Surveys

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017
International comparative studies constitute a highly valuable contribution to public policy research. Analysing different policy designs offers not only a mean of knowing the phenomenon itself but also gives us insightful clues on how to improve ...
Brayan V. Seixas, N. Smith, C. Mitton
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Introduction: Fairy Tales and Other Horrors

Literature, 2023
In a Christmas 2017 interview with the British magazine Fortean Times, the celebrated Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro described ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘the original Cinderella’, and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ as ‘a horror story’, before affirming that ...
Laura Tosi, Alessandro Cabiati
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Clarifying the distinction between case series and cohort studies in systematic reviews of comparative studies: potential impact on body of evidence and workload

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017
Distinguishing cohort studies from case series is difficult.We propose a conceptualization of cohort studies in systematic reviews of comparative studies.
T. Mathes, D. Pieper
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A Russian Story in the USA: On the Identity of Post-Socialist Immigration

Open Cultural Studies, 2023
This article presents the problem of identity construction among Eastern European immigrants to the USA after so-called “democratic changes.” It is based on the intercultural rather than multicultural approach which considers both the immigrants ...
Anastasova Ekaterina
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Senses of Sen: Reflections on Amartya Sen’s Ideas of Justice [PDF]

, 2012
This review essay explores how Amartya Sen’s recent book, The Idea of Justice, is relevant and important for the development and assessment of transnational theories and applications to transnational justice and legal education programs.
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Mutual Relationship of Man and Yazatas in Middle Persian Gnomic Treatises [PDF]

مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023
In Zoroastrian religion Yazatas and Amēša-spantas are the greatest agents of Ohrmazd. They are assigned to carry out responsibilities in all three stages of creation, protection, and finalization of the world.
Ava Vahedi Navaei, Mahdi Hasanzadeh, Farzaneh Goshtasb   +2 more
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Comparative studies of the rain attenuation predictions for tropical regions [PDF]

, 2011
The radio waves propagating through the earth atmosphere will be attenuated due to the presence of atmosphere particles, such as water vapor, water drops and the ice particles.
Abd. Rahman, Tharek, Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal, Abdulrahman, Amuda Yusuf, Kesavan, Ulaganathen   +3 more
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A systematic review on the effects of resistance and plyometric training on physical fitness in youth- What do comparative studies tell us?

PLoS ONE, 2018
Introduction To date, several meta-analyses clearly demonstrated that resistance and plyometric training are effective to improve physical fitness in children and adolescents.
Matti Peitz, M. Behringer, U. Granacher
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Directions for the Reconstruction of the Tax System in Poland – a Growth‑Enhancing Proposal

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2021
The paper aims to present directions for the growth‑enhancing reconstruction of the tax system in Poland. It presents a diagnosis of the main strengths and weaknesses of that system.
Jakub Karnowski, Andrzej Rzońca
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Reliability and validity in comparative studies of software prediction models [PDF]

, 2005
Empirical studies on software prediction models do not converge with respect to the question "which prediction model is best?" The reason for this lack of convergence is poorly understood.
Myrtveit, I, Shepperd, MJ, Stensrud, E
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