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A mediation approach to understanding socio-economic inequalities in maternal health-seeking behaviours in Egypt. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: The levels and origins of socio-economic inequalities in health-seeking behaviours in Egypt are poorly understood. This paper assesses the levels of health-seeking behaviours related to maternal care (antenatal care [ANC] and facility ...
A Singh-Manoux   +45 more
core   +2 more sources

Towards reviving post-Olympic Athens as a cultural destination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper examines the effects of global change on the status and qualities of the Greek national capital, Athens, focusing on how they affect the development of cultural tourism in the city.
Alevizopoulou M.   +26 more
core   +2 more sources

Cultural Capital

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Cultural capital is usually defined as set of social features that provide individuals with social mobility and the possibility of changing their hierarchical position in systems such as wealth, power, prestige, education, and health. Cultural capital thus affects the processes of social promotion or degradation. It also includes social characteristics
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Cultural evolution by capital accumulation

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2020
In this article, we model cultural knowledge as a capital in which individuals invest at a cost. To this end, following other models of cultural evolution, we explicitly consider the investments made by individuals in culture as life history decisions ...
Jean-Baptiste André, Nicolas Baumard
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative social capital: Networks of entrepreneurs and investors in China and Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Most studies on entrepreneurs’ networks incorporate social capital and networks as independent variables that affect entrepreneurs’ actions and its outcomes.
Batjargal, Bat
core   +1 more source

High School Seniors’ College Plans: Gendered Variations in the Effects of AcademicAgency, Cultural and Social Capital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This research focused on gendered variations in the effects of academic agency, social and cultural capital on high school seniors’ college plans. Monitoring the Future (2012) data from a sample of 12,000 seniors, supplemented with interviews with ...
Waheed, Laila Anne
core   +1 more source

Dinamika Kapital Sosial dan Budaya Uma dalam Pembangunan Berkelanjutan di Pulau Siberut

open access: yesJurnal Antropologi: Isu-Isu Sosial Budaya, 2023
The success of development is assessed based on economic indicators, some experts deemed that social and cultural capital have an important role in economic development. The failure of economic development in the Mentawai community does not pay attention
Yudas Sabaggalet
doaj   +1 more source

Living Together, Living Apart: Residential Structures in Late Bronze Age Shirenzigou, Xinjiang

open access: yesLand
The spatial organization within ancient settlements offers valuable insights into the evolution of social complexity. This paper examines spatially and chronologically contextualized architectural structures and artifacts uncovered at the Late Bronze Age
Meng Ren   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of Relationship Between Cultural Reproduction and Social Class with an Emphasis on Fatalism (The Heads of Households in Isfahan) [PDF]

open access: yesجامعه شناسی کاربردی, 2017
Introduction: In general, the recognition and measurement of the social class concept has been considered both in the classical and later sociologist's views.
Ahmad Moazzeni, Ali Beheshti Doust
doaj   +1 more source

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