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Three Flaws in One Justification A Critical Examination of Nussbaum’s Reasoning Behind Her List of Capabilities [PDF]

İnsan & Toplum, 2022
Who should decide what makes one’s life good? This is a long-standing question that has recently led to an unresolved discussion between two leading figures of the contemporary political and social theory, namely Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum.
M. Onur Arun
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Impact of Inhaled Corticosteroids on the Modulation of Respiratory Defensive Reflexes During Artificial Limb Exercise in Ovalbumin-Sensitized Rabbits

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
IntroductionCough is a major lower airway defense mechanism that can be triggered by exercise in asthma patients. Studies on cough reflex in experimental animal models revealed a decrease of cough reflex sensitivity during exercise in healthy animals ...
Sarah Basin, Sarah Basin, Simon Valentin, Simon Valentin, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova, Bruno Demoulin, Laurent Foucaud, Delphine Gérard, Celso Pouget, Edem Allado, Edem Allado, Bruno Chenuel, Bruno Chenuel, Mathias Poussel, Mathias Poussel   +15 more
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Desensitization of the Cough Reflex Induced by Corticosteroids in Ovalbumin-Sensitized Rabbits During Artificial Limb Exercise

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
IntroductionCough is a major symptom frequently experienced during exercise, mainly in asthmatic patients. Inhaled glucocorticoids represent the keystone treatment in the management of asthma, but little is known about interactions between cough and ...
Simon Valentin, Simon Valentin, Bruno Chenuel, Bruno Chenuel, Silvia Demoulin-Alexikova, Bruno Demoulin, Delphine Gérard, Laurent Foucaud, Mathias Poussel, Mathias Poussel   +9 more
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Assistive Technology Is a Resource for Building Capabilities, but Is It Just Addressing the Symptoms of Inequality?

Societies, 2022
Advocacy for assistive technology interventions is compatible with the capabilities approach but is insufficient for addressing the disadvantage experienced by people with disability.
Emily J Steel
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Applying a Social Exclusion Framework to Explore the Relationship Between Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI) and Social Vulnerability

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) is a leading cause of preventable infant mortality and strongly associated with social adversity. While this has been noted over many decades, most previous studies have used single economic markers ...
Rebecca A. Shipstone, Jeanine Young, Lauren Kearney, John M. D. Thompson, John M. D. Thompson   +4 more
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Differential Treatment and Outcomes for Patients With Heart Attacks in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Communities

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Racially and ethnically minoritized groups, people with lower income, and rural communities have worse access to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than their counterparts, but PCI hospitals have preferentially opened in wealthier areas.
Yu‐Chu Shen, Nandita Sarkar, Renee Y. Hsia   +2 more
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Disadvantaged and Disadvantaging Regions: Opportunity Structures and Social Disadvantage in Rural Peripheries

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2023
AbstractRegional peripheralisation has been repeatedly described as a process resulting in the combination of regional structural and social disadvantage. In theory, peripheries are characterised by the interdependence of these two types of disadvantage. Few studies have examined this interdependence in rural peripheries across several countries.
Josef Bernard, Sylvia Keim‐Klärner
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Successful students’ negotiation of township schooling in contemporary South Africa

Perspectives in Education, 2014
This article draws on data from a larger longitudinal qualitative case study which is tracking the progress of students over the course of their undergraduate degrees at a South African university.
Rochelle Kapp, Tracy S. Craig, Robert Prince, Elmi Badenhorst, Viki Janse van Rensburg, June Pym, Bongi Bangeni, Kate le Roux, Ermien van Pletzen   +8 more
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(Re)Building Home and Community in the Social Housing Sector: Lessons from a South Australian Approach

Social Inclusion, 2020
Australia’s social housing sector is under great pressure. Actions to improve social housing sector capacity and responsiveness have occupied the minds and endeavours of many policy makers, practitioners and scholars for some time now.
Selina Tually, William Skinner, Debbie Faulkner, Ian Goodwin-Smith   +3 more
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Brexit and Trump: Which Theory of Social Stasis and Social Change Copes Best With the New Populism?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Why do voters seek to change the political landscape or to retain it? System justification theory (SJT) proposes that a separate system motive to preserve the existing order drives support for the status-quo, and that this motivation operates ...
Chuma Kevin Owuamalam, Mark Rubin, Russell Spears   +2 more
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