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Expanding the Utility of Exome Sequencing in Preventive and Population Genetics

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrier screening is a long‐standing genetic testing process offered to at‐risk couples, with or without a family history, who might have pregnancies affected by an autosomal recessive (AR) or X‐linked (XL) disorder. A total of 276 unrelated individuals, initially referred for rare disorder screening by clinicians, were enrolled in this study ...
Charilaos Kostoulas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Earnings Management, Profitability Ratios and Firm Size on Capital Structure [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات تجربی حسابداری مالی, 2009
Decision making about capital structure and determining its effectiveness is increasingly important subject in managing of firms. In addition, earnings management is one of the effective factors on capital structure in corporate governance subjects. This
M. A. Aghaei   +3 more
doaj  

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do street-level bureaucrats have discretionary power? Analysing the immigration detention policy implementation from the perspective of organizational power struggles in Belgian ‘closed centres'

open access: yesPolitical Research Exchange
‘Discretionary power' suffers from conceptual ambiguity. Is it an attribute of individual street-level bureaucrats, or an organizational prerogative?
Andrew Crosby
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Buoyancy Effect Of Direct Taxes In Turkey

open access: yesGümrük ve Ticaret Dergisi, 2022
The study aims to examine the buoyancy effect of direct taxes in Turkey. While analyzing the buoyancy effect of direct taxes, personal income tax and corporate tax, including direct tax revenues, are considered.
Pınar Bengi Kaya   +1 more
doaj  

Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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