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ABSTRACT Skills formation is a pressing issue for middle‐income countries given the pace of technological change. In Latin America, scholars point to the hierarchical type of capitalism and its segmentalist skills formation system as the main roadblocks to exiting the middle‐income trap.
Aldo Madariaga, Mariana Rangel‐Padilla
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Economics of Sports: A Note to this Special Issue [PDF]
The expansion of economics to other spheres of life, including politics, war, crime, religion, or in particular sports can be seen in line with Hirshleifer (2002) as a breath of fresh air in economics.
Torgler, Benno
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Electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators—background review
Y. Bar-Cohen, I. Anderson
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ABSTRACT The Sense of Humor Scale parallel version short form (SHS‐PSF) is a novel self‐report measure aimed at describing personality traits related to enjoyment of humor, laughter, verbal humor, humor under stress, humor in everyday life, and laughing at oneself.
Chloe Lau +6 more
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Education, Training and Informatics Go Hand in Hand in (Foreign) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) – Case Studies From Live and Online Classrooms [PDF]
Training and Informatics go hand in hand in (Foreign) Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by presenting (1) the needs of non-native (or foreign) English students of ESP and EAP classrooms; and (2) how these needs are fulfilled with students' training in
Ekaterini Nikolarea
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ABSTRACT This study develops and validates a scenario‐based assessment for global citizenship within mathematics contexts. It addresses the need for students to engage thoughtfully with global challenges by linking civic education and mathematics. The assessment tool captures competencies essential for global citizenship, including presenting opinions ...
Haemee Rim, Sun Hee Kim, Jihyun Hwang
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The EAP‐AIAS: Adapting the AI Assessment Scale for English for Academic Purposes
ABSTRACT The advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is complicating traditional techniques in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction. This paper proposes a novel adaptation of an existing scale (the AI Assessment Scale), which is designed to facilitate effective learning and assessment in the era of GenAI.
Jasper Roe +2 more
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PLAYBOOKS AND CHECKBOOKS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS, OF MODERN SPORTS, S. Szymanski, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2009, 225 pages. ISBN 978-0-691-12750-7 [PDF]
Simon Rottenberg is credited with starting the literature on sports economics in 1956 with his analysis of major league baseball’s labour market.
João Ramos
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Sense of Belonging in Science: A Focus on the Construct
Abstract The importance of the construct to the fields of measurement and cognitive science cannot be overstated. Without an understanding of the construct, including clarity and scope of the substantive and structural aspects, one cannot ensure valid use and interpretation of a constructed measure.
Linda Morell +6 more
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Economic Policies, Political Considerations and Overall Health [PDF]
Socioeconomic factors play a crucial role in determining physiological and psychological health levels of the population. The level of unemployment, income inequality and poverty levels are largely affected by economic policies and the economic cycles ...
Stavros A. Drakopoulos
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