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Disability in the UK: measuring equality [PDF]
Disability & Society, 2007 In this article we identify the key survey data for examining the issue of equality in the lives of disabled people in the UK. Such data is essential for assessing change in quality of life over time and for the evaluation of the impact of policy initiatives. For each data source we consider definitions, data collection, issue coverage, sample size and
Purdam, Kingsley +3 more
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Communications in Transportation Research, 2022 Space–time prism (STP) is a fundamental concept in time geography and has been predominately constructed in unimodal transportation networks. Due to the vast trip chaining options by private vehicles and public transportation, it was challenging to ...
Jing Qin, Feixiong Liao
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Gender Bias and Artificial Intelligence: A Challenge within the Periphery of Human Rights
Hasanuddin Law Review, 2022 Technology is advancing at an exponential rate, and artificial intelligence has become a contentious issue of the day. A plethora of fields influencing human life has been impacted by artificial intelligence, whereas the development of artificial ...
Prashant Chauhan, Gagandeep Kaur
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E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2022 Gender equality has gained unmatched attention in recent times in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, governments and organizations are encouraged to institute measures to promote gender equality. This study examined the efforts
Daniel Odoom +4 more
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Gender equality management in modern company management in era of globalization [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 Research background: Today’s dynamic times in era of globalization bring change to all areas of business; there is increasing pressure to increase the competitiveness of companies and thus increase the requirements for management. Despite current trends,
Sukalova Viera, Ceniga Pavel
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Measuring Unfair (in) Equality [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 The standard approach to inequality measurement regards all inequalities as being unfair. However, most people do not share this view, and believe that some inequalities are fair. This paper shows one way of generalizing the standard approach to take account of the distinction between fair and unfair inequalities.
Ingvild Almås +4 more
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Similarity measure, entropy and distance measure of multiple sets [PDF]
Journal of Fuzzy Extension and ApplicationsA multiple set is an extended version of a fuzzy set that simultaneously addresses an element’s multiplicity and uncertainty. In this paper, we define the approximate equality of multiple sets and study some relevant properties associated with it.
Sanjitha Radhakrishnan, Baiju Thankachan
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Gender equality in Swedish academia: Unpacking the toolbox
JPHE, 2023 Gender inequalities persist among Swedish academic staff, and gender balance is especially skewed toward men in the most prestigious academic career positions, such as professorships. In this article, the measures used in Swedish universities to promote
Charlotte Silander
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An Investigation of a Measure of Twins' Equal Environments [PDF]
Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2007 AbstractThe equal environments assumption, which holds that trait-relevant environments are equally correlated among monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs, is essential to twin designs. Violations of this assumption could lead to biased parameter estimates in twin models. A variety of methods and measures have been used to test this assumption.
Karen S, Mitchell +5 more
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Public Health Reviews, 2018 Violence against women is an acknowledged public and global health problem which has adverse consequences for women’s health. Education, especially higher education, has long been identified as an important arena for addressing the problem and promoting ...
Leah Okenwa-Emgwa, Eva von Strauss
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