Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Affirmative Action in Local Elite Colleges and Subject Choice
ABSTRACT Women are largely underrepresented in STEM careers associated with higher labor market returns. This gender gap is even more stark in a context where societal biases are prevalent and female role models are lacking. This paper investigates the impact of an affirmative action (AA) policy implemented in an elite educational institution in India ...
Ritika Gupta
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Trends in Inpatient Psychiatry Referrals: A Retrospective Study of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Services. [PDF]
Agarwal K +4 more
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
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Losing one's religion: relationships between autistic and schizotypal traits, religiosity, spirituality, and faith changes. [PDF]
Smith Q, Yang N, Doesburg SM, Crespi B.
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Modelling Suicide‐Related Communication Dynamics: A Socio‐Cybernetic Framework for Governance
ABSTRACT Suicide‐related phenomena (SPS) are often approached through individual‐level risk factors or moral framings, yet their population‐level dynamics depend critically on how ‘suicide’ becomes observable, circulates and is governed across functionally differentiated systems.
Enrique Fernández Vilas, Juan R. Coca
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Fertility Awareness and Attitudes Toward Parenthood Among University Students in Chitwan, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Gurung O +3 more
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From Particle to Purpose: A Systems‐Theoretical Model of Unity and Coherent Adaptation
ABSTRACT This paper develops a conceptual integration that bridges classical systems theories with insights from the Islamic intellectual tradition, focusing on the notion of zerre (particle) as articulated by Said Nursî. We reinterpret zerre as a systems‐theoretical agent that exhibits lawful responsiveness without autonomy, offering a new lens on how
Erhan Atay
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Application of Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis to Assess Predictors of Early Sexual Initiation in Ethiopia, EDHS 2016. [PDF]
Kebede SD, Shibabaw AA.
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Accomplishing Ethics‐Work as a Generic Social Process
Existing systems of university research ethics are often criticized by those in the qualitative research tradition. A common thread is that ethics cannot be fully anticipated before the research begins, as is expected by most institutional review boards.
Deana Simonetto, Antony Puddephatt
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Science Beyond Consensus: Defending Open Inquiry in Sensitive Scientific Debates. [PDF]
Khaleghi A, Zarafshan H.
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