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The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the interface between personality psychology and economics. We examine the predictive power of personality and the stability of personality traits over the life cycle.
Borghans, Lex   +3 more
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Gap acceptance and driver behaviour at intersections in Minna, north central Nigeria.

open access: yes, 2015
The headways,· spacing distributions and gap acceptance were measured from two main intersections in Minna, Centrar Nigeria.The average critical gap and spacing for stadium junction are 2.39 seconas and 11.08m respectively, and that of Mustapha hospital ...
Ndoke, PN, Kolo, SS
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Why does the generation of millennials in bogota not see the pension as an option of economic income for their old age?

open access: yes, 2020
El grupo poblacional Millennial ha sido reportado como la generación que no reserva parte de sus ingresos en asegurar una buena calidad de vida durante la edad de retiro, en Bogotá solo el 58% de los ocupados cotiza a salud y pensión y los expertos ...
Pérez Yáñez, Julio Edilberto
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In Bloom: Gender Differences in Preferences among Adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes
We look at gender differences among adolescents in Sweden in preferences for altruism, risk and competition. We find that girls are more altruistic and less risk taking than boys. No gender differences are found comparing competitive performance with non-
Ranehill, Eva   +2 more
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Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge

open access: yes, 2002
Bibliography: p. 189-214.This thesis represents a series of investigations into the sociological study of symbolic forms. It seeks to address the question as to whether, in the informational or knowledge society of late modernity, all symbolic forms are ...
Muller, Johan Pieter
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Female philanthropy and women novelists of 1840-1870

open access: yes, 1989
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Many women writers between 1840 and 1870 were producing a particular form of social or "social protest" novel which is identified here as a "philanthropic
Mothersole, Brenda, Mothersole, B
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Estimates hearings and government control of the Senate

open access: yes, 2006
Created in 1970, the system of Senate estimates committees was intended as a more effective means for senators to put questions to ministers and public servants about government activities.
Harry Evans
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The limitations of dispersive freedom : Michel Foucault and historiography [PDF]

open access: yes
In this thesis I argue that Foucault's dispersive historiography is a deepening rather than a purifying of historical existence. This emphasis upon dispersion as a critical principle is contrasted with, and delimited by the possibility of the ...
Ashby, David
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Molding the Pain into Porcelain: The Silent Resilience of Arthritic Hands in Hong Kong's Ceramic Studios. [PDF]

open access: yesHealthcare (Basel)
Yip A   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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