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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effectiveness of private actors in contributing to crime prevention. We leverage well‐publicised increases in security measures, including additional security guards and tagging of goods, by Tesco, a large UK supermarket chain.
Nils Braakmann, Wednesday Croft
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Community‐Oriented or Self‐Interested? Citizen Motivations for Engaging in Digital Coproduction
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Public organizations increasingly use digitally enabled platforms such as 311 (a nonemergency service in the United States) to facilitate coproduction and improve service delivery. While prior research has examined coproducers' motivations, we know little about motivations for digital coproduction.
Vishal Trehan +2 more
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Measuring the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population Health: A Guide for Researchers
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict‐affected settings. Despite increasing attention and study of armed conflict and its impact on human populations, few studies have evaluated the methods necessary to assess such relationships ...
Maya Luetke +2 more
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Black-White Segregation, Discrimination, and Home Ownership [PDF]
The effect of discrimination on black-white racial segregation is studied using a confidential supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Audit studies reveal that the rate of discrimination in rental housing is substantially higher than in
Kelly DeRango
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Applied SciencesBackground: Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline are common in older adults. The aims of this study were (i) to assess the frequency of depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in users of municipal home care services and (ii) to explore factors
Eleni-Zacharoula (Eliza) Georgiou +15 more
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Plant Biology, EarlyView.Global climate change will likely modify the plant assemblages of the Neotropical seasonally dry forest based on the physiological capabilities of the species. Abstract Neotropical seasonal dry forest (NSDF) is one of the most threatened ecosystems according to global climate change predictions.
A. Manrique‐Ascencio +4 more
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Maternal Residential Mobility Between Births: A California Statewide Study
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Studies of perinatal and paediatric health often analyse data from consecutive pregnancies. However, little is known about the factors associated with maternal residential changes between births or how maternal mobility may affect the validity of epidemiological findings, particularly those involving geographic‐based measurements ...
Giselle Bellia +3 more
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Geocoding Historical Data using QGIS
The Programming Historian, 2017 Many types of sources used by historians are inherently spatial. For example: - Census, population or taxation data - Imports and exports - Routes and itineraries In this tutorial, you will learn how to ‘geocode’ historial data ...
Justin Colson
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, 2023 FOSSGIS 2023: Anwenderkonferenz für Freie und Open Source Software für Geoinformationssysteme, Open Data und OpenStreetMap, p ...
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Neighbourhood Poverty Histories and Severe Maternal Morbidity Across California Census Tracts
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and its racial and ethnic inequities are the result of a mixture of risk factors ranging from clinical comorbidities to socio‐economic contexts. One under‐explored dimension is neighbourhood contexts.
Sai Ramya Maddali +6 more
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