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Exploring Drug Use Among Youth Raised by Custodial Grandparents and Other Caregiver Types

open access: yesYouth
Juvenile substance use continues to be well researched. Prior research suggests that youth substance use can have far-reaching impacts. While several causes of substance use have been explored, including parental supervision and family structure, it is ...
Natalie Goulette   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal Grandmothers Do Go the Extra Mile: Factoring Distance and Lineage into Differential Contact with Grandchildren

open access: yesEvolutionary Psychology, 2007
Several studies conducted from an evolutionary perspective have documented differential investment in grandchildren by lineage. The majority of these studies have used retrospective ratings by grandchildren, but only a fraction of these studies have ...
Thomas V. Pollet   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

With Strings Attached: Grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labour market outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively.
GARCIA-MORAN, Eva, KUEHN, Zoe
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Association Between Colorectal Cancer Screening and Survival in Patients Older Than 70 Years: Results of A National Multicenter Retrospective Study

open access: yesJournal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer screening mainly targets a population between 50 and 70 years of age; however, it is inconsistently implemented in people over 70. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, postoperative mortality, and perioperative and oncologic outcomes in a large population ...
Matteo Rottoli   +499 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Obesity in the Association Between Alcohol Consumption and HDL‐c Levels: Baependi Heart Study

open access: yesLipids, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of global mortality, with dyslipidemia playing a central role in their pathogenesis. The influence of alcohol consumption on lipid profiles, particularly high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐c), in relation to obesity status remains insufficiently explored.
Larissa Esthefani Barros Cirino   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selection into Mixed Marriages: Evidence from North Carolina, 1894-1906 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Using a novel dataset from agricultural censuses and geological sources, I examine the selec- tion into mixed marriages between whites and Cherokee Indians in North Carolina during the late nineteenth century.
Gregg, Matthew T.
core   +1 more source

Place attachment and attitudes to landscape change for tree planting and net zero

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract To reach net zero by 2050 the Paris Agreement on Climate Change recommended tree cover expansion and tree planting to support Nationally Determined Contributions. We use place attachment in the context of historical events to explore landscape change and attitudes towards tree planting.
Sheena Carlisle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Semantic Similarity Measure for Expressive Description Logics

open access: yes, 2009
A totally semantic measure is presented which is able to calculate a similarity value between concept descriptions and also between concept description and individual or between individuals expressed in an expressive description logic.
d'Amato, Claudia   +2 more
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‘Manure gets into your veins’: Navigating plural valuation among rural landowners upstream from a Tribe‐led restoration project

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic ...
Sarah Woodbury   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Centring care as part of Indigenous environmental stewardship: Collective learning through cultural plants

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Stewardship is broadly defined as ‘universal responsibility of humanity to care for the planet, to ensure that it can continue to provide the essential natural resources for life’. Stewardship practices shape ecosystems, create diverse biocultural landscapes, and can enhance the productivity, availability and health of plants used by ...
Megan Mucioki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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