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Is There Any Relationship Between the Number of COVID-19 Tests by Country with the Income Inequality of Countries? A Comparison with Income Inequality Metrics [PDF]

Turk Thorac J, 2022
OBJECTIVE Coronavirus diseases 2019 test numbers vary from country to country. The present study aims to investigate whether there is a relationship between the number of coronavirus diseases 2019 tests by country with the income inequality of countries.
Necati Çıtak, Atilla Pekçolaklar
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Structural inequality and temporal brain dynamics across diverse samples [PDF]

Clinical and Translational Medicine
Background Structural income inequality – the uneven income distribution across regions or countries – could affect brain structure and function, beyond individual differences. However, the impact of structural income inequality on the brain dynamics and
Sandra Baez, Hernan Hernandez, Sebastian Moguilner, Jhosmary Cuadros, Hernando Santamaria‐Garcia, Vicente Medel, Joaquín Migeot, Josephine Cruzat, Pedro A. Valdes‐Sosa, Francisco Lopera, Alfredis González‐Hernández, Jasmin Bonilla‐Santos, Rodrigo A. Gonzalez‐Montealegre, Tuba Aktürk, Agustina Legaz, Florencia Altschuler, Sol Fittipaldi, Görsev G. Yener, Javier Escudero, Claudio Babiloni, Susanna Lopez, Robert Whelan, Alberto A Fernández Lucas, David Huepe, Marcio Soto‐Añari, Carlos Coronel‐Oliveros, Eduar Herrera, Daniel Abasolo, Ruaridh A. Clark, Bahar Güntekin, Claudia Duran‐Aniotz, Mario A. Parra, Brian Lawlor, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Pavel Prado, Agustin Ibanez   +35 more
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Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Previous research suggests that unhealthy community food environments around schools contribute to unhealthy eating habits and negative health outcomes among the youth.
Bernardo Andretti, Letícia Oliveira Cardoso, Olivia Souza Honório, Paulo César Pereira de Castro Junior, Letícia Ferreira Tavares, Isabela da Costa Gaspar da Silva, Larissa Loures Mendes   +6 more
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Transforming power of research and development on inequality and well-being: a European Union perspective within the circular economy framework

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
To establish a “well-being economy” that prioritizes human and environmental welfare, understanding the relationship between income inequality, research and development (R&D) potential, and human development is crucial.
Marinko Skare, Beata Gavurova, Martin Rigelsky   +2 more
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Associations Between Measures of Structural Racism and Receipt of Acute Ischemic Stroke Interventions in the United States [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Structural racism and rural/urban differences in stroke care affect care delivery and outcomes. We explored the interplay among structural racism, urbanity, and intravenous thrombolysis (tissue plasminogen activator) and endovascular ...
Amol M. Mehta, Sai P. Polineni, Praneet Polineni, Mandip S. Dhamoon   +3 more
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Impact of adopting different socioeconomic indicators in older adults’ oral health research [PDF]

Brazilian Oral Research, 2021
: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of choosing different socioeconomic status indicators in research regarding older adults’ oral health. This is a cross-sectional study that analyzed baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Orlando Luiz do Amaral Júnior, Gabriele Rissotto Menegazzo, Maria Laura Braccini Fagundes, Fernanda Tomazoni, Jessye Melgarejo do Amaral Giordani   +4 more
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Income inequality and export‐oriented commercialization in colonial Africa: Evidence from six countries

The Economic History Review, 2023
Limited knowledge of African historical inequality trajectories hampers our understanding of inequality outcomes today and leads to a major omission in debates about global inequality.
Ellen Hillbom, J. Bolt, Michiel Bart de Haas, F. Tadei   +3 more
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The challenge of measuring poverty and inequality: a comparative analysis of the main indicators

European Journal of Government and Economics, 2018
This paper presents a review of the main available indicators to measure poverty and income inequality, examining their properties and suitability for different types of economic analyses, and providing real-world data to illustrate how they work ...
Juan Ignacio Martín-Legendre
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Libraries in society: comparing international metrics of societal progress to library usage statistics

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2023
Introduction. Literacy is a major predictor of education, income, and health. Both historically and currently, libraries have been leaders in promoting literacy globally.
Margaret Sullivan
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Income-related inequality in obesity and its determinants in Spain: What happens beyond the obesity threshold?

International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2023
This paper computes and decomposes income-related inequalities in three metrics of obesity, namely, status, depth and severity, for Spain, a European country characterized by a universal health care system with very high and rising obesity prevalence ...
Athina Raftopoulou, Joan Gil Trasfi
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