Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa
ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
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Patient-Centered Education Through A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Caregivers: Descriptive Study of Knowledge Gains by French Association of Patients With Multiple Myeloma (AF3M) and French-Speaking Myeloma Intergroup (IFM). [PDF]
Talbot A +16 more
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Fighting Corruption Through Accountability? A Survey Experiment 感覺課責能否抑制貪腐?來自調查實驗的證據
ABSTRACT Democratic Weberian bureaucracy is facing great challenges upholding public values as we see turbulent party politics disrupt merit‐based systems, causing bureaucrats' goal displacement and conflicting compliance under multiple accountability mechanisms.
Ming‐feng Kuo, Hsini Huang
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Balancing public health and privacy rights: a mixed-methods study on disclosure obligations of people living with HIV to their partners in China. [PDF]
Xie Z, Duan Z.
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An international survey of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy recipients
Abstract Objectives This study aimed to address the paucity of studies of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients. Methods A total of 1144 people responded to an online survey. Results The respondents included 286 relatives and friends of ECT recipients, from 22 countries.
Christopher Harrop +5 more
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Health and wellbeing experiences of women informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic review. [PDF]
Ibrahim SA +4 more
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Analysis of News Dissemination Path and Impact of Big Data Technology in Public Health Emergencies.
Zhang Z, Tang J.
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Quantifiers for a Modal Future
ABSTRACT Future auxiliaries present a challenge to the classical analysis of modal expressions as existential or universal quantifiers over a contextually provided set of possible worlds: these expressions come with a distinct modal flavor, but their interaction with negation and the fact that future judgments come in degrees of confidence is ...
Malte Willer
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Insanity, Disability and Responsibility: Rethinking Autonomy to Challenge Structural Inequality. [PDF]
Richards J.
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What's Wrong With “Conceptual Amelioration”?
ABSTRACT Conceptual amelioration aims to make the world a more just place by ameliorating our concepts. I offer three arguments against this enterprise as currently practiced to show how social philosophy aimed at producing social change can be better practiced. First, ameliorators often fail to provide plausible stories to vindicate their claims about
Lidal Dror
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