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Measuring New Venture Legitimacy: A Multi‐dimensional Approach Using Computational Textual Analysis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Legitimacy is critical for the growth, survival and performance of ventures, yet efforts to measure legitimacy empirically typically focus on a single dimension of this multi‐dimensional construct. In this article, we develop a multi‐dimensional framework for measuring legitimacy using computational text analysis.
Ali Ghods   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of different mortality forecasting methods and explicit assumptions on projected future life expectancy: The case of the Netherlands

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2013
BACKGROUND With the rapid aging of the population, mortality forecasting becomes increasingly important, especially for the insurance and pension industries.
Lenny Stoeldraijer   +3 more
doaj  

Neurodiversity and strengths‐based approaches in education: A Walker and Avant concept analysis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Neurodiversity and strengths‐based approaches are increasingly prominent in educational discourse, reflecting the ongoing evolution of inclusive educational practice. Each concept is subject to its own definitional ambiguity and has attracted a range of critiques. These unresolved issues at the ideational level risk undermining their effective
Alexandra Sewell, Alice Holloway
wiley   +1 more source

“Lovelies on Wheels”: The Politics of Miss Wheelchair America, 1972–1977

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Miss Wheelchair America pageant in the 1970s as a cultural and political space that produced a specific message about the intersections of womanhood, disability, and citizenship. The pageant elevated contestants who performed normative femininity, beauty, heterosexuality, and whiteness, while narratively framing ...
Moira Armstrong
wiley   +1 more source

Lee-Carter model and Kernel PCA

open access: yes, 2022
This thesis investigates the application of Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) method on the Lee-Carter model, which is a two-step model for estimating and forecasting mortality rates (Lee and Carter, 1992). The motivation comes from the possible
Wu, Yuanqi
core  

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Archiving the History of Environmentalism: Insights from Academia and Practice

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum considers the current state of archiving for the environmental movement at local, national and international levels. It responds to a gap that researchers of environmentalism have long been aware of, but one that is poorly understood from the perspective of records management and collections development practice.
Henry Irving   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The social life of money for children

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Trend forecasting of main groups of causes-of-death in Iran using the Lee-Carter model. [PDF]

open access: yesMed J Islam Repub Iran, 2018
Jahangiri K   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Peritoneal Fluid‐Derived Small Extracellular Vesicle Proteins as Potential Biomarkers for Endometriosis: A Case–Control Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To demonstrate the presence of peritoneal fluid (PF)‐derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in endometriosis and control samples, to characterise their protein content and to define endometriosis‐specific biomarkers within the sEV proteome. Design Case–control experimental study. Setting Academic endometriosis centre.
Hannah M. Nazri   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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