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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster +4 more
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Aeronautical imagination and the figure of the French aviator in the Azorean press (1935/1949) [PDF]
, 2018 In the aftermath of “Atlantic Fever”, several test crews from the most advanced nations in aviation came to the Azores, fighting for the establishment of commercial routes between the Old and the New World.
Faria, Dominique, Monteiro, António
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Insurance and self-protection for increased risk aversion
, 2017 We re-examine the classic problem of risk aversion and self-protection in this paper. In the beginning of this paper, we conduct comparative statics of risk aversion and prevention efforts based on the mono-periodic two states model of choice under risk.
ZHANG, Jian
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Innovation and failure in mechatronics design education [PDF]
, 2018 Innovative engineering design always has associated with it the risk of failure, and it is the role of the design engineer to mitigate the possibilities of failure in the final system.
Bradley, David +2 more
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Impaired ability to induce stepping after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) can limit the efficacy of locomotor training, often leaving patients wheelchair‐bound. The cuneiform nucleus (CNF), a key mesencephalic locomotor control center, modulates the activity of spinal locomotor centers via the reticulospinal tract.
Anna‐Sophie Hofer +21 more
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Automatic Estimation of the Exposure to Lateral Collision in Signalized Intersections using Video Sensors [PDF]
, 2010 Intersections constitute one of the most dangerous elements in road systems. Traffic signals remain the most common way to control traffic at high-volume intersections and offer many opportunities to apply intelligent transportation systems to make ...
Midenet, Sophie, Saunier, Nicolas
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Advances in Civil EngineeringTraffic accidents involving trucks at highway-railroad grade crossings (HRGCs) often result in catastrophic outcomes. It is crucial for transportation agencies to identify the underlying causes and develop strategies to mitigate the severity of these ...
Lan Wu, Jiayu Zhou, Haigen Min, Gen Li
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This review article critically examines the environmental and health hazards of tannery sludge (TS), a complex by‐product of the leather tanning industry. TS is characterized by a diverse array of contaminants, including heavy metals like chromium, organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds ...
Yashar Aryanfar +10 more
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KAJIAN PENERAPAN ZoSS (ZONA SELAMAT SEKOLAH) DI KOTA BOGOR [PDF]
, 2009 Placing of (location) school facility (elementary school) as basic equipment facilitation of environment is sometimes accessible to road gives feeling of insecure/unsafe, cause of its impact on interaction conflict within its user (especially toward ...
SUPRAPTO, AGUS
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