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This study developed an integrated Geographical Information System (GIS) based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (GIS-MCDA) framework based on hydrological marginality, soil suitability, land cover marginality, slope, social marginality, and contaminated ...
Tewodros A. Simret +4 more
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Philosophical analysis of marginality problem
The article analyzes the notions of marginality in socio-psychological and cultural dimensions. Today, two opposing epistemological tendencies have emerged: first, marginality is assessed positively as a synonym for the notion of creative renewal.
Svetlana V. Obolkina
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Urban Informality: Its Genesis and Future beyond Stigma and Abolition
More than often informality as a concept connotes, in the common perception, with negative and unofficial ways through which formality is bypassed.
Safiya El Ghmari, Adil Zabadi
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Diagnostic inflation in autism spectrum disorder: an epistemological and methodological reappraisal
BackgroundThe reported prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has risen nearly fourfold over two decades, fuelling debate about whether DSM-5 boundaries still demarcate a coherent clinical category.
Luigi Croce, Luigi Croce, Irene Fusaro
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Ti-Girl Power: American Utopianism in the Queer Superhero Text
This paper examines the ways in which artist-writer Jaime Hernandez engages with issues of national belonging in terms of ethnicity and gender in his 2012 superhero graphic novel God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls.
Matt Yockey
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Marginal regions in Slovakia and their developmental disposabilities
The study deals with the problems of territorial marginality in Slovakia. It illustrates the content structure of regional marginality, its factor satiation, as well as its spatial (territorial) localization.
P. Gajdoš
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The socialization of the Ethiopian Jewish community, known as Beta Israel in Israeli society, is marked by performing cultural customs and rituals to establish its unique tradition and collective ethnic narrative. The Sigd is a holiday that is celebrated
Elazar Ben-Lulu
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ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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Health Literacy, Self‐Efficacy and Knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder in which abnormal haemoglobin leads to severe anaemia, painful crises and organ failure. Caregivers’ health literacy (HL) – their ability to assess, understand and apply information, and interact with healthcare professionals – is crucial for managing children with SCD, yet ...
Melanie Bruinooge +6 more
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