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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

Comment on 'Asian Reference Values for Handgrip Strength, Gait Speed, Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test, Muscle Mass and Calf Circumference' by Grgic et al. [PDF]

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
Lim WS, Assantachai P, Merchant R, Won CW, Woo J, Chen LK, Arai H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Market Integration and Nonlinear Price Transmission in 19th‐Century British Wheat Markets

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Important developments in infrastructure and institutions characterized 19th‐Century wheat markets in Great Britain. Among these developments was the construction of the national rail system which enabled cheaper and more efficient transport of grain and other bulky cargoes between inland towns and ports.
Barry K. Goodwin, A. Ford Ramsey
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Guide to lower extremity radiologic measurements: part 2 knee. [PDF]

Skeletal Radiol
Crone AM, Omar IM, Bronson AM, Buchler LT, Selley RS, Weaver JS, Klauser AS, Taljanovic MS.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The merchant

, 2014
El objetivo de este documento es describir el juego The Merchant, tanto desde el punto de vista técnico como funcional, así como proporcionar su manual de usuario. Se trata de un juego multi jugador, ambientado en el espacio, que tiene como objetivo comerciar con productos entre planetas.
openaire   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Author Correction: An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials. [PDF]

Nature
Szymanski NJ, Rendy B, Fei Y, Kumar RE, He T, Milsted D, McDermott MJ, Gallant M, Cubuk ED, Merchant A, Kim H, Jain A, Bartel CJ, Persson K, Zeng Y, Ceder G.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Queen Anne's Wardrobe: Fashion, Sartorial Politics, and the Representational Strategies of the Last Stuart Queen

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Connectivity During Social Reward Processing in Autistic and Neurotypical Adolescents. [PDF]

Brain Behav
Xie H, Moraczewski D, McNaughton KA, Warnell KR, Merchant JS, Kirby LA, Redcay E.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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