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Human Relations Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Any assessment of the state of human relations in the Chicago region needs to be multidimensional. At its most basic, such an assessment involves the quality of relationships, or relations, among individuals. Relations may manifest themselves in families,

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Importance of context‐specific community perspectives in human–wildlife coexistence: Evidence from Chitwan National Park, Nepal

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This study examines community priorities for human–wildlife coexistence strategies across four administrative sectors of Chitwan National Park, Nepal, revealing marked differences among sectors. Results show that local communities in different sectors have distinct needs and expectations, indicating that uniform approaches are insufficient and that ...
Arockia E J Ferdin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Getting to Zero HIV Cases San Francisco: Reconceptualizing Housing as HIV Prevention and HIV Treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The City and County of San Francisco, originallyground zero for the HIV epidemic in the United States, is redefining public health HIV interventions, potentially positioning San Francisco as one of the first major metropolitan cities in the world to ...
Zaragoza, Gaspar
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Children on Maternal Employment: Evidence From East and West Germany

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal effect of fertility on female labour market outcomes in East and West Germany. We use twin births as an exogenous variation for family size. Our results suggest a negative relationship between the number of children and maternal labour market outcomes.
Johannes Köckeis, Sven Stöwhase
wiley   +1 more source

Institutionalisation and Institutional Evolution: A Model of Selecting Government Officials in Ancient China

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evolution of institutions in selecting government officials in ancient China reflected efficiency considerations and increased power concentration in the hands of the ruler. Selecting government officials in ancient China became more rule‐based over time, and standardisation and centralisation were some key features of this process.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital‐ and county‐level characteristics explain geographic variability in prices of cancer‐related procedures: Implications for policy and interventions

open access: yesCancer Medicine
Background Healthcare costs in the U.S. are high and variable, which can hinder access and impact health outcomes across communities. This study examined hospital‐ and county‐level characteristics to identify factors that explain geographic variation in ...
Jennifer L. Moss   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Risk Exposure and Environmental Conditions on European Banking Efficiency

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the determinants of bank cost efficiency in Europe by applying a dynamic Bayesian stochastic frontier approach. We distinguish between two conceptually and empirically separate components of efficiency: (1) an intrinsic component, driven by internal bank features such as size and risk exposure, and (2) an extrThis study
Pilar Gargallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

County-level factors associated with a mismatch between opioid overdose mortality and availability of opioid treatment facilities.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
BackgroundOpioid overdose deaths in the United States remain a major public health crisis. Little is known about counties with high rates of opioid overdose mortality but low availability of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment facilities.
John G Rizk   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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