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The Art of Community: Creativity at the Crossroads of Immigrant Cultures and Social Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
These are case studies that give credance to the belief that respect for one's own artistic traditions is critical to the acculturation process. The essays contained here offer clear and shining examples of how paying attention to culture and creativity ...
Amy Skillman   +5 more
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A perspective review of applications of the computed tomography (CT) scan imaging technique for microscopic reservoir rock characterization

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
In this review, the application of micro‐CT and medical‐CT scanning in the oil and gas industry has been thoroughly discussed. Recent improvements in DRP and modern imaging techniques in the oil and gas industry have been modeled using both experimental and simulation work.
Achinta Bera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the welfare state performance in the European Union [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we use data on five social inclusion indicators (poverty, inequality, unemployment, education and health) to assess and compare the performance of 27 European welfare states (EU27) in 2008.
Mathieu Lefebvre   +3 more
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Squeezing minds from stones: Cognitive archaeology and the evolution of the human mind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new interdisciplinary science that uses cognitive and psychological models to explain archaeological artifacts like stone tools, figurines, and art. Edited by cognitive archaeologist Karenleigh A.
Coolidge, Frederick Lawrence   +1 more
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Radiomics in PET Imaging:: A Practical Guide for Newcomers.

open access: yesPET Clinics, 2021
Fanny Orlhac   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Studying interspecific population synchrony: current status and future perspectives

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Interspecific population synchrony, or co‐fluctuations in the population dynamics and demographic parameters of different species, is an important ecological phenomenon with major implications for the stability of communities and ecosystems. It is also central in the context of biodiversity loss, as interspecific synchrony can influence how ecological ...
Ragnhild Bjørkås   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration To Rural Communities In The Midwest: Economic Wellbeing And Women At The Household Level [PDF]

open access: yes
Migration patterns are changing from large metropolis to rural towns. Rather than temporary migration of male heads of households the patterns are now for families to migrate in various stages. Rural Missouri towns have attracted newcomers.
Dozi, Pedro V.   +2 more
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Language and identity in the school adjustment of immigrant students in Israel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Der Autor, dessen in diesem Band dargestellte Analyse... auf dem Datensatz der ICSEY Studie basiert, untersucht Muster der Adaption von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund unter den Aspekten Sprache, Identität und soziokulturelle Anpassung in einem ...
Horenczyk, Gabriel
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
wiley   +1 more source

Competition and Resource Sensitivity in Marriage and Roommate Markets [PDF]

open access: yes
We consider one-to-one matching markets in which agents can either be matched as pairs or remain single. In these so-called roommate markets agents are consumers and resources at the same time.
Bettina Klaus
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