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New Zealand regions, 1986-2001: Dependency and development of social capital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The development of social capital is significantly affected by benefit dependency of the population. This paper investigates measures of social cohesion and measures of dependency on society across the regions of New Zealand.
Baxendine, Sandra   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Frequency and Common Causes of Unscheduled Adult Emergency Department Return Visits Within 72 Hours at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background: Emergency Departments (ED) are becoming one of the most overcrowded departments globally. This study aims to investigate the frequency and causes of unscheduled patient return to the ED in King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam (KFSH-D ...
Malak Jamaan Alzahrani   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling the public transport capacity constraints’ impact on passenger path choices in transit assignment models [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Transport, 2017
The objective of this paper is to discuss the replication of passenger congestion (overcrowding) effects on output path choices in public transport assignment models.
Arkadiusz Drabicki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where's My Seat? How School Overcrowding Disproportionally Impacts Immigrant Communities in New York City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
School overcrowding, which occurs when "the number of students enrolled in the school is larger than the number of students the school was designed to accommodate," is rampant in New York City's public school system.

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Inference of the drivers of collective movement in two cell types: Dictyostelium and melanoma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Collective cell movement is a key component of many important biological processes, including wound healing, the immune response and the spread of cancers.
Ferguson, Elaine A.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

No Room to Live: Urban Overcrowding in Edwardian Britain [PDF]

open access: yes
We study the extent of overcrowding amongst British urban working families in the early 1900s and find major regional differences. In particular, a much greater proportion of households in urban Scotland were overcrowded than in the rest of Britain and ...
Gazeley, Ian, Newell, Andrew T.
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Systematic review of trends in emergency department attendances : an Australian perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Emergency departments (EDs) in many developed countries are experiencing increasing pressure due to rising numbers of patient presentations and emergency admissions. Reported increases range up to 7% annually. Together with limited inpatient bed capacity,
Cameron, Peter   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Modelling the impact of alternative fare structures on train overcrowding

open access: yes, 2003
The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) provides the backbone to rail regulation in Great Britain. As part of its responsibilities, the SRA monitors overcrowding on trains which it measures in terms of the proportion of passengers on trains in excess of the ...
Johnson, D.H., Whelan, G.A.
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