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Nursing &Health Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Family planning and the use of modern contraceptives are pivotal in promoting women's health, enhancing gender equality, and supporting socioeconomic development. However, in many regions, including sub‐Saharan Africa, a substantial gap remains in the utilization of modern contraceptives.
Tinyiko Violet Baloyi +6 more
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Personal names in the Parish register from Kvaderna kapitula lovranskog
Zbornik Lovranšćine, 2014 The introductory part of the paper consists of notes on personal names, parish registers and Kvaderna kapitula lovranskog. The main part of the work gives a statistical and structural analysis of personal name data from the parish register which is an ...
Anđela Frančić
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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures - quasi-experimental evidence [PDF]
We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy. We distinguish between the quantity of contacts – the number of individuals of the same ethnicity – and the quality of contacts ...
Fredriksson, Peter, Åslund, Olof
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 107, Issue 2, Page 600-607, February 1, 2026.ABSTRACT Background Frailty is associated with poorer short‐term outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and national guidelines recommend an assessment of frailty as part of the decision‐making process. However, multiple frailty indices are currently used in clinical practice, and it is unclear which has the best discrimination ...
Timothy J. Bagnall +11 more
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Opposite effects of maternal and paternal grandmothers on infant survival in historical Krummhörn [PDF]
On the basis of church register entries from the Krummhörn region (Ostfriesland, Germany, 1720-1874) we looked at the question whether the existence or non-existence of grandmothers had an impact on the reproductive success of a family.
Eckart Voland, Jan Beise
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Marriage and Fertility in a Catholic Society: Eighteenth-Century Quebec [PDF]
There are similarities and differences in marriage and fertility behavior between early North American societies and their modern counterparts. This paper investigates the quantitative importance of differential fecundity, assortative matching, and ...
Aloysius Siow, Gillian Hamilton
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 342-376, February 2026.Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 247-280, February 2026.Abstract This article investigates the impact of local political institutions on inequality in eastern England between c. 1350 and c. 1550. Specifically, it examines the extent to which wealthier individuals controlled local governance structures in the form of manor courts through linking the identities of individuals who served as manorial officials ...
Spike Gibbs
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Child labour and industrialization: Evidence from factory records and the 1851 British census
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 163-188, February 2026.Abstract Children were an integral part of the workforce during the British Industrial Revolution. The changing patterns of child labour as well as the causes behind its rise and fall have generated much scholarly debate. This study brings in new direct evidence on child labour from children's age certificates and school attendance records from cotton ...
Xuesheng You, Alexander Tertzakian
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Narrative candour: Learning from diverse stories of imperfect medical practice
Medical Education, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 119-126, February 2026.Abstract Introduction Medical training often induces stress and burnout, exacerbated by competition and imposter syndrome, which can collectively contribute to trainee distress. Drawing from narrative theories, this conceptual paper examines how myths of the heroic doctor and discourses of exceptionalism contribute to this distress, suggesting that ...
Margaret Bearman +2 more
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