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Outside belonging: A study of bullying in a daycare institution
Nordisk Barnehageforskning, 2017 In this study of bullying during children’s play and other interactions in a daycare setting, the empirical data are based on interviews with staff and notes from discussions with staff and with two special education teachers.
Mai Brit Helgesen
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'Face Up to the Truth': Helping Gay Men in Vietnam Protect Themselves from AIDS. [PDF]
, 1999 Appropriate AIDS prevention information is not available in Vietnam for men who have sex with men. Current AIDS prevention messages can be misunderstood with potentially dangerous results.
Cawthorne, P, Wilson, D
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‘Disguised $I$’: Generalization vs Individualization
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2015 Whether one is an indefinite pronoun, which denotes no person in particular, or a generic one often synonymous to I, is a long-standing issue in semantics.
Marika Tonyan
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Group Formation Among Peer-to-Peer Agents: Learning Group Characteristics [PDF]
, 2003 This paper examines the decentralized formation of groups within a peer-to-peer multi-agent system. More specifically, it frames group formation as a clustering problem, and examines how to determine cluster characteristics such as area and density in
A.K. Jain +4 more
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Environmental AdvancesBackground: Although numerous studies have suggested short-term effects of air pollutants on acute asthma exacerbation, no study has yet specifically focused on children with persistent asthma, a particularly vulnerable population.
Akihiro Shiroshita +7 more
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Peer crowd affiliation as a segmentation tool for young adult tobacco use. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundIn California, young adult tobacco prevention is of prime importance; 63% of smokers start by the age of 18 years, and 97% start by the age of 26 years.
Jordan, Jeffrey W +2 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyThe joint effect of air pollutants at relatively low levels requires further investigation. Here, a database study was performed to evaluate the effects of exposure to mixtures of air pollutants during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood on childhood ...
Akihiro Shiroshita +6 more
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Monopolistic Group Design with Peer Effects [PDF]
In a range of settings, private firms manage peer effects by sorting agents into different groups, be they schools, neighbourhoods or teams. This paper considers such a firm, which controls group entry by setting a series of anonymous prices.
Simon Board
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Představy o mužském/chlapeckém vzhledu ve školních třídách [PDF]
Gender a Výzkum, 2013 The article is focuses on the adolescent concept of male/boy appearance and its impact on the social position of boys in a classroom structure. Boys can reach a better social position if their appearance corresponds to group norms.
Irena Smetáčková +3 more
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PEER GROUP EFFECTS AND OPTIMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM [PDF]
The belief that peers' characteristics influence the behavior and outcomes of students in school has been important in shaping public policy. How peers affect individuals depends on the educational system prevailing.
Marisa Hidalgo
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