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Postcards from prison: An Auto-phenomenological Inquiry

Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2016
This article is an auto-phenomenological curricular exploration represented through the writing of a "postcard from prison". The postcard from prison construct was developed through a series of conversations with the late Donald MacDougall.
Mindy R. Carter
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith, David R. Green, Laura Newman, Joe Chick, Kathleen McIlvenna, Holly Marley, Natasha Preger, Douglas Brown, Nicola Shelton   +8 more
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Do incentives, reminders or reduced burden improve healthcare professional response rates in postal questionnaires? two randomised controlled trials

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background Healthcare professional response rates to postal questionnaires are declining and this may threaten the validity and generalisability of their findings.
Glidewell Liz, Thomas Ruth, MacLennan Graeme, Bonetti Debbie, Johnston Marie, Eccles Martin P, Edlin Richard, Pitts Nigel B, Clarkson Jan, Steen Nick, Grimshaw Jeremy M   +10 more
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High Cost and Low Trust: Insights From Qualitative Commercial Fishing Cost Data in the Northeast United States

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In fisheries management, socioeconomic data, specifically qualitative data analysis, is often underutilized. This study qualitatively analyzed a primary federal data collection effort in the Northeast United States, The Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fishing Business Cost Survey.
Elizabeth D. Conley, Samantha Werner, Gregory Ardini, Matthew Cutler, Patricia M. Clay   +4 more
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London Calling: Devolution and the London Living Wage Campaign

Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the role of devolution in shaping employment relations through a case study of the Living Wage in London. Drawing on a mixed methods approach it explores the rationale and methods by which the Greater London Authority has promoted fair pay despite possessing limited direct legislative power.
Deborah Hann, David Nash
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Shortening a survey and using alternative forms of prenotification: Impact on response rate and quality

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2010
Background Evidence suggests that survey response rates are decreasing and that the level of survey response can be influenced by questionnaire length and the use of pre-notification.
Jenkins Sarah, Ziegenfuss Jeanette Y, Rey Enrique, Beebe Timothy J, Lackore Kandace, Talley Nicholas J, Locke Richard G   +6 more
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Embodied Narrations: Video Narrative Inquiry for Meaning‐Making of Learning Contexts

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This text begins with the initial question of how we can narrate in a situated and meaningful way about the processes of teaching and learning, not to repeat what we imagine that we should say and already know, but to be truthful with respect to the issues that affect us and matter to us.
Olaia Miranda Berasategi, Alaitz Sasiain Camarero‐Nuñez, Estibaliz Aberasturi‐Apraiz   +2 more
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Does Deposit Insurance Promote Deposit Stability? Evidence from the Postal Savings System during the 1920s

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We evaluate whether deposit insurance (DI) promotes liquidity by influencing depositor behavior. We use the postal savings (PS) system and state‐adopted DI schemes during the 1920s to examine the effect of bank suspensions on PS deposit growth in pairs of border cities (DI versus non‐DI).
Lee K. Davison, Carlos D. Ramirez
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Forgivingness Across Social Relationships and Family Generations Over Time

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study addressed individual differences in forgivingness, or the tendency to forgive others, across multiple social relationships and family generations over time. Methods We used longitudinal data over 4 years across three family generations, including young adults (n = 501; M = 20.4 years), their parents (n = 350; M = 50.9 ...
Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, Patrick L. Hill   +2 more
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Njerep a postcard from the edge

Studies in African Linguistics, 2000
Kunama has been reported by different scholars as having two or three tones, downstep (or not), contrastive length of both consonants and vowels, and lexical stress.
Bruce Connell, David Zeitlyn
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