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Space and Colonial Alterity: Interrogating British Residential Segregation in Nigeria, 1899-1919 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The policy of segregation is undoubtedly a resented feature of colonial rule in Africa. However, discussions of the residential racial segregation policy of the British colonial administration in Africa invariably focus on “settler colonies” of South ...
Alozie, Bright
core   +1 more source

Measuring and mitigating behavioural segregation using Call Detail Records [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The overwhelming amounts of data we generate in our daily routine and in social networks has been crucial for the understanding of various social and economic factors.
Borge Holthoefer, Javier   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Late‐Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis and Air Pollution in the Multiethnic Cohort

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effects of ambient air pollution on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) incidence in a racially and ethnically diverse population. Methods This analysis included 42,152 California Multiethnic Cohort participants, aged ≥65 years (>70% African American and Latino adults) who were enrolled in the Fee For Service component of Medicare (2001–
Anna H. Wu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macro-, Meso- and Microscale Segregation:Modeling Changing Ethnic Residential Patterns in Auckland, New Zealand, 2001–2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Most world cities can now be characterized as multiethnic and multicultural in their population composition, and the residential patterning of their major component ethnic groups remains a topic of substantial research interest.
Cohen J.   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Do measures matter? Comparing surface-density-derived and census-tract-derived measures of racial residential segregation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Racial residential segregation is hypothesized to affect population health by systematically patterning health-relevant exposures and opportunities according to individuals' race or income.
Michael R Kramer   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Operations Research‐Based Formalisation and Design of Sustainable Reverse Logistics for E‐Waste Supply Chains

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study demonstrates how a profitable, lean, and environmentally responsible e‐waste reverse logistics system can be designed using integrated Operations Research (OR) techniques. Addressing the growing urgency of responsible consumption (UN SDG 12) and the projected rise of the e‐waste sector to USD 137.60 billion by 2029, the research ...
Sheeba Pathak, Hajar Fatorachian
wiley   +1 more source

Market and Nonmarket Strategies in Focus: How Entrepreneurs Tackling the Grand Challenge of Waste Management Navigate Institutional and Market Adversity in Ghana

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Persistence of Segregation in Buffalo, New York [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Debates about the causes of segregation continue to consider the role that own-race preferences have in understanding the persistence of racial residential segregation in American cities.
Trudeau, Daniel
core   +1 more source

Rational Design of Inverted F‐Type Heterojunctions for Photocatalytic Emerging Contaminant Degradation

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
The inverted F‐type ZnWO4/In2S3 heterojunction enables efficient charge separation and retention of strong oxidative capability through interfacial electric field regulation, leading to non‐toxic degradation of contaminants for sustainable water treatment.
Yanxian Jin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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