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Integrity Ministry: Watchdog, lapdog, or dead dog?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Integrity is central to public trust and good governance. Drawing on Queensland's recently established Minister for Integrity as a rare contemporary example, this article examines the concept, function, and practicalities of an integrity minister within a modern accountability framework.
Saxon McGregor, Jacob Deem
wiley   +1 more source

The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

False kings and imagined protestants: why schismogenesis does not explain variation in inequality among Indigenous societies of the Pacific Coast Faux rois et protestants imaginaires: pourquoi la schismogenèse n'explique pas les variations des inégalités parmi les sociétés autochtones de la côte pacifique nord‐américaine

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Indigenous societies along the temperate Pacific coast of North America embody diverse cultural institutions. This variation is conventionally classified into two distinct cultural areas: the Northwest Coast (NWC) and California (CAL). Discussion of the environmental, material, social, and ideological variation in these societies has a long and ...
Eric Alden Smith, Brian F. Codding
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Position Universal, High‐Quality Education as a Foundational Public Health Strategy. Long‐term health and life expectancy in the United States are shaped more by educational attainment than by any other single factor. Disparities in access to early childhood, K‐12, and higher education perpetuate cycles of chronic disease, economic ...
ALI H. MOKDAD   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
wiley   +1 more source

Child Health Challenges, Ecosystem Mismatches, and the Case for State‐Level Policy Innovation

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points From 2011‐2023, US children's health deteriorated across >170 indicators. Chronic conditions rose from 25.8% to 31%, risk of anxiety tripled, and autism and learning disability more than doubled. Policies based on biomedical models have failed to address these trends.
NEAL HALFON, SHIRLEY RUSS
wiley   +1 more source

The Sedentary-Stress Paradox in Esports: Neuroendocrine, Metabolic, and Endothelial Pathways to Cardiovascular Risk. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Mol Sci
Tero-Vescan A   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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