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Imperialism, dependency, and social class [PDF]
, 1981 African Studies Center Working Paper No. 45INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this essay is to examine what has become known in the language of post-World War II social science as "dependency theory." Although all variants of this dependency theory are more or
Hansen, William, Schulz, Brigitte
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“Precocious girls” : age of consent, class and family in late nineteenth-century England [PDF]
, 2020 A fixed legal age of consent is used to determine when a person has the capacity to consent to sex yet in the late Victorian period the idea became a vehicle through which to address varied social concerns, from child prostitution and child sexual abuse ...
Lammasniemi, Laura
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Mechanisms and kinetic assays of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Accurate protein synthesis is crucial for life. The key players are aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases (AARSs), which read the genetic code by pairing cognate amino acids and tRNAs. AARSs establish high amino acid selectivity by employing physicochemical limits in molecular recognition.
Igor Zivkovic +2 more
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Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2023 Subjective social status (SSS) is an important independent predictor of health outcomes, however, the pathways through which it affects health are poorly understood.
Ellen C. McGarity-Shipley +2 more
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Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment [PDF]
, 2001 According to Bourdieu’s theory of cultural reproduction, children from middle class families are advantaged in gaining educational credentials due to their possession of cultural capital.
Sullivan, Alice
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Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan +2 more
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A Tale of Two Professions in Elections: Party Choice Among Diaconal and Social Workers
Diaconia, 2020 Diaconal and social workers spend their days implementing social policy and exercising discretional power while being regularly exposed to social inequalities.
Johanna Kallio +2 more
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Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
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Association between Social Class, Greed, and Unethical Behaviour: A Replication Study
Collabra: Psychology, 2018 Recent research has focused on the potential negative consequences of belonging to the upper class. The present study attempted to directly replicate previous research examining whether upper-class individuals had more positive attitudes toward greed ...
Alexa S. Clerke +3 more
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The role of alcohol in constructing gender & class identities among young women in the age of social media [PDF]
, 2018 Research suggests young women view drinking as a pleasurable aspect of their social lives but that they face challenges in engaging in a traditionally ‘masculine’ behaviour whilst maintaining a desirable ‘femininity’.
Antonia Lyons +69 more
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