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Informal social control and intimate partner violence [PDF]

open access: yesInjury Prevention, 2014
Emery et al 1 have conducted an important study to evaluate the protective effects of informal social control on intimate partner violence (IPV). They hypothesised that in China, where IPV prevalence is high and the formal social control of IPV is poor, informal social control might reduce IPV injuries and IPV.
Achini, Jayatilleke   +3 more
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left middle frontal gyrus modulates the information people communicate in different social contexts

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Neocortical structures of the left frontal lobe, middle frontal gyrus (MFG) in particular, have been suggested to be linked to the processing of punishing and unpleasant outcomes in decision tasks.
Beatriz Martín-Luengo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Employment as a Threat to Social Security in the Labor Market in Ukraine within an Economic Transformation [PDF]

open access: yesProblemi Ekonomiki, 2020
The specific features of informal employment, which is one of the main threats to social security in the labor market, in the context of transformational changes in the economic environment have been identified, and current trends in informal employment ...
Bondarevska Kseniia V.
doaj   +1 more source

Controllability of social networks and the strategic use of random information [PDF]

open access: yesComputational Social Networks, 2017
This work is aimed at studying realistic social control strategies for social networks based on the introduction of random information into the state of selected driver agents. Deliberately exposing selected agents to random information is a technique already experimented in recommender systems or search engines, and represents one of the few options ...
M. Cremonini, F. Casamassima
openaire   +4 more sources

Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2013
The emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period.
Bogdan Suditu, Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu
doaj   +1 more source

Developmental Differences in the Control of Action Selection by Social Information [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2012
AbstractOur everyday actions are often performed in the context of a social interaction. We previously showed that, in adults, selecting an action on the basis of either social or symbolic cues was associated with activations in the fronto-parietal cognitive control network, whereas the presence and use of social versus symbolic cues was in addition ...
Iroise Dumontheil   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Informal care and health behaviors among elderly people with chronic diseases

open access: yesJournal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2017
Background The mechanism by which social relationships influence health can be interpreted as a social network regulating one’s health behaviors. Based on the hypothesis that relatives, friends, or neighbors are sources of social support and may monitor ...
Hong Wu, Naiji Lu
doaj   +1 more source

Configuration and Functioning of Social Networks in the Border Region [PDF]

open access: yesПространственная экономика, 2014
Using the methodology of actor-network analysis the author identifies configuration and dynamics of informal social networks in the border region. The study is based on the example of mechanisms and practices of importing fruits and vegetables from Heihe
Tatiana Nikolaevna Zhuravskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance

open access: yesMethodsX, 2022
To reveal the interests of actors in forest governance, this paper proposes a power-based interest identification (PII) approach. Based on the assumption of intentional action, the benefits that actors derive from policy impacts are the result of ...
Jiacheng Zhao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of social control in reduction of land disputes in Halayib – shalatin, and Abu Ramad.region triangle [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Science, 2016
The study aimed at identifying the personal and social characteristics of the Bedouins who subject to research in respect of the reduction of land disputes in the region of Halayib، Shlatin، Abu Ramad, and identifying the degree of knowledge of the ...
Ahmed, H. A   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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