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The supply of informal care in Europe. ENEPRI Research Report No. 94, September 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This ANCIEN research report is concerned with the analysis of the supply of informal care provided by family and friends in Europe, using data on provision of informal care from the 2007 Eurobarometer survey, which includes all the countries in the ...
Pickard, Linda
core  

Ambidextrous learning of engineering project team: Relying on control or BIM AI VR AR MR?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Engineering Business Management, 2020
Through formal control and social control, technology platforms can acquire the information knowledge needed for ambidextrous learning of engineering project team, but whether technology platforms influence ambidextrous learning of engineering project ...
Suying Yang, Guiyun Cui, Shaokai Lu
doaj   +1 more source

Evolving Neurocontrollers for the Control of Information Diffusion in Social Networks [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Companion Publication of the 2015 Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2015
This paper presents a comparison of two Evolutionary Artificial Neural Network (EANN) variants acting as the autonomous control system for instances of the θ-Consensus Avoidance Problem (θ-CAP). A novel variant of EANN is proposed by adopting characteristics of a well-performing heuristic into the structural bias of the neurocontroller.
Andrew Runka, Tony White
openaire   +2 more sources

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An investigation of the factors underlying informal settlement growth: The case of Burayu City, Ethiopia

open access: yesHeliyon
Informal settlements in developing countries' cities are becoming more and more widespread. The city of Burayu is no exception to this trend. To address the challenges involved, it is important to understand the reasons for the prevalence and ...
Tefera Beyera Bayuma   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Social Relationship and Glycemic Control among Older Japanese: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
AimThe present study examined whether social support, informal socializing and social participation are associated with glycemic control in older people.MethodsData for this population-based cross-sectional study was obtained from the Japan ...
Kenichi Yokobayashi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Insurance in Social Networks [PDF]

open access: yes
social networks, informal insurance.
Garance Genicot, Francis Bloch
core   +2 more sources

Predictors of the prevalence and importance of the observed trinary control system in rural China

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Western criminological literature continues to focus on the binary control system (formal vs. informal), while China has long employed the trinary system (formal, semiformal, and informal) in its construction of social control.
Shanhe Jiang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Availability of informal social support and the impact on health services utilization among women in community corrections who engage in substance use and risky sexual behavior: New York City, 2009–2012

open access: yesHealth & Justice, 2022
Background Women under community supervision in the U.S. experience high rates of substance use and HIV/STDs and face multiple barriers to healthcare services.
Karli R. Hochstatter   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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