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Suicide of Minors in the Spanish Press: Analysis from the Perspective of Public Interest and the Limits of Freedom of Information

Journalism and Media
Every year, more than 700,000 people die by suicide worldwide, a quarter of whom are between 15 and 29 years of age. In Spain, suicide has surpassed road traffic accidents as the leading non-natural cause of death in this age group.
Diego García-Fernández, Ana M. Marcos del Cano, Gabriela Topa   +2 more
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Flights-to-and-from-Quality with Islamic and Conventional Bonds in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era: ICEEMDAN-Based Transfer Entropy

Complexity, 2022
We revisit the flight-to-quality (FTQ) and flight-from-quality (FFQ) occurrences vis-à-vis the stock-bond nexus across differing investment time scales in the COVID-19 era, using a novel technique hinged on a denoised frequency-domain transfer entropy ...
Ahmed Bossman, Samuel Kwaku Agyei, Peterson Owusu Junior, Ellen Animah Agyei, Patrick Kwashie Akorsu, Edward Marfo-Yiadom, George Amfo-Antiri   +6 more
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Seeing the way: visual sociology and the distance runner's perspective [PDF]

, 2006
Employing visual and autoethnographic data from a two‐year research project on distance runners, this article seeks to examine the activity of seeing in relation to the activity of distance running.
Allen Collinson Jacquelyn, Allen Collinson Jacquelyn, Benson Douglas, Bittner Egon, Carr Stephen, Coates Sally, Coffey Amanda, Denison Jim, Donald J., Ellis Carolyn, Ellis Carolyn, Emmison Michael, Garfinkel Harold, Garfinkel Harold, Glaser Barney, Goffman Erving, Goffman Erving, Goode David, Goodwin Charles, Hargreaves Jenny, Harper Douglas, Hayano David M., Hayano David M., Hemmings Sue, Heritage John C., Hockey John, Jacquelyn Allen Collinson, John Hockey, Kerry Daniel S., Knowles Caroline, Leder Drew, Lofland Lyn H., Lynch Michael E., Maanen, van John, Okely Judith, Pink Sarah, Psathas George, Reed‐Danahay Deborah, Rinehart Robert, Rose Gillian, Rustin Michael, Ryave Lincoln A., Sanjek Roger, Schutz Alfred, Smith Greg, Sparkes Andrew, Spence Jo, Sudnow David, Sudnow David   +48 more
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Regulated Autonomy: Stakeholder Interpretations of Privatisation as a Shift of Burden in Zambia’s Public Universities

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
This study explores the understanding and experience of leaders and policy makers on the privatisation concepts regarding Zambia’s public universities.
Judith Chikonde, Gift Masaiti
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Foreign Immigrants in Depopulated Rural Areas: Local Social Services and the Construction of Welcoming Communities

Social Inclusion, 2018
Many rural areas in Spain suffer an acute problem of depopulation. In recent years the arrival of foreign immigrant workers has contributed to alleviating the situation. The social services in rural areas play a fundamental role in the reception of these
Rosario Sampedro, Luis Camarero
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Behavioral Intention to Use Mobile Learning: Evaluating the Role of Self-Efficacy, Subjective Norm, and WhatsApp Use Habit

IEEE Access, 2020
This study empirically investigates factors predicting students’ behavioral intentions towards the continuous use of mobile learning. Two baseline models namely the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) with the ...
Jeya Amantha Kumar, Brandford Bervell, Nagaletchimee Annamalai, Sharifah Osman   +3 more
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Average Distance, Diameter, and Clustering in Social Networks with Homophily

, 2008
I examine a random network model where nodes are categorized by type and linking probabilities can differ across types. I show that as homophily increases (so that the probability to link to other nodes of the same type increases and the probability of ...
Jackson, Matthew O.
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Quantifying Social Network Dynamics [PDF]

, 2012
The dynamic character of most social networks requires to model evolution of networks in order to enable complex analysis of theirs dynamics. The following paper focuses on the definition of differences between network snapshots by means of Graph ...
Bródka, Piotr, Juszczyszyn, Krzysztof, Kazienko, Przemysław, Michalski, Radosław   +3 more
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Animal Behaviour: Learning Social Distancing [PDF]

Current Biology, 2020
Early-life experience has a long-lasting influence on social behaviour. A new study has revealed a role for mechanosensation in shaping social avoidance responses in zebrafish.
Dreosti, E, López-Schier, H
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Editorial: Social Work for the Middle Classes

Social Work and Society, 2016
Beyond the financial and emotional hardships involved, a weakened middle class can threaten the fabric of society and its democratic institutions. As Kapsos and Bourmpoula (2013, 1) note, “one of the sharpest divides between developed and developing ...
Sagrario Segado Sánchez-Cabezudo, Antonio López Pelaez, Neil Gilbert   +2 more
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