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Information flow in social groups [PDF]

open access: yesPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004
We present a study of information flow that takes into account the observation that an item relevant to one person is more likely to be of interest to individuals in the same social circle than those outside of it. This is due to the fact that the similarity of node attributes in social networks decreases as a function of the graph distance.
Bernardo A. Huberman   +3 more
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Geo-social group queries with minimum acquaintance constraints [PDF]

open access: yesThe VLDB journal, 2014
The prosperity of location-based social networking has paved the way for new applications of group-based activity planning and marketing. While such applications heavily rely on geo-social group queries (GSGQs), existing studies fail to produce a ...
Qijun Zhu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pitirim Sorokin’s sociology and German jurisprudence

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology, 2022
The article considers the connection between the social-legal theory of P.A. Sorokin and the main directions of the German jurisprudence in the 17th - early 20th century: natural-legal school, historical school, jurisprudence of interests and the theory ...
A. A. Kraevsky
doaj   +1 more source

Social Connections and Group Banking [PDF]

open access: yesThe Economic Journal, 2007
Lending to the poor is expensive due to high screening, monitoring and enforcement costs. Group lending advocates believe lenders overcome this by harnessing social connections. Using data from FINCA-Peru, I exploit a quasi-random group formation process to find evidence of peers successfully monitoring and enforcing joint-liability loans.
openaire   +4 more sources

Social group memberships in retirement are associated with reduced risk of premature death: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2016
Objectives Retirement constitutes a major life transition that poses significant challenges to health, with many retirees experiencing a precipitous decline in health status following retirement. We examine the extent to which membership in social groups
Niklas K. Steffens   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From Social Exclusion to Supported Inclusion: Adults with Intellectual Disability Discuss Their Lived Experiences of a Structured Social Group

open access: yesJournal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
BACKGROUND People with intellectual disability often have few friends and experience social exclusion. Recognising this gap, supported social groups with the aim of inclusion and interdependence were created by a supported employment provider.
N. Wilson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social reproduction and anemia in infancy Reproducción social y anemia infantil Reprodução social e anemia infantil

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2008
This study assessed the relationship between anemia in infancy and the social reproduction profile of the families. It was conducted with a representative sample of 254 children of the city of Itupeva, SP.
Elizabeth Fujimori   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Social Groups as the Factor of Political Instability in the Modern Society

open access: yesДискурс, 2021
Introduction. The basic reasons of increasing turbulence in the political sphere of different state entities are analyzed. It is emphasized that the main fault of this phenomenon was the active formation of the new social groups.Methodology and sources ...
A. A. Soldatov
doaj   +1 more source

Student-centered factors influencing inclusion in biomedical majors among first-year undergraduate students.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
The ability to maintain a diverse scientific workforce is vital to promoting the US's economic and technological competitiveness. Data have shown disparities in science, mathematics, medical, and engineering programs across each level of education from ...
Perceived fit and social integration writing group, NIH-BUILD
doaj   +1 more source

Life Strategies of Young People: Sociological Research Experience

open access: yesEconomic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast, 2016
Modern reality is the world of formation of various life prospects of a young person. The relevance of the topic depends, firstly, on insufficient sociological research into the mechanism of formation and realization of life strategies of modern youth ...
Lyubov’ Borisovna Osipova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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