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Social isolation and inequality [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Economic Inequality, 2004
There is an increasing interest in the concept of social exclusion and the related concept of social isolation and their potential role in understanding inequality. We examine the degree to which voluntary separation from social activities during adolescence affects adult wages. It is well-known that participation in high school athletic programs leads
Postlewaite, Andrew, Silverman, Daniel
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The study of isolation in the collectives of special-purpose railroad cars as an element of the sustainable development of social systems [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The article provides examples of labour social isolations. Multiple professions in which social isolation is present are compared, and differences are revealed both in the process of isolation itself and the influence of other psychogenic factors.
Kazakov Maxim
doaj   +1 more source

Neurological manifestations of patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 attending a public hospital in Lima, Peru

open access: yeseNeurologicalSci, 2021
Objective: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of the most common neurological manifestations in Peruvian patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Methods: We conducted a single-center prospective, cross-sectional study at an isolation center
Marco H. Carcamo Garcia   +3 more
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In Combo Studies for the Optimization of 5-Aminoanthranilic Acid Derivatives as Potential Multitarget Drugs for the Management of Metabolic Syndrome

open access: yesPharmaceuticals, 2022
Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that consist of abdominal obesity, arterial hypertension, alterations in the lipid profile, and hyperglycemia.
Edwin Chávez-Gutiérrez   +13 more
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Social isolation [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011
Social species, by definition, form organizations that extend beyond the individual. These structures evolved hand in hand with behavioral, neural, hormonal, cellular, and genetic mechanisms to support them because the consequent social behaviors helped these organisms survive, reproduce, and care for offspring sufficiently long that they too ...
John T, Cacioppo   +3 more
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Social isolation and loneliness among Chinese older adults: Examining aging attitudes as mediators and moderators

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Due to labor migration and social changes, the Chinese elderly are facing significant social isolation, along with changes in aging attitudes. However, whether social isolation affects loneliness among the Chinese elderly and whether this relationship is
Juanjuan Sun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex- and context-dependent effects of acute isolation on vocal and non-vocal social behaviors in mice.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Humans are extraordinarily social, and social isolation has profound effects on our behavior, ranging from increased social motivation following short periods of social isolation to increased anti-social behaviors following long-term social isolation ...
Xin Zhao   +9 more
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Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
ObjectiveOlder adults are at a high risk for loneliness, which impacts their health, well-being, and longevity. While related to social isolation, loneliness is a distinct, internally experienced, distressing feeling. The present qualitative study sought
Chik, Lisa   +7 more
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Early loss of blood-brain barrier integrity precedes NOX2 elevation in the prefrontal cortex of an animal model of psychosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The social isolation rearing of young adult rats is a model of psychosocial stress and provides a nonpharmacological tool to study alterations reminiscent of symptoms seen in psychosis.
Bove, Maria   +11 more
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