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Meritocracy between Myth, Norm and Reality [PDF]
Družboslovne Razprave, 2020 The concept of meritocracy has recently been gaining importance in the social sciences and media. Authors come to different conclusions on its importance for social (in)equality, mobility, education or the (re)production of knowledge, and the ...
Frane Adam, Maruša Gorišek
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Mobility, Taxation and Welfare [PDF]
Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare analysis of mobility often fails, however, to account for the cost of the variability of periodic incomes around permanent incomes.
Araar, Abdelkrim +2 more
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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein +13 more
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Social Work, Mobility and Membership
Social Work and Society, 2003 Social work is more involved in the collective life of its clientele than are other human service activities, because it is directly concerned with the bonds and conflicts between individuals, and the co-operative and competitive aspects of groups and
Bill Jordan
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Intergenerational Persistence in Income and Social Class: The Impact of Within-Group Inequality [PDF]
Family income is found to be more closely related to sons' earnings for a cohort born in 1970 compared to one born in 1958. This result is in stark contrast to the finding on the basis of social class; intergenerational mobility for this outcome is found
Blanden, Jo +2 more
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Diagnostic Utility of the ATG9A Ratio in AP‐4–Associated Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adaptor protein complex 4–associated hereditary spastic paraplegia (AP‐4‐HSP), a childhood‐onset neurogenetic disorder and frequent mimic of cerebral palsy, is caused by biallelic variants in the adaptor protein complex 4 (AP‐4) subunit genes (AP4B1 [for SPG47], AP4M1 [for SPG50], AP4E1 [for SPG51], and AP4S1 [for SPG52]).
Habibah A. P. Agianda +12 more
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Forum Sociológico, 2012 O autorrecrutamento ocupacional não é um aspeto de somenos importância em Sociologia. Antes é fulcral à explicação de processos centrais da teoria sociológica, como sejam os da mobilidade e reprodução sociais, os do classismo e elitismo modernos, os do ...
Maria de Lurdes Fonseca
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Clinically Relevant Outcome Measures in Women With Adrenoleukodystrophy
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adrenoleukodystrophy is a rare inherited peroxisomal disease caused by pathogenic variants in the ABCD1 gene located on the X chromosome. Although the most severe central nervous system and adrenal complications typically affect only men with adrenoleukodystrophy, the majority of women develop myeloneuropathy symptoms in adulthood.
Chenwei Yan +3 more
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Gender and Occupational Mobility in Urban China during the Economic Transition [PDF]
This paper examines the gender patterns of occupational mobility in post-reform Urban China using a national representative dataset. The results reveal marked differences between married men and women: women are more likely than men to undergo lateral or
Xiao-yuan Dong, Yueping Song
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