Results 101 to 110 of about 8,958,842 (306)
Opportunity and social mobility [PDF]
This study argues that both unequal opportunity and social mobility are necessary implications of an efficient societal arrangement when incentives must be provided.Income ...
Christopher Phelan
core
The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Annual Review of Economics, 2014 This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on ...
J. Heckman, Stefano Mosso
semanticscholar +1 more source
Opportunistic Routing Based on Daily Routines [PDF]
, 2014 Opportunistic routing is being investigated to enable the proliferation of low-cost wireless applications. A recent trend is looking at social structures, inferred from the social nature of human mobility, to bring messages close to a destination.
arxiv +1 more source
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Histotripsy is a focal tumor therapy that utilizes focused ultrasound (US) to mechanically destroy tissue. To overcome visualization limitations of diagnostic US‐guidance, C‐arm cone beam CT (CBCT)‐guided histotripsy is being developed, for which a mobile C‐arm could increase accessibility. CBCT‐guided histotripsy uses a phantom with a
Grace M. Minesinger +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Professionals Made in Germany: Employing a Turkish Migration Background in High-Status Positions
Social Inclusion, 2017 This article emphasises the experiences of the prospective elite among the second generation in Germany by analysing empirical data collected through in-depth interviews across three occupational fields (law, education and corporate business).
Ali Konyali, Maurice Crul
doaj +1 more source
Actionable Wearables Data for the Neurology Clinic: A Proof‐of‐Concept Tool
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Wearable devices can monitor key health and fitness domains. In multiple sclerosis (MS), monitoring step count and sleep is feasible, valid, and offers a holistic glimpse of patient functioning and worsening. However, data generated from wearables are typically unavailable at the point of care.
Nicolette Miller +12 more
wiley +1 more source
Rebuilding Walls: Market Transition and Social Mobility in the Post-Socialist Societies of Europe
, 2017 We ask whether the transition from socialism to the market is consequential for social mobility, and, by implication, the permeability of class structures.
M. Jackson, Geoffrey Evans
semanticscholar +1 more source
Double Disadvantages: A Study of Ethnic and Hukou Effects on Class Mobility in China (1996–2014)
Social Inclusion, 2017 This paper examines the ethnic and household registration system (hukou) effects on intergenerational social mobility for men in China. Using national representative surveys covering almost two decades (1996–2014), we assess both absolute and relative ...
Yaojun Li, Yizhang Zhao
doaj +1 more source
Social- and Mobility-Aware Device-to-Device Content Delivery [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 Mobile online social network services have seen a rapid increase, in which the huge amount of user-generated social media contents propagating between users via social connections has significantly challenged the traditional content delivery paradigm: First, replicating all of the contents generated by users to edge servers that well "fit" the ...
arxiv
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To provide a comprehensive clinical and genetic characterization of individuals with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), focusing on the distribution of genetic etiologies across the neuromuscular spectrum and comparing myogenic and neurogenic subtypes. Methods A total of 105 individuals with AMC were clinically and genetically
Florencia Pérez‐Vidarte +13 more
wiley +1 more source