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Social aspects of place experience in nomadic work/life practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This chapter examines the importance of “where” mobile work/life practices occur. By discussing excerpts of data collected through in-depth interviews with mobile professionals, we focus on the importance of place for mobility, and highlight the social ...
Ciolfi, Luigina   +2 more
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Moderators of the effects of exercise and manual therapy for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: A secondary analysis of the MOA trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study aimed to investigate potential moderators influencing the effects of manual therapy and exercise therapy on pain and functional outcomes in individuals with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, using data from the MOA trial. Design This is a secondary analysis of data from the MOA trial that compared the clinical effectiveness of manual
Daniel Cury Ribeiro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Among Men in Iran During 1996-2016

open access: yesبرنامه‌ریزی و بودجه, 2019
This paper documents the changes in intergenerational occupational mobility among men in Iran for the last two decades. To measure intergenerational mobility, the Altham distance between the job transition matrices has been used for during the period in ...
Mohammad Hoseini
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Sibling Correlations and Social Mobility in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic success. Roughly speaking, social mobility can be measure by means of two distinct types of correlations: intergenerational ...
Alejandro Gaviria, Momi Dahan
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Formal and informal social care in people with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases: a cross‐sectional multicentre survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases(RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living(ADLs). This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disperate regions of England: Salford(urban) and Norfolk(rural).
Mehreen Somro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Recreational Sport for Social Mobility of Urban Youth: Practices, Challenges and Dilemmas

open access: yesSociétés et Jeunesses en Difficulté, 2010
This article critically examines some of the major challenges and dilemmas faced by sport-based intervention programs that aim to achieve social mobility of urban youth.
Ramón Spaaij
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Constraints on “Free Choice”: The Role of Marriage in a Hungarian Romungro Community

open access: yesMartor, 2020
Marriage has been studied by anthropologists usually in so-called “traditional” Roma communities. These communities are said to have “successfully” avoided assimilation and the process of proletarianization. According to classical anthropological studies,
Cecília Kovai
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Early childhood development and social mobility [PDF]

open access: yes
Steven Barnett and Clive Belfield examine the effects of preschool education on social mobility in the United States. They note that under current policy three- and four-year-old children from economically and educationally disadvantaged families have ...
Barnett, W. Steven, Belfield, Clive R.
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From Shop floor to top floor. An exploratory study of sustainable progression in the retial sector: the case of Morrisons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There has been increasing political and media attention given to the issue of social mobility in recent times. The interest has been sparked by research which suggests that social mobility may have stalled or even declined in the UK during the post-war ...
Devins, DM, Iles, P, Stewart, J
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Enabling Digital Continuity in Virtual Manufacturing for Eco‐Efficiency Assessment of Lightweight Structures by Means of a Domain‐Specific Structural Mechanics Language: Requirements, Idea and Proof of Concept

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a solver‐agnostic domain‐specific language (DSL) for computational structural mechanics that strengthens interoperability in virtual product development. Using a hierarchical data model, the DSL enables seamless exchange between diverse simulation tools and numerical methods.
Martin Rädel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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