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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Migration is a phenomenon worldwide, with older migrants, particularly those with fewer socioeconomic resources, having an increased risk of developing adverse cognitive and health outcomes and social isolation.
Ana C. Teixeira-Santos +7 more
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Comparison of Falls and its Determinants in the Elderly with and without Knee Osteoarthritis [PDF]
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2023 Background and Objective: The growth of aging reveals the importance of paying attention to the health needs of the elderly. According to some studies, falls and its consequences are more common in the individuals with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) than ...
P Norouzi +4 more
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Social Mobility and Spatial Mobility [PDF]
, 2011 There is no subject more central to sociology than social mobility.1 The degree to which modern industrialized societies enable talented, ambitious or lucky individuals to move up in status, or conversely the extent to which they reproduce inherited inequalities or social hierarchies from one generation to the next, are questions that still dominate ...
FAVELL A., RECCHI, Ettore
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Limits of social mobilization [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 The Internet and social media have enabled the mobilization of large crowds to achieve time-critical feats, ranging from mapping crises in real time, to organizing mass rallies, to conducting search-and-rescue operations over large geographies. Despite significant success, selection bias may lead to inflated expectations of the efficacy of social ...
Iyad Rahwan +8 more
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Economies, 2022 This paper makes use of the Markov Switching model and the K-Means Cluster analysis to estimate the transition probabilities of social mobility and to analyze the impact of social inequalities on intergenerational social mobility. The dataset is a sample
John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba +2 more
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Insights into the Use of Social Comparison in Migrants’ Transnational Social Positioning Strategies
Social Inclusion, 2021 This article discusses the role of social comparisons in the processes through which migrants make sense of their own social position from a transnational perspective. Migrants are often involved in transnational forms of life which influence their forms
Inka Stock
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Electric Car Sharing as an Interdisciplinary Test Ground of Various Fields of Study
Studia i Materiały, 2020 The aim of the article is to present car sharing, with particular emphasis on electric car sharing, as an interdisciplinary research area. This applies not only to social sciences – management (strategy or marketing), sociology, economics (including the ...
Grzegorz Tchorek +8 more
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Local Festivals - the Visible and Invisible Benefits for Local Communities: an Empirical View
Проблеми на постмодерността, 2022 The article presents the results of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions held in Sadovo, Elin Pelin, Gabrovo, Bolyartsi, Novi Han and Pozharevo within a project “Local festivals: A resource of local communities for coping with crises”, funded
Kamelia Petkova
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Mobility in the information society: a holistic model
Educational Technology Quarterly, 2023 Ukraine’s National Strategy for Education Development aims to align its education system with global standards and sustainable development goals. One of the key objectives is to integrate higher education with European norms, offer diverse educational ...
Mykola I. Striuk +2 more
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Introduction: Migration and Unequal Positions in a Transnational Perspective
Social Inclusion, 2021 How does spatial mobility influence social mobility and vice versa? Often, the ‘objective’ structural positions on the one hand, and the ‘subjective’ definition of social positions on the other hand, are not considered together.
Thomas Faist +2 more
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