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Predicting human mobility through the assimilation of social media traces into mobility models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Predicting human mobility flows at different spatial scales is challenged by the heterogeneity of individual trajectories and the multi-scale nature of transportation networks.
Beiró, M. G.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Acculturation and Naturalization: Insights From Representative and Longitudinal Migration Studies in Germany

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
In recent years, Western countries have been experiencing a growing wave of immigration. Due to this development, these countries are facing great challenges in successfully integrating large numbers of immigrants and in preserving social cohesion ...
Débora B. Maehler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Freirean Critical Pedagogy Says and Overlooks from a Durkheimian Perspective

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2021
“Critical pedagogy” has become a prevalent grammar furthering the necessity of a change in pedagogy from a banking‐style to problem‐posing approach, which it argues will facilitate students’ development of independent values and equip them to lead the ...
Tien‐Hui Chiang
doaj   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education in Confinement: The Reintegration of Young People in Prison in La Araucanía, Chile

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2021
This article addresses the social reintegration of young people studying in the prison of La Araucanía, Chile. Our objective is to describe the social representation of young people between 19 and 29 years old, who are currently serving a custodial ...
Claudia Huaiquián‐Billeke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Some social and physical correlates of intergenerational social mobility: evidence from the west of Scotland Collaborative Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Mainstream sociological studies of intergenerational social mobility have emphasised social factors such as education and the material and cultural resources of the family of origin as the main influences on the chances and direction of social mobility ...
Blane, D., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L.
core   +1 more source

Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The political economy of competitiveness and social mobility [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Social mobility has become a mainstream political and media issue in recent years in the United Kingdom. This article suggests that part of the reason for this is that it can serve as a mechanism to discuss policy concerns that appear to be about social ...
A Nunn   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

Acquiring intangible remittances for Ukraine by female war migrants: is there a ‘cumulative advantage effect’?

open access: yesComparative Migration Studies
This article—part of the Special Issue on “(In)tangible Remittances and Inequalities”—investigates the acquisition of social remittances by Ukrainian female war migrants in Poland.
Izabela Grabowska
doaj   +1 more source

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