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Implementation of Child Abuse Act (RA 7610) in Manila: Inputs for Policy Advocacy

open access: yesJPAIR, 2016
The situation of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination in Asia remain severe, and the extent of the problem in the Philippines is alarming. The study was conducted to assess the implementation of Child Abuse Act (RA 7610) in Manila as a basis for
Marlene M. Monterona
doaj   +1 more source

The Employability Skills of the Overseas Filipino Workers

open access: yesJPAIR Institutional Research Journal, 2014
A university tracks its graduates to determine if its curriculum has prepared students for the job market. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the self-perceived employability skills of sociology and economics graduates of Bukidnon State ...
Beulah Rose R. Torres
doaj   +1 more source

Information Science: Science Or Social Science?

open access: yes, 2017
Collection, selection, processing, management, and dissemination of information are the main and ultimate role of Information Science and similar studies such as Information Studies, Information Management, Library Science, and Communication Science and so on.
Sreeramana Aithal   +2 more
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Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2020
As economic games have spread from experimental economics to other social sciences, so too have critiques of their usefulness for drawing inferences about the ‘real world’. What these criticisms often miss is that games can be used to reveal individuals'
Anne C. Pisor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictive Non-equilibrium Social Science

open access: yes, 2012
Non-Equilibrium Social Science (NESS) emphasizes dynamical phenomena, for instance the way political movements emerge or competing organizations interact.
Colbaugh, Richard   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Science, Technology, Society, and Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Law and regulation increasingly interact with science, technology, and medicine in contemporary society. Law and social science (LSS) analyses can therefore benefit from rigorous, nuanced social scientific accounts of the nature of scientific knowledge ...
Bertenthal, Alyse, Cole, Simon A
core   +1 more source

The science in social science [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012
A recent poll showed that most people think of science as technology and engineering—life-saving drugs, computers, space exploration, and so on. This was, in fact, the promise of the founders of modern science in the 17th century. It is less commonly understood that social and behavioral sciences have also produced technologies and engineering that ...
openaire   +2 more sources

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy Policy Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
534 adults in Idaho households representing six geographic regions were surveyed between November 3 & December 4th, 2005.
Social Science Research Center, Boise State University
core   +1 more source

Why social scientists should engage with natural scientists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It has become part of the mantra of contemporary science policy that the resolution of besetting problems calls for the active engagement of a wide range of sciences.
Lowe, Philip   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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