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Forced intercourse in America: a pandemic update

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Measures of forced intercourse from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) indicate high prevalence among U.S. women, which is likely to produce unintended pregnancies. However, NCHS did not measure forced intercourse during the
William G. Axinn   +2 more
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The Effectiveness of a CrossFit Training Program for Improving Physical Fitness of Young Judokas: A Pilot Study

open access: yesJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 2022
The aim of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of a CrossFit-based training program to enhance the general and sport-specific physical fitness of 10–12-year-old judokas. The study was conducted between September 2021 and February 2022.
Arman V. Avetisyan   +3 more
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The Application of Social Survey Methods in Analysing the Tourist Activity of Seniors

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2015
The aim of the article is to discuss the possibilities of applying social research methods in the analysis of seniors' tourism activity. It emphasises the fact that research related to the participation of seniors in tourism is of major signifi-cance in ...
Głąbiński Zbigniew
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An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
Island ecosystems are disproportionally impacted by biodiversity loss and as such their effective management is critical to global conservation efforts. Practitioners world‐wide work to manage island sites and species to conserve them, but various day‐to‐
April Burt   +4 more
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Medical and Social Characteristics of Physicians Attending Postgraduate Training Courses (Social Survey) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The paper studies professional, social and psychological aspects concerned with a practical activity of physicians referred to attend postgraduate training courses at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.Aim. To develop the recommendations on
Sichkoriz, O. (Orest)
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Recreational angler reporting as a tool for tracking the distribution of invasive Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio)

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2023
The recent invasion of Carassius gibelio (commonly known as Prussian carp or Gibel carp) in freshwater environments in central Canada threatens native North American aquatic species and ecosystems.
Natasha Pentyliuk   +3 more
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The Second Anniversary of the UK EU Referendum [PDF]

open access: yesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2018
The 23rd of June 2018 marks the second anniversary of the UK EU referendum. Public opinion in the UK is still split over the terms of Brexit. Apparently the Cabinet is trying to deliver the decision of the British people along with keeping privileges ...
Godovanyuk Kira
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The impact of recession on public attitudes towards energy and the environment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2017
This article presents a panhellenic social survey regarding environmental subjects in Greece. It is a well-known fact that Greece is suffering from an economic crisis among other European Union countries.
Panos Kosmopoulos   +4 more
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Conducting a state‐of‐the‐art mental health survey in a traditional setting: Challenges and lessons from piloting the World Mental Health Survey in Qatar

open access: yesInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2021
Objectives A small country in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar experienced rapid economic growth in the last 3 decades accompanied by major socio‐demographic shifts towards a younger and more highly educated population.
Salma M. Khaled   +9 more
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Why ability point estimates can be pointless: a primer on using skill measures from large-scale assessments in secondary analyses

open access: yesMeasurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 2021
Measures of cognitive or socio-emotional skills from large-scale assessments surveys (LSAS) are often based on advanced statistical models and scoring techniques unfamiliar to applied researchers.
Clemens M. Lechner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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