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How do trends in mortality inequalities by deprivation and education in Scotland and England & Wales compare? A repeat cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To compare the trends in mortality inequalities by educational attainment with trends using area deprivation. Setting: Scotland and England & Wales (E&W). Participants: All people resident in Scotland and E&W between 1981 and
Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, McCartney, Gerry, Popham, Frank, Schofield, Lauren, Walsh, David   +4 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Os “estranhos na cidade”: a clínica e a atenção psicossocial num caso de vulnerabilidade social

Desidades, 2019
This article discusses the constitution of segregational devices developed in the polis through areas of knowledges operated by professionals in several institutions that care for adolescents in situations of psycho-social vulnerability, transforming ...
Julio Cesar de Oliveira Nicodemos
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Experiências escolares de adolescentes em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa | School experiences of juveniles under socio-educational corrective measure

Revista de Educação PUC-Campinas, 2019
Considerando a importância do ambiente escolar na trajetória de vida de adolescentes e a relevância atual da temática do cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas no país, o presente estudo buscou compreender a experiência escolar anterior de seis jovens que se encontravam cumprindo a medida socioeducativa de semiliberdade.
Renata Petry Brondani, Dorian Mônica Arpini   +1 more
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Childhood obesity and educational attainment : A systematic review [PDF]

, 2011
Background This report describes the findings and methods of a systematic review of research which explores the relationship between obesity and educational attainment.
Caird, Jenny, Kavanagh, Josephine, O'Mara, Alison, Oliver, Kathryn, Oliver, Sandy, Stansfield, Claire, Thomas, James   +6 more
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Features of adaptation of foreign students to the Russian linguo-cultural and educational environment

Russian Language Studies, 2018
The article describes the factors that influence the processes of socio-psychological and sociocultural adaptation of foreign students receiving education in a second language in terms of the culturally alien environment.
Nina Leonidovna Fedotova, Lyudmila Vladimirovna Miller   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contradiction between protection and violence in the path adolescents in socio-educational measure

, 2021
Este artículo tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre las experiencias de los adolescentes en conflicto con la ley en sus trayectorias a través de la red de servicios socioeducativos de un municipio mediano brasileño. La investigación se llevó a cabo con 07 adolescentes varones, de conformidad con la Medida Socioeducativa (MSE), en la modalidad de ...
Medeiros, Amata Xavier, de Paiva, Fernando Santana   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Gender Equality in Educational Achievement An East-West Comparison [PDF]

, 2004
Data on educational access show gender parity of pupils attending primary and secondary schools in transition countries. The aim of this analysis is to examine whether the gender balance in educational access translates also into gender equality in ...
Schnepf, Sylke Viola
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