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Children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction: A Q methodology study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Research in the intersections of literature, media, and psychology increasingly examines the absorbing story experiences of adult readers, typically relying on quantitative self-report questionnaires.
Anežka Kuzmičová, Markéta Supa, Martin Nekola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kazakhstani womenʼs participation in online marketplaces: Benefits and barriers

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 343-369, September 2022., 2022
Abstract This study aims to investigate womenʼs participation in offline and online marketplaces and identify related factors, particularly the digital divide, access to the internet, and the level of information and communications technology (ICT) proficiency.
Anel A. Kireyeva, Zaira T. Satpayeva, Gaukhar K. Kenzhegulova, Dana M. Kangalakova, Aruzhan Jussibaliyeva   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors of social equilibrium shaping and preventing violence [PDF]

Temida
The continuous landscape of violence that unfolds parallel to everyday life undermines our sense of well-being, security, and trust in the effectiveness of institutions that are evidently failing to guide individuals to act and react in socially
Pavićević Olivera, Bulatović Aleksandra   +1 more
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Brazilian sociological theory and postcolonial criticism

Sociedade e Estado, 2023
The article discusses to what extent sociological theories produced in the Brazilian academic field dialogue with a global intellectual movement criticizing coloniality and the Eurocentric foundations of the social sciences.
Lucas Amaral de Oliveira, Ana Rodrigues Cavalcanti Alves   +1 more
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Ability as legitimation of tracking: Teachers' representations of students in vocational and academic tracks

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1049-1064, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The division of educational systems into different tracks—academic and vocational—represents one of the key elements in explaining social stratification and inequalities. Previous research identifies teachers' expectations as a critical factor to understand the relationship between tracking and social inequality.
Aina Tarabini, Marta Curran, Alba Castejón   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance

Contemporary Social Sciences, 2018
Most scientists worldwide have accepted anthropogenic climate change as a scientific fact. However, the awareness of climate change varies according to populations, regions, nations and cultures.
Hong Dayong
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Novel Reflections on the Autonomy and Responsibility of Science

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2021
This paper explores how cultural understandings of the autonomy and responsibility of science in modern society are manifested in two contemporary science novels about research misconduct in biomedical research. In doing so, it looks at several facets of
Fabian Hempel, Fabian Hempel
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Exploring cumulative disadvantage in early school leaving and planned post‐school pathways among those identified with special educational needs in Irish primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1065-1082, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Reflecting the neglect of childhood disability in social stratification research, there is a notable dearth of research on the mechanisms underpinning disability differentials in educational outcomes. Drawing on rich longitudinal data collected at 9, 13 and 17 years as part of Ireland's ‘Growing Up in Ireland’ study, we look at the impact of ...
Eamonn Carroll, Selina McCoy, Georgiana Mihut   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Grand Theory Is Alive: An Interview with Jonathan H. Turner

Teorie vědy, 2021
Jonathan H. Turner is the Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Riverside and, for many decades, the world’s leading authority on sociological theory, with research interests in many other areas such as human and ...
Jonathan H. Turner, Petr Jedlička
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Gibbs measures of Potts model on Cayley trees: a survey and applications [PDF]

, 2021
In this paper we give a systematic review of the theory of Gibbs measures of Potts model on Cayley trees (developed since 2013) and discuss many applications of the Potts model to real world situations: mainly biology, physics, and some examples of alloy behavior, cell sorting, financial engineering, flocking birds, flowing foams, image segmentation ...
arxiv   +1 more source