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Defining an epidemic:The body mass index in British and American obesity research 1960-2000 [PDF]

, 2014
Between the 1970s and the mid‐1990s the body mass index (BMI) became the standard means of assessing obesity both in populations and in individuals, replacing previously diverse and contested definitions of excess body weight.
Amsterdamska, Aronowitz, Aronowitz, Bacon, Baird, Baird, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Bowker, Bray, Bray, Bray, British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), Busch, Campos, Craddock, Crawford, Department of Health (DoH), Department of Health and Social Security/Medical Research Council (DHSS/MRC), Desrosieres, Epstein, Fletcher, Fye, Gaesser, Gard, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Government Office for Science, Hacking, Hacking, Hautvast, Hilgartner, James, James, Jasanoff, Jasanoff, Keys, Kromhout, Kuczmarski, Kuczmarski, Kuhn, Monaghan, National Institutes of Health Panel on Obesity, O'Connell, Oddy, Office of Health Economics, Oliver, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, Pickersgill, Pickersgill, Pringle, Rothstein, Royal College of Physicians, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Sims, Smith, Timmermann, Timmermans, Timmermans, Timmermans, Tunstall-Pedoe, VanItalllie, West, WHO, WHO, World Health Organization (WHO)   +70 more
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The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
This study explores the origins of life by linking prebiotic chemistry, the emergence of information‐carrying molecules such as RNA and proteins, and philosophical questions about consciousness. The study emphasizes the role of molecular evolution in the Central Dogma and provides insights into the chemical origins of biology and the basis of life's ...
Harald Schwalbe, Josef Wachtveitl, Alexander Heckel, Florian Buhr, Sabrina Toews, Thomas M. Schimmer   +5 more
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Edmodo use in ESP writing: The perceptions and barriers of sociology students

English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2020
The teachers are expected to integrate technology into the classroom because today is the world of a computer. Edmodo is one of the educational websites that can facilitate the specific needs of Sociology students in writing.
Fu'ad Sholikhi
doaj   +1 more source

EMERGING THE EMERGENCE SOCIOLOGY: The Philosophical Framework of Agent-Based Social Studies [PDF]

, 2003
The structuration theory originally provided by Anthony Giddens and the advance improvement of the theory has been trying to solve the dilemma came up in the epistemological aspects of the social sciences and humanity.
Situngkir, Hokky
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Enhancing Elderly Health Through Physical Activities: Insights From a Global Bibliometric Review, 1900–2023

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Bibliometric analysis reveals rising global research on physical activity and elderly health, dominated by developed nations. Key hotspots include healthy aging, physical activity's mental health benefits, and VR exercise interventions. Promoting physical activity is vital for healthy aging, requiring greater technology integration and research from ...
Hongman Wang, Bo Xie, Can Liu, Yifan Song   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SMSlingshot a shared encounter in urban space [PDF]

, 2010
Interaction design is increasingly situated beyond the desktop and demands new approaches, if it is made for Urban Space. Public and semi-public spaces add new challenges in terms of interaction theory, technology and sociology.
Fischer, P. T.
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The mechanics of trust: a framework for research and design [PDF]

, 2005
With an increasing number of technologies supporting transactions over distance and replacing traditional forms of interaction, designing for trust in mediated interactions has become a key concern for researchers in human computer interaction (HCI ...
McCarthy, J.D., Riegelsberger, J., Sasse, M.A.   +2 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

User perception and influencing factors of technology in everyday life [PDF]

, 2012
An increasing amount of research is being developed in the area where technology and humans meet. The success or failure of technologies and the question whether technology helps humans to fulfill their goals or whether it hinders them is in most cases ...
Mesquita, Anabela
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