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Matching-Updating Mechanism: A Solution for the Stable Marriage Problem with Dynamic Preferences [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy, 2022
We studied the stable marriage problem with dynamic preferences. The dynamic preference model allows the agent to change its preferences at any time, which may cause instability in a matching.
Akhmad Alimudin, Yoshiteru Ishida
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Family life-course trajectories and longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and physical functional limitations in Chinese women from midlife to early old age: a 7-year longitudinal cohort study [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Population aging and declining fertility have transformed family life courses, yet their long-term implications for women’s health remain insufficiently understood.
Cheng-Chuan Chen   +4 more
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Linear Time Local Approximation Algorithm for Maximum Stable Marriage

open access: yesAlgorithms, 2013
We consider a two-sided market under incomplete preference lists with ties, where the goal is to find a maximum size stable matching. The problem is APX-hard, and a 3/2-approximation was given by McDermid [1]. This algorithm has a non-linear running time,
Zoltán Király
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Effect of Premarital Counseling on Marital Satisfaction of Newlywed Couples in Port Said Governorate [PDF]

open access: yesPort Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2023
Background: Premarital counseling is a preventive strategy to have a stable marriage. The nurse plays an integral role in premarital counseling including assessing newlywed couples' knowledge & discussing marriage issues, the present aim: to explore ...
Fatmaelzahraa Elrayes   +3 more
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Inefficiencies in Residency Matching Associated with Gale–Shapley Algorithms

open access: yesJournal of Academic Ophthalmology, 2021
Objective This study aimed to investigate emerging trends and increasing costs in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) and San Francisco Residency and Fellowship Match Services (SF Match) associated with the current applicant/program Gale ...
Yue Wu   +7 more
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The Stability of Co-residential Partnerships after First Birth: Did the 'Protective Effect of Marriage' Increase after 1989?

open access: yesSociologický Časopis, 2023
This article investigates the stability of co-residential partnerships after first birth in the Czech Republic. It explores the 'marriage premium', which refers to the advantage that children born to married parents have in comparison to other parental ...
Marcela Trávníčková, Martin Kreidl
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Marriage Regulation in Spain. Current Situation and Challenges

open access: yesLaw: Journal of the University of Latvia, 2021
Marriage has changed profoundly during years. The current definition of marriage in Spanish law has abandoned the pattern of a stable union of a man and a woman aimed to raise the next generation.
Carmen Garcimartín
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A scenario-based parametric analysis of the army personnel-to-assignment matching problem [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, 2020
Purpose – This study aims to compare linear programming and stable marriage approaches to the personnel assignment problem under conditions of uncertainty.
Matthew D. Ferguson   +2 more
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Changing mind, changing plans? Instability of individual gender attitudes and postponement of marriage in Germany

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2022
Background: Numerous studies address the relationship between gender attitudes and family formation, especially the attitudes-fertility connection. To date, little attention has been paid to the longitudinal dynamics of these attitudes, in particular the
Daniele Florean
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Association between poor self-reported health and unmarried status among adults: examining the hypothesis of marriage protection and marriage selection in the Indian context

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background The link between marital status and health differences has long been a topic of debate. The substantial research on marriage and health has been conducted under two important hypotheses: marital protection and marriage selection.
Babul Hossain, K. S. James
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