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Intersectional inequality in general and central obesity: cross-sectional UK Biobank study. [PDF]

Int J Obes (Lond)
Hutchinson J, Darko N, Hardy R, Webb D, Zaccardi F, Johnson W.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
wiley   +1 more source

Transitivity, contextuality and decision making. [PDF]

Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
Sulis WH.
europepmc   +1 more source

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Maximum persistent Betti numbers of Čech complexes. [PDF]

J Appl Comput Topol
Edelsbrunner H, Kahle M, Kanazawa S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Brokers, Collaborators and Knowledge Translators: Expanding the Role of Research Assistants in Geographic Research

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork‐based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings together scholarship in feminist geography and critical development studies to reposition RAs as brokers, collaborators, and knowledge translators.
Zali Fung
wiley   +1 more source

A Generalization of Cardy's and Schramm's Formulae. [PDF]

Commun Math Phys
Khristoforov M, Skopenkov M, Smirnov S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mobile Core: Perpetuating Tourism Leakage Through the Socioecological Fix in South Korea

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By adopting the socioecological fix concept, this study aims to examine the spatial dynamics of tourism leakage. An ethnographic examination of an ecotourism project on Jeju Island, South Korea was conducted for 18 months from 2011 to 2013.
Souyeon Nam
wiley   +1 more source

On De Giorgi's conjecture of nonlocal approximations for free-discontinuity problems: The symmetric gradient case. [PDF]

Calc Var Partial Differ Equ
Almi S, Davoli E, Kubin A, Tasso E.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Qualitative Analysis of Social Indicators in Highly Polluting Sectors: The Challenge for Multifaceted Standards in Emerging Economies

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institutional current effort to regulate and increase the quantity and quality of sustainability information reported by companies is undeniable. However, the growing complexity of sustainability reporting standards creates isolated compartments for each major dimension of sustainability, leaving aside their interconnectedness and combined
M. Marco‐Fondevila, J. M. Moneva, S. Scarpellini, J. L. Osorio‐Tejada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source