On October 8, 2005, a disastrous earthquake struck the Kashmir region. The earthquake measured 7.6, followed by many aftershocks, and slides, and falling rocks. The seriousness of the damage and the high number of deaths were...
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There was substantial heterogeneity across study estimates that largely was not explained by any of the measured participant and study characteristics. AI tended to be more often unprotected by condoms compared to VI, although this was not statistically significantly different. Although scarce, the ...
Class is back – class inequalities now feature centrally in multiple media, are core to campaigns and protest movements, and are a part of everyday conversation. Mitigating their effects again plays a key role in policy formation and formal politics. As part of our2017 Audit of UK De...
In Adam Smith%u2019s classic formulation, and in much of the subsequent literature, wage levels have been used to estimate the values of job characteristics ("compensating" or "equalizing" differentials). There are econometric problems with this approach, principally caused by unmeasured differences ...
Given the social and emotional tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic on college and university students, many students have become academically disengaged during
"Rather than being the Luddite," Neuman advises, "you want to be the thoughtful, cautious, measured champion of how it can enhance human capacity, rather than compete with them." CNET Principal Writer Stephen Shankland and Senior European Correspondent Katie Collins contributed to this report. ...
Qualitative research methods take their roots in the social sciences and are often used in early consultations with staff in order to identify the issues which are of greatest importance, to staff and management alike, which need to be measured. What is important about this consultative stage is...
Indigenous peoples’ health is “behind everyone, everywhere” [14], yet their degree of disadvantage may vary depending on the specific national context. Cross-national comparisons are valuable for assessing how Indigenous peoples are faring in countries with distinct social, political, economic, and...
During the lockdowns, the classroom was replaced with “learning at home” (Drane et al.2020) for those children who would normally be learning in schools. There was some evidence that during the first lockdown in the UK, children enjoyed more time outdoors and felt more connected to the...