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Mobility patterns of urban residents are not only influenced by considerations of cost or income constraints, but also by the number and diversity of amenities and services accessible to them. To collect this information, we query the OpenStreetMap (OSM) database44, that contains geo-referenced ...
At mixed schools where those subjects were incidentally compulsory for boys, the girls were expected to learn, but the “boys won’t become dairymaids” (p.134), implying that the boys were wasting their time by being present at school when they were taught. Although certain agricultural ...
However, a motion passed by St Helens Council this week said this was not enough to reverse the “chronic underfunding” of schools in recent years. Labour’s Sue Murphy, cabinet member for developing young people, submitted the motion and warned that schools in St Helens are “on their knee...
An earlier study by the World Bank that estimates the value of human capital based on the present value of future earnings for the labor force also concludes that it is the largest asset across all income groups, constituting 64 percent of total ...
Access to water Hundreds of millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water, and 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services. At Coca-Cola, we respect the human and ecological needs for water. As a beverage compa...
one on genetic counselling services in Europe, chaired by Maria Matton (Gent); the second on the teaching of genetics in medical schools, chaired by Christos Bartsocas (Athens). The first of these resulted in a report which was discussed at the board, but which seems not to have been publ...
laboratories offering DTC genetic testing should transparently inform their customers about the potential impact of their services on the possible discovery of non-paternity or unknown family relationships. ART centres that are using anonymous gamete donors need to provide clear information that donors may...
Then Bryan volunteered to assist the state in prosecuting me. Immediately the renownedlawyer Clarence Darrow offered his services to defend me. Ironically, I had not known Darrow before my trial but I had met Bryan when he had given a talk at my university. I admired him, although I did ...
The flipside is that workers in places where the cost of living is lower can undercut their peers in more expensive countries. “You can have someone in Gothenburg competing against someone in Dakar,” Prof Standing says. Plenty of IT and call-centre work has been outsourced to countries like...