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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Rural living"”.
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Association of socioeconomic status with incidence and mortality of heart disease and stroke in older people in China
… areas in 2001 and 1,600 aged ≥60 years from rural areas in 2003. In a standard questionnaire interview, they were recorded for sociodemographic, behaviours/lifestyles, social networks and supports, cardiovascular diseases and other related risk factors. SES was measured by urban-rural living, …
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From the Ground Up: Journeys Through the Leitrim Landscape
… linked to place including: ‘off-the-grid’ living, community education, political resistance, pre-Christian rituals and indigenous music. This research explores Leitrim’s rural landscape as a site of subjugated or outmoded knowledge, as well as a site of deep-rooted tensions: old/new; …
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Constructing Irishness: nationalism, archaeology and the historic built environment in an independent state
… including thatched vernacular houses and rural living. Such identity was underpinned by the archaeological record: the pre-dominant cultural-historical theoretical approach and the invasion hypothesis reinforced distinctions between the various cultures entering the country by both the …
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Exploring the quality of life needs of pregnant women who use substances in low-income rural communities in the Western Cape
… health concern in South Africa. Low-income rural living presents unique challenges for pregnant women using substances. Consequently, the present study aimed to explore the quality of life (QoL) needs of pregnant women who use substances in low-income rural communities in the Western Cape; …
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An Investigation of Current Rural Household Furniture in East Hebei (Jidong) Province, China
… application of lifestyle theory to the study of rural household furniture in Jidong Province, China. Departing from conventional mixed-method and purely ethnographic approaches, this research integrates qualitative methods, including open-ended interviews, participatory observations, and …
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Model Villages
… as a space of transformation, utopia, and rural development, tracing its historical trajectories and contemporary manifestations across different contexts. Given the limited scholarship on model villages, it critically examines what it means to be a model—and a model for what. Through …
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Assessing the impact of credit finance on agricultural productivity in Namibia
… oriented, and modern agriculture to enhance rural living standards and drive food production. The study utilizes the bounds test (ARDL) approach to cointegration, analysing quarterly data from 2001 to 2022 to examine the short-run and long-run dynamics between credit finance and agricultural …
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A Test of the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use on Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use
… non-emergent ED use, among them the influence of living location and the number of non-emergent care resources within a location. However, living location and the number of non-emergent care sources has not been examined in regards to their influence on other previously established risk factors …
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Effects of urbanization on the physiology, behavior, and fitness of a wild songbird
… within the same species found in both urban and rural habitats (urban adapters), we can better understand the behavioral and physiological coping mechanisms wild birds employ in the face of rapid environmental change. For my dissertation, I investigated the physiological, behavioral, and fitness …
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The regulation of fuel retailing activities and its contribution to a rural development policy : lessons from the UK and Australian jurisdictions
… competition among the few fuel retailers in rural and remote locations results in fuel pricing problems, such as high rural fuel prices and rural-urban fuel price differentials. Thus, the regulation of fuel retailing activities in these locations is expected to resolve these problems, and …
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The role of nostalgia in reality television’s representation of rural lives
… in reality television’s representation of rural lives. My study merges a theoretical and critical investigation. I take Alaska: The Last Frontier as my case study and argue that the programme responds to social change and urban living conditions in the United States by creating a nostalgic …
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Understanding the Occupational Choices of Rural White Southern Males
… was to investigate the occupational choices of rural white southern adolescent males. The study was comprised of eight core participants and an additional 30 survey respondents. This ethnography utilized six sources of data: a questionnaire, individual interviews, two focus group interviews, …
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Caring for those living with dementia: appreciating perspectives for rural primary care teams
… system. It is estimated that 850,000 people are living with dementia in the UK. This figure is expected to grow rapidly by up to 146% by 2050. The consequent health and social care expenditure on services for people with dementia could be expected to double within 20 years. Currently in the UK …
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Suggested plan for home demonstration work in rural China
… who had some practical experience connected with rural life in China, were interested in rural living and planned to return to China to work with rural people. The author was chosen as one of the trainees, her financial support being supplied by the United States Department of State from the …