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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Socio economics"”.
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Screening for Acanthosis nigricans: Analyzing the Correlation between Socio-economics and Acanthosis nigricans
… research exists that measures the correlation of socio-economics among the population of children with acanthosis nigricans. Socio-economics can influence an individual’s lifestyle and behavior and it can play a role in effecting a person’s diet, nutrition, and overall health status putting …
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People, profits, and politics in the Eastern Cape chokka squid fishery: the socio-economics of an unstable resource
This study examines socio-economic issues confronting the chokka squid fishery in South Africa's Eastern Cape, particularly in the towns of St Francis Bay, Humansdorp and Jeffreys Bay. It examines the implications of two key issues challenging the industry: the volatility of chokka squid catches, …
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Critical Literacy in Literature Instruction: Canonical vs. Young Adult Literature
… forms of diversity: race, ethnicity, religion, socio-economics, gender, sexuality, ability, and more. They are becoming increasingly heterogenous. However, ELA literature curriculums remain largely homogenous. This is due to the fact that ELA classrooms typically teach from the traditional …
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Comparing estimates of fishing effort and lake choice derived from aerial creel surveys and smartphone application data in Ontario, Canada
… for the fish stocks, ecosystems, and socio-economics with which they interact. Smartphone angling applications (apps), are a potentially less expensive and more comprehensive data source than conventional methods, but their utility has not been evaluated. In this study, I compared …
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The Socio-economic Impact Of The Squid Stock Volatility In The Eastern Cape Province Of South Africa
This is an ongoing paper that discusses the socio-economics of three neighbouring small towns (Humansdorp, St. Francis and Jeffreys Bay) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, each largely dependent on the squid fishery. The paper addresses four issues: (1) the operations of the squid industry in …
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From Galton to Globalization: The Transatlantic Journey of Eugenics
… theory of eugenics. What is, is the factor of socio-economics. Racism can be separated from eugenics, but classism cannot be.
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The Emergence of Ecosystems-Based Fisheries Management from the Groundfish Crisis in New England: An Actor-Network Theory Analysis
… informed by experts on biology, ecology, and socio-economics. This analysis identifies and elucidates the multiplicity of the groundfish crisis as it is being conceptualized and enacted and how this is resulting in both coherence and dissipation in the network. Examination of the translation …
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Where Market Meets Community: An Economic and Gender Study of Microfinance in The Gambia
… outlook in The Gambia, its impacts on socio-economics ramifications on the country. It also examines the role of microfinance, contextually Reliance Financial Services Kafoo scheme, as a viable alternative poverty-alleviation avenue.
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Toward Cooperative Ethics: A Ricoeurian Reading of the Educational Aim of Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta Founder of the Mondragon Cooperatives
… of the domains of ethics, politics, and economics. In complementary ways they have addressed the reciprocal responsibilities of a society toward its citizens and vice-versa. In this study I make note of the parallels between Ricoeur's definition of the ethical aim and Arizmendiarrieta's …
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Academic Achievement Of Hispanic Students In Orange County Public High Schools:do Hispanic Students Have Varying Degrees Of Academic Success Based On The High School They Attend?
… selected. The schools were selected based on socio-economic status and demographics to provide a wide range of participation. The following are some of the purposes that guided this study: (a) to determine if there are differences in academic achievement among Hispanic high school students in …
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Ecology, conservation and management of the black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) in the Bangweulu Basin, Zambia
… into the links that exists between wildlife and socio-economics in order to demonstrate the views of local people on current wildlife management and utilisation. Historical records suggest that these antelopes were more widely spread and more numerous earlier last century. Until the 1930s the …
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Assessing Maintenance and Management of Infrastructure Systems Using Citizen Reported Service Requests
… manuscript, service requests were compared to socio-economics within zip codes. Zip codes were clustered by four socio-economic variables including median house value, percent of the population with a bachelor's degree, unemployment rate, and percent non-white to represent socio-economic …
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Moving Toward A Holistic Understanding Of Recidivism
… pre-natal experience, family, education, and socio-economics.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to record and retell the pre-incarceration life experiences of the three incarcerated, young adult, African American males to further drive and explore the development of a holistic understanding …
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Coping with uncertainty: perspectives on sustainability of smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
… related to soil quality, crop productivity and socio-economics below threshold values. This was in direct contrast to the situation in high agricultural potential areas. The collaborative and interdisciplinary research partnerships within which this body of works was prepared was productive with …
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An Urban Design Method for Rehabilitating Historic cities in Iran: The Case of Shiraz Historic Fabric
… beliefs, lifestyles and arts. They present the socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-political identity and traditions of residents of many ethnicities in established societies. In this regard, there is a large body of research and empirical actions to conserve, revive, renew and rehabilitate …
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Dialect Maintenance, Shift and Variation in a Northern Thai Industrial Estate
… 30 years, MBK has undergone a dramatic change in socio-economics and culture, from an agriculturally-based society, swiftly transforming into an urbanised and industrialised one. The national standard Bangkok (BKK) Thai, has influenced and motivated dialect shift among MBK speakers who speak the …
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Middle School Mathematics Teacher Certification, Degree Level, And Experience, And The Effects On Teacher Attrition And Student Mathematics Achievement in a Large Urban District
… or very small. When controlling for students' socio-economics status at the classroom level, differences were not significant for seniority or advanced degrees but the results were significant for certification.</p>
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An Empirical Study into UK Customer Expectations of Dining Out in Relation to Meal Cost
… In addition, the study reflects on customers’ socio-economic characteristics combined with their perception of differing anticipated costs in order to provide customer typologies, each with varying expectations of the dining out experience. It is intended that by focussing on and amalgamating …
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The socio-economic interactions of marine renewable energy development and the commercial fishing industry on the island of Ireland
… of access to fishing grounds which would have socio-economic implications for fishermen. Spatial conflicts and the opposition of fishermen to projects, could hinder the development of the MRE sector in Ireland. The successful development of the sector will depend to a considerable extent on the …
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