Anthropological perspectives on eating disorders: deciphering cultural logics by Eli, K, Warin, M

“…From investigations of institutional practices to analyses of embodied experiences, anthropologists have developed insightful accounts of how local, shared worlds shape disordered eating, and of the grounding of disorder in social structures and relationships that tend to be obscured in clinical and popular interpretations. …”

Taxonomies of networks from community structure. by Onnela, J, Fenn, D, Reid, S, Porter, M, Mucha, P, Fricker, M, Jones, N

“…We also construct network taxonomies to compare the social structures of 100 Facebook networks and the growth structures produced by different types of fungi.…”

Why the garden club couldn't save Youngstown : social embeddedness and the transformation of the rust belt by Safford, Sean C

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Achievement of ODF (Open Defecation Free) Villages Through the Social Functions Approach In Teba Village by yuni ratnasari, Tria Fadilla, Suwaib Amiruddin

“…The research aims to determine the social structures in achieving ODF (Open Defecation Free) villages. …”
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The Architecture Design of Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure Using Viable System Model Approach by Mahdi Boucetta, Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Raed Jaradat, Charles Keating, Siham Tazzit, Morteza Nagahi

“…Exponential technological-based growth in industrialization and urbanization, and the ease of mobility that modern motorization offers have significantly transformed social structures and living standards. As a result, electric vehicles (EVs) have gained widespread popularity as a mode of sustainable transport. …”
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A quarter century after the Barcelona Process: UfM in Mediterranean politics by Enric Olivé Serret, Didem Doganyilmaz Duman

“…Within the modern political structure, the Basin can be divided into the North that represents the European Union and its members and the South consist of Arab countries and Israel with not only their different social structures, but also socio-political and socio-economic orders. …”
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Teachers’ Use of Knowledge in Curriculum Making: Implications for Social Justice by Helen Coker, Qudsia Kalsoom, Duncan Mercieca

“…In the globalised world of the 21st century, knowledge questions are important considerations, as schooling is situated in inequitable systems and social structures. This qualitative research study examined teachers’ use of knowledge as they made the curriculum in their classrooms. …”
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Clerics of Don Kalmyk Cossacks, 18th to Mid-19th Centuries by Konstantin N. Maksimov

“…The paper attempts an insight into adaptation practices once exercised by Kalmyks as a group with specific cultural and religious backgrounds in polyethnic environments, special attention be paid to how the Buddhist clergy developed and were subsequently incorporated into administrative and social structures of Don Cossacks. Results. The official religious policy within the Don Host was largely tolerant and sought to secure freedom of faith, modernize spiritual services by way of optimizing networks of khuruls and their staff, encouraging some professional training of the latter, introducing clerics into administrative structures and services as a special privileged community. …”
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The Prevalence of Behavioural Symptoms and Psychiatric Disorders in Hadza Children by Dennis Ougrin, Emma Woodhouse, Gavin Tucker, Amy Ronaldson, Ioannis Bakolis

“…Studying the prevalence of childhood psychiatric disorders across radically different economic systems and social structures could indicate universal factors leading to their development. …”
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Dynamical origins of the community structure of an online multi-layer society by Peter Klimek, Marina Diakonova, Víctor M Eguíluz, Maxi San Miguel, Stefan Thurner

“…Social structures emerge as a result of individuals managing a variety of different social relationships. …”
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From Scientist to Broker, and How Brokers Use Their Social Capital to Develop Talents at Universities by Marzena Staszkiewicz, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

“…This resource, obtained from social structures, can also be used to achieve goals set for public sector organizations, such as universities. …”
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TV Series Narration of Free Will and Activism of Human Agency Case Study; »Could Happen to You« Series by Mahdi Montazer Ghaem, Zohre Alikhani

“…Two signifiers of fatalism and dreamful are attracted in its discourse area and influencing of social structures is rejected.…”
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A review study on discourse-analytical approaches to language testing policy in the South Korean context by Dongil Shin, Soohyeon Park, Eunhae Cho

“…The current study expands on previous research and argues that language testing policies (LTP) be explored using the DA because the former is also produced within the discursive practices of intertextual and interdiscursive links among texts (e.g., policy documents and media texts) and social structures. Three empirical contexts are analyzed to demonstrate the need for introducing tests: (1) introducing the National English Ability Test to replace the preexisting English subject test of the College Scholastic Test in Korea to measure speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills; (2) adopting cut-off scores for graduation based on the Test of English for International Communication; and (3) implementing the Test of Proficiency in Korean scores for screening and regulating the flow of immigrants. …”
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Current Social and Rangeland Access Trends among Pastoralists in the Western Algerian Steppe by Slimane Bencherif, Mohamed Boumedienne Dahmani, Daniel Burgas, Pablo Manzano

“…Most agropastoralists access land under tribal tenure, conditioned by local social structures. Pastures are prevailingly perceived by pastoralists as insufficient, and the perception of grazing reserves is largely negative. …”
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Striding on a Winding Road: Young People’s Transitions from Education to Work in Bulgaria by Siyka Kovacheva, Darena Hristozova

“…Our qualitative analysis reveals the multiplicity and diversity of youth journeys into work through the institutions and social structures and the inadequacy of the applied policy measures.…”
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A NEW INTERACTIVE PARADIGM FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS by Li YONGBIN, Li RONG

“…For better utilizing the “Mediterranean Koine” in research we should also direct attention into the differences among civilizations, such as their various scopes of time and space, different social structures, and the uniqueness of particular ecologies.…”
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Social Ecology and Urban Green Spaces in Ibadan, Nigeria by AA Areola, CO Ikporukpo

“…Thus, the distribution of green spaces is a function of the various social structures in existence in the metropolis. The commonly used indicators for social ecology in the literature for geographical studies are income, race and education. …”
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Beyond structural inequality: a socio-technical approach to the digital divide in the platform environment by Jianghua Yang, Mengzhu Zhang

“…On the other hand, platform affordance also reshapes how social structural factors operate; it does so by triggering moderating effects of personal and positional characteristics on the relationship between technology-efficacy and self-efficacy.…”
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Homo Digitus: Its Dependable and Resilient Smart Ecosystem by Donald Bliss, Raymond Garbos, Patrick Kane, Vyacheslav Kharchenko, Thaddeus Kochanski, Andrzej Rucinski

“…In summary, humanity has generated diverse social structures with erratic outcomes. On the other hand, technology provides a successful foundation for modern society especially in the Pandemic Era. …”
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Johann Albrecht von Reiswitz: From “Uneasy Scholar” to Ahnenerbe Collaborator. Notes about a Book by Aleksandar Bandović

“…It is stressed that biographies or studies aiming at biographical representation require a clear theoretical-methodological framework, situating the actors into relevant social structures. Instead of picturesque details, abounding in traditional biographies, it is essential to analyse the protagonist through various social orderings in which he acted and to which he adapted. …”
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