Habitual Sleep Patterns and Chronic Sleep Problems in Relation to Sex, Age, and Circadian Preference in a Population-Based Sample of Norwegian Adults by Ingvild West Saxvig, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Siri Waage

“…Sleep patterns and problems vary in relation to internal (e.g., sex, age, circadian preference) and external (e.g., social structures) factors. The main aim of the present study was to describe habitual sleep patterns and chronic sleep problems in a population-based sample of Norwegian adults. …”
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GROWTH OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL by Natalia Rіabinina

“…The article explores the formation and rapid development of social capital and its integral components (trust, norms, networks and social structures). The article considers the methodological basis for the formation of social capital: different definitions of this category, structural analysis and disclosure of the interaction of all areas of research, the relationship with the socio-economic phenomena of our time, traced the attempt of a comprehensive view of social communication as one of the tools of social capital in the formation of modern public space. …”
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Processes of integration/differentiation in Russian society: questions of methodology by Natalia P. Sashchenko

“…The analysis of identification mechanisms of consolidation and fragmentation has been developed within the framework of cognitivist and constructionist-oriented concepts, the mutual influence of identity, historical social structures and social processes.</p> <p>The importance of studying the conditions of consolidation, cohesion of society within the framework of the concept of a divided society, established in political science.…”
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‘Health paradox’ and former Soviet Union immigrants: towards an integrated theoretical framework by Timmer A.

“…Second, hypotheses are proposed based on the new model to be tested by future studies and third, unique interactive effects on health outcomes are discussed including such factors as SES, gender, country of origin, and other social structural factors. Overall, this paper contributes theoretically to medical sociology, epidemiology, social psychology, and global studies by outlining the novel model conceptualizing immigration and health relationships among one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in contemporary society.…”
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Den tidlige kirkeorganisasjonen i Bergen bispedømme by Jan Brendalsmo, Frode Iversen

“…The high number of public churches, as we have shown in this article, suggests that there were other, more egalitarian social structures in Norway than elsewhere in Europe. Not least, the thing institution was an important driver for the development of the church organization, especially at the local level. …”
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Imperial and critical cosmopolitans: Screening the multicultural city on Sherlock and Elementary by Anne Kustritz

“…In particular, Sherlock repeats many of the social structures of Conan Doyle’s stories that construct an imperial cosmopolitan vision of life in London, while Elementary offers an interpretation of Holmes’s life in modern New York with a critical cosmopolitan ethos. …”
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Assessing athlete leadership and cohesion using a social network analysis approach by Ashley Flemington, Todd M. Loughead, Marie Desrosiers

“…SNA facilitates the study of social structures within networks of people, such as a sports team, as well as individual attributes influencing or being influenced by the network. …”
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Drivers of 'voluntary' recruitment and challenges for families with adolescents engaged with armed groups: Qualitative insights from Central African Republic and Democratic Republi... by Alexandra H Blackwell, Yvonne Agengo, Daniel Ozoukou, Julia Ulrike Wendt, Alice Nigane, Paradis Goana, Bertin Kanani, Kathryn Falb

“…The findings illustrate how these factors can disrupt protective social structures, and inversely how familial support can act as a potential protective factor against recruitment and break the cycle of reengagement. …”
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Undercurrents of participatory groundwater governance in Rural Jalna, western India by Poonam Argade, NC Narayanan

“…Using the Cultural Political Economy approach, we found that the historical sedimentation of high groundwater demand was linked to an imaginary of a 'better life' through social structures, political economy, technology access and postcolonial development policies that have influenced agricultural practices. …”
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An analysis of challenges in the teaching of problem solving in Grade 10 mathematics by Tshele J Moloi

“…Each challenge was outlined and analysed using critical discourse analysis (CDA), enabling the participants to use the spoken/written word as evidence of the interpretation made at both the levels of discursive practice and social structures, to extract a deeper meaning and to make repertoires of each participant (Francis, 2012:18; Mahlomaholo, 2012a:51, 2012b:104).…”
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Regional youth in a nonlinear global-local society: New forms of social tension by Z. T. Golenkova, T. A. Khagurov

“…The current state of society is characterized by the multidimensionality and non-linearity of social processes, mobility of social structures, dynamism and inconsistency of cultural transformations. …”
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The Arab World by Najib Ghadbian

“…Barakat arranges his analysis into three sections: Arab identity and issues of diversity and integration, social structures and institutions (i.e., family, social classes, religion, and Arab politics), and the dynamics of Arab culture. …”
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A Concept of Building a Glossary on Information Technologies Based on the Principles of Philosophy of Technics by Olga M. Korchazhkina

“…Moreover, these disastrous consequences affect social structures associated with the upbringing of the new generation of the Russians, their education, the search for guidelines in their future professional activities, and the formation of the civic identity, which is the basis of the holistic personality. …”
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Social innovation-as-practice: establishing a social innovation program at a university by Svennevik Elisabeth M. C., Saidi Trust

“…The paper approaches two research questions: (1) How can a (social) innovation programme operate within a university’s existing managerial, financial and social structures to facilitate researchers’ work with social innovations? …”
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Trans(gender) journeys: rights and the (non-)recognition of “human” by Liliana Rodrigues, Ana R. Pinho, Nuno Santos Carneiro, Conceição Nogueira

“…Based on a commitment to social transformation, this article also contributes to rethinking the violence that is exercised on trans people as a continuum, whether through ‘normalizing devices' by medical contexts, family contexts, public space, or even through internalized transphobia. Social structures produce and sustain transphobias and, simultaneously, are responsible for fighting them by changing the paradigm about the conception of transsexualities.…”
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Changes in social roles of the Ukrainian peasantry as the result of collectivisation and Holodomor-genocide of 1932–1933 by Tesliuk R. T.

“…The forcible collectivisation of Ukrainian peasant farms and the Holodomor caused by it, led to radical transformations of the social structures, which manifested themselves in the destruction of the Ukrainian peasants’ social roles established over the years and the imposition of new roles that corresponded to the interests of the totalitarian state. …”
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Theoretical fundamentals of economic development of the region and features of the formation of its economic mechanism in the context of transformational changes in the national ec... by Yevhenii Kostyk, Anatolii Ovsiienko

“…On the one hand, thanks to considerable financial and economic opportunities, the center concentrates significant funds on strategically important national directions of social, structural and scientific and technical policy. …”
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Social Media Addiction and Healthy Life Habits: A Comparative Study of New York City - USA and Lahore - Pakistan by Lubna Zaheer, Nasir Hameed, Farkhanda Tahseen, Jam Sajjad Hussain

“…With the support of relevant stakeholders including cellular companies, prominent figures of society and Tech icons in USA has chalked out a comprehensive social-structural mechanism for wellbeing of the society at large particularly the young adults wherein the developing nations including Pakistan has least concern about this important component of social wellbeing. …”
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Is Nuclear Anarchy Sustainable? A Temporal Approach by Ye. I. Uchaev, A. A. Kvartalnov

“…However, the debate, as it stands now, ignores the fact that both technology and social structures are embedded in – and mediated by – cultures and worldviews. …”
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Of sodomites and special rights : a critical discourse analysis of the media texts of an antigay lobby group. by Chew, Chang Hui.

“…Materials are examined for the representation of social actors, largely homosexuals and themselves, as well as larger social structures, such as the institutions of marriage and democracy, to identify the ideology and strategies used to achieve political goals. …”
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