Coping with peripheralization in small cities. What is the role of human agency? by Bosák, V, Slach, O, Paszová, L, Hýllová, L, Mykhnenko, V, Krtička, L, Nováček, A

“…The agency of public providers (in contrast to private providers) in the foundational economy has buffered the impact of peripheralization on the well-being of residents, while the agency of companies in the competitive economy has had a major impact on path development and demographic change.</p>…”

Secularization versus religious revival in Eastern Europe: Church institutional resilience, state repression and divergent paths by Northmore-Ball, K, Evans, G

“…Using national sample surveys from the early 1990s to 2007 to examine the change in demographic predictors of religiosity, we show that Catholic and Orthodox countries are experiencing different trends, the first group displaying evidence of secularization and the second of revival, and that these two different trends are likely to derive from the legacies of state repression and the differing abilities of the churches to resist such repression. …”

AR card game design & implementation by Emmanuelle Vania

“…For this reason, the application hopes to attract young people, such as teens and young adults, as the primary user demographic of the existing CCG community. A prototype stage of the game has been developed in which players will be able to set up a local multiplayer match, load AR content and perform actions according with cards of their choice. …”
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The rise and fall of Britain’s golden cohort: how the remarkable generation of 1925-1934 had their lives cut short by austerity by Hiam, L, Dorling, D

“…This group has befuddled demographers for many years, and as recently as 2014 it was predicted that their golden luck would continue. …”

The magnitude and risk factors of intestinal parasitic infection in relation to human immunodeficiency virus infection and immune status, at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Taye, Biruhalem, Desta, Kassu, Ejigu, Selamawit, Dori, Geme Urge

“…Low monthly income, and being married, divorced or widowed were among the socio-demographic characteristics associated with intestinal parasitic infection. …”
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Effects of cultural diversity on learning styles and performance development methods : a study of business professionals in Singapore. by Nur Syahirah Basheer., Nurashikin Asan., Poh, Ai Ni.

“…The research also aims: (d) to determine if a manager’s sub-cultural group influences the relationship between learning styles and performance development methods, and (e) to determine if demographic and organizational variables affect managers’ use of the various learning styles and performance development methods. …”
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Serious game for teaching computing subjects by Chang, En Kai

“…Further research and refinement of the survey to include more demographic questions are recommended.…”
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Solving the modern marriage puzzle : the problems of creating value in marriage by Ang, Claudia Hui Lin

“…Second, the distribution of exclusive rewards to married couples breeds an environment of stigmatization and discrimination against the non-married demographic. I argue that while incentivizing marriage solves the modern marriage puzzle, it promotes irrational and morally problematic marriage decisions that threaten the well-being of not just the marrying agents themselves, but also the general non-married population peripheral to their marriages.…”
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…The estimates are based on 196 individual survey datasets, mostly the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). …”

An undue emphasis on rural older adults in the Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2023? by Cheetham, NJ, Dhesi, J, Hopper, A, Dowd, JB, Steves, CJ

“…Policy-makers need to consider both absolute and relative demographic trends as well as making use of direct measures of health when planning how healthcare services for older adults are distributed geographically in England.…”

Profiling the dynamics of trust & distrust in social media: A survey study by Zhang, Yixuan, Wang, Yimeng, Yongsatianchot, Nutchanon, Gaggiano, Joseph D., Nurul Mubinah, Suhaimi, Okrah, Anne, Kim, Miso, Griffin, Jacqueline A., Parker, Andrea Grimes

“…Furthermore, participants exhibited varying patterns of trust and distrust across demographic characteristics and platforms. Our results also show that current misinformation interventions helped heighten awareness of misinformation and bolstered trust in social media, but did not alleviate underlying distrust. …”
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19 by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini Jr, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moro, Esteban, Moreno, Yamir

“…Here we integrate anonymized, geolocalized mobility data with census and demographic data to build a detailed agent-based model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in the Boston metropolitan area. …”
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Teenagers and videoconference fatigue: a preliminary analysis from an affordance-based approach by Lee, Chei Sian, Li, Benjamin Junting, Wu, Qian

“…Specifically, the objectives are to examine if (a) VC affordances (visibility, information, and availability), and (b) demographic profiles (age and gender) have effects on VCF among teenagers. …”
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An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk by Lin, K.-H. E., Chang, Y.-C., Liu, G.-Y., Lin, T.-H., Yeh, C.-H., Chan, Chung-Han

“…In the context of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan, this study constructs three statistical models to test different determinants that affect disaster fatality at the village level, including seismic hazard, exposure of population and fragile buildings, and demographic and socioeconomic vulnerability. The Poisson regression model is used to estimate the impact of these factors on fatalities. …”
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…The estimates are based on 205 individual survey datasets, mostly the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). …”

China's expectations for university students' employment outlook: A qualitative analysis based on employment policy documents by Zhang, Ziran, Hasan, Ahmad

“…-China trade war, COVID-19, and demographic shifts, graduates in China face growing employment pressures. …”
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Examining the quality of life of elders in Singapore by Chee, Wai Ern

“…With Singapore's rapidly ageing population, the well-being of this demographic has become increasingly pertinent. This study aims to evaluate the quality of life of elders in Singapore based on Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that access to housing, medical care, food, clothing and social services is a fundamental human right. …”
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Factors associated with body weight status and internet addiction among malaysian university students in Penang: mixed method study before and during covid-19 pandemic by Isaac, Nesamalar

“…In addition, there is a significant contribution of demographic factors, internet addiction, and sleep quality to the body mass index of Malaysian university/college students in Penang.…”
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What does sounding Singaporean mean? by Tan, Charmaine Li Min

“…This paper aims to investigate which vocalic features mark Singaporean speech, and if the phonetic patterns follow demographic trends of education levels and ethnicity. …”
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Banking behaviour of expatriate lecturers in Singapore. by Goh, Amy., Phua, Nai Hsin., Poh, Siok Peng.

“…The study of the influences of certain demographic factors are also carried out for some of the above analysis. …”
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