Dwelling encounters: migration, diversity and ambivalence in an Istanbul neighborhood by Biehl, K

“…<p>This thesis is about processes and lived experiences of inhabiting urban contexts deeply and continuously impacted by migration driven population changes. It builds on an ethnographic study of a neighbourhood in Istanbul known as Kumkapı, which over recent decades has emerged as a zone of arrival and initial settlement for successive new waves of migrants coming from an ever more expanding geography. …”

Dissonances in care: childhood, well-being, and the politics of welfare in Japan by Chapman, CR

“…Through twelve months of ethnographic research in Tokyo, I worked with children, caregivers, caseworkers, and psychologists to contextualize discursive representations of care and children. …”

Relationship between personality and counselling orientation by Ho, Laurence Swee Min.

“…It also examines whether the selection of counselling orientations of the sample group are influenced by their demographic variables such as, age, gender, highest academic qualification received, job designation, number of years of working experience, race, type of degree/diploma and country of degree/diploma. …”
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Growth strategies for liner companies in the time of economic recession by Toon, Nicholas Zhenjie.

“…The main finding of this research was that, strategies for liner industries are not applied as stated from textbooks, and that each company’s demographic profile plays a major part on differences in strategies used and taken. …”
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A system of systems framework for the evaluation of critical infrastructure - the case of Changi international airport. by Payam Zargarzadeh.

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Relationship between variety-seeking behaviour and need for closure by Tan, Jia Hui

“…Participants were required to complete a questionnaire that consisted of the need for closure scale (NFCS), choice-task scenario, and demographic survey. Results indicated a statistically insignificant negative correlation between the two constructs. …”
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China's rural migrant workers, the state, and labor politics by Chan, J, Selden, M

“…They also discuss the impact of demographic changes and geographic shifts of population and production on the growth of working-class power in the workplace and the marketplace.…”

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. …”

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.…”

Instability Scaffolding: Enacting Strategic Instabilities to Produce Authentic Premium Wine by Zhang, Alan

“…My data are drawn from a 16-month ethnographic study of two field sites in the California premium wine industry, combined with archival data and industry interviews. …”
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Technology integration in newborn care: examining communication and decision-making among health professionals in Kenyan hospitals by Ngaiza, GK

“…</p> <p>Using a focused ethnographic approach, I conducted unstructured non-participatory observations, in-depth interviews, and document reviews in two newborn units in level-five Kenyan hospitals. …”

Does not compute: social dissonance in England's computing education policy by Larke, L

“…</p> <p>Using teacher interviews, student writing and drawings, student interviews, extensive classroom observations, and policy analysis, this ethnographic case study of four primary school classrooms in the South of England will examine how the addition of computing to England’s National Curriculum came to pass and why it is not meeting its stated goals, before discussing what this means about past assumptions and future possibilities for young people’s engagement with and understanding of modern digital technologies in formal education settings. …”

Analysis of Seoul Apartment Prices during Population Decline Era by Cho, Moohyun

“…By applying various indices related to apartment prices, this study demonstrates the correlations between apartment prices and demographic changes, consequently exploring the potential future scenarios for the housing market in Seoul.…”
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The profile of running and running injuries in Singapore by Phua, Joel Chia Keng

“…Results: Across the 50 respondents when comparing demographic and running profile factors, a runner from the Singapore running community is likely to have 1 running-related injury at any given year. …”
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