Exploring Liminal Spaces in Older Age: Navigating the Enduring State of Dual Sensory Impairment (DSI) by Moira E. Dunsmore, Julie Schneider, Heather McKenzie, James A. Gillespie

“…Dual sensory impairment (DSI), a combination of vision and hearing loss, presents significant social and physical challenges to older adults and their social networks. Despite its growing global prevalence, DSI is underexplored in extant literature and receives little attention in health policy or ageing research. …”
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Prophet: A Context-Aware Location Privacy-Preserving Scheme in Location Sharing Service by Jiaxing Qu, Guoyin Zhang, Zhou Fang

“…Location sharing service has become an indispensable part in mobile social networks. However, location sharing may introduce a new class of privacy threats ranging from localizing an individual to profiling and identifying him based on the places he shared. …”
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Le refuge ariégeois : atout et diversité d’une topographie de l’accueil by William Berthomière, Christophe Imbert

“…Drawing on the life histories of refugee activists in the French department of Ariège, we reveal a complex territoriality that, depending on the spaces considered, produces singular and distinct forms of mobilisation, inherited from past migratory experiences, the engagement of neo-rurals and the social networks linking mountains, valleys, piedmont towns and the Toulouse conurbation. …”
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Nouveaux territoires et nouvelles identités culturelles : revue des études sur la diaspora chinoise a l’ère d’Internet by Joy Raynaud

“…But what happens to these social networks in the era of globalization, with the massive use of technical and technological networks? …”
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Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“…They largely embody the values of the so-called «neo-ruralism» and share a desire to experience the area not as tourists but as genuine inhabitants: they engage with local social networks, participate in political and economic life in various ways, and move towards sharing and negotiating their presence and experiences with the locals. …”
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Trois transitions, deux situations professionnelles, une vie : le cas des enseignants intermittents by Xavière Lanéelle

“…The integration in local social networks is also favorable. A realistic anticipation, the insertion in a fabric of local relationships, a compatible territorial anchoring are among the key factors to success. …”
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Trust in autonomous vehicles: insights from a Swedish suburb by Kaspar Raats, Jesper Lund, Meike Brodersen

“…We argue that when investigating issues of trust and automation, the scope of analysis needs to be broadened to include a more complex socio-technical set of (human and non-human) agents, to extend from momentary human-computer interactions to a wider timescale, and be situated in concrete spaces, social networks, and situations.…”
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NEW WAYS OF PEER REVIEWING IN JOURNALS: OPEN REVIEW by Andrea Mora-Campos

“…In the case of our journal, we have traditionally used the double-blind style; however, we have noticed that, with advanced Internet, social networks, and media, it is easier for reviewers to obtain previews, preprints, primary research or previous articles that can help identify the author, thus making the double blind review difficult. …”
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Statistical Mechanics of Directed Networks by Marián Boguñá, M. Ángeles Serrano

“…Directed networks are essential for representing complex systems, capturing the asymmetry of interactions in fields such as neuroscience, transportation, and social networks. Directionality reveals how influence, information, or resources flow within a network, fundamentally shaping the behavior of dynamical processes and distinguishing directed networks from their undirected counterparts. …”
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Student attitudes toward the use of Facebook in higher education: Implications for the learning experience by Marković Marija, Stanisavljević-Petrović Zorica

“…In light of the growing importance of digital technologies and the rise of social networks, understanding the role of Facebook in higher education has become increasingly pertinent. …”
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Reducing Societal Obesity: Establishing a Separate Exercise Model through Studies of Group Behavior by J. S. Puterbaugh

“…Although decreased levels of activity have come from changes revolving around built environments and social networks, the existing medical model to lower body weights by increasing activity remains individually prescriptive. …”
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Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach by Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa, Mussa Chanie, Nathan, Nshakira, Joachim, von Braun

“…We postulate that these findings are partly mediated by information diffusion and social networks, financial protection, which gives households the capacity to save and use service more, especially curative services that are delivered alongside preventive services. …”
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Understanding Loneliness in an Aging Population of San Vito de Coto Brus, Costa Rica by Nicholas Leahy, Melissa Rallo, Lillianna Pedersen, Christine Wan, Hima Konduru, Shania Bailey, Alexis Vetack, Wendel Mora, Shailvi Gupta, Carlos Faerron Guzmán

“…With advancing age comes an increase in the number of life events that can perpetuate a state of loneliness such as losing a life partner, dwindling social networks, and deteriorating health conditions. …”
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The Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Information-Seeking Behaviors Using the Internet: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study by Kazuya Taira, Misa Shiomi, Takayo Nakabe, Yuichi Imanaka

“…Nonetheless, certain online information sources, including blogs and some social networks, negatively affected vaccination rates, warranting caution in their use and recognition. …”
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Un Grindr plus gentil ? by Sharif Mowlabocus

“…Grindr, the popular social networking app aimed at men who are sexually interested in other men, launched its Kindr campaign in 2018, which was designed to foster a more inclusive and respectful environment for its users. …”
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Faire mémoire par le trait ou les tribulations latino-américaines de Charlie by Frédérique Langue

“…They not only replace "the era of witnesses" highly valued by the history of present time but also integrate an instrumentalized regime of emotions finally leading to a skewed view of history, emphasized by social networks.…”
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The Cultural Economy Moment? by Flew Terry

“…The paper concludes by identifying areas such as the value of information, the value of networks, motivations for participation in online social networks, and the impact of business cycles on cultural sectors as areas of potentially fruitful inter-disciplinary engagement around the nature of cultural economy.…”
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La série télévisée comme métaphore fonctionnelle et mémorielle de la pandémie Covid-19 by Pierre Morelli

“…At the beginning of 2020, a pandemic forces the authorities to brutally and drastically limit physical contact, imposing social distancing at every point on the globe. Media and social networks will “soap opera” (Benassi 2017), participating in the creation and planetary dissemination of a narrative whose main protagonist is the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a biological signature whose vicissitudes can be followed, quantified by numerous websites with their daily updated tables and curves. …”
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The Access to Antenatal and Postpartum Care Services of Migrant Workers in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The Role of Acculturative Stress and Social Support by Charamporn Holumyong, Kathleen Ford, Siriporn Sajjanand, Aphichat Chamratrithirong

“…Besides friends and family, the support from the Migrant Health Worker Program and Migrant Health Volunteer Program allowed the formal health sector to utilize the informal social networks to improve care for migrants.…”
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Evaluating managerial competence of small, medium and micro-entrepreneurs to ensure sustainable economic development in eThekwini municipal area by Sijuwade Adedayo Ogunsola, Nobubele Potwana, Felix Chikosha

“…Key findings reveal that entrepreneurs underscore the importance of knowledge, skills, value judgments, behavioural traits, and social networks in establishing and operating successful businesses. …”
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