Social determinants of vulnerability to ill-health: Evidences from Mendi Town, Western Ethiopia by Amanti Baru, Padmanabhan Murugan

“…Introduction: The premise of this study is that disparity in individuals’ degree of susceptibility to physical and mental ill-health is determined by the amount of structurally (socially) distributed resources (‘capitals’). …”
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Los métodos gravitacionales como herramienta para el cálculo de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero derivadas del tráfico rodado en la planificación urbana Gravity methods... by Sergio Zubelzu Mínguez, Alfonso López Díaz, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez García, Fernando Blanco Silva

“…Este modelo permite identificar los recorridos que presumiblemente seguirán los vehículos y así calcular sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. De esta forma se dispone de información respecto de la huella de carbono pueden incluirse medidas correctoras o compensatorias de las emisiones en la fase de diseño urbanístico.…”
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Estimation of Wind Turbine Blade Icing Volume Based on Binocular Vision by Fangzheng Wei, Zhiyong Guo, Qiaoli Han, Wenkai Qi

“…It utilizes a cross-based support region for cost aggregation and generates the final disparity map through a Winner-Take-All (WTA) strategy and multi-step optimization. …”
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Communication Culture as a Matrix for Graduate's “Soft Skills” Development by N. G. Chevtaeva, A. S. Nikitina, A. V. Vishnevskaya

“…At the same time, an expert survey of recruiting specialists who assessed the level of communication skills of graduates majoring in economics and management showed a vivid disparity between free use of digital technologies (digital skills) and poor communication skills (soft skills).An analysis of the online questionnaire survey of teachers and students in the field of economics and management of nine Russian universities revealed barriers to the formation of “soft skills” of future graduates: inability to see the interests of the “Other”, the habit of pointing fingers instead of solving problems, the lack of client-oriented skills as well as willingness to take personal responsibility for the results of work. …”
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AGILE APPROACHES, FOR E-BUSINESS SOLUTIONS STRATEGY, AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL by Cristian Brancu, Oana Turcu, Marius Stefan, Madalina Popp

“…In order to move on to building the knowledge society, it is necessary to reduce the digital gap, which accentuates disparities in development, excluding groups and even countries, from the benefit of information and knowledge. …”
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A descriptive epidemiological study of the prevalence of self-reported sensory difficulties by age group, sex, education, disability, and migration status in Sweden in 2020 by Andreea-Corina Badache, Elina Mäki-Torkko, Stephen Widen, Stefan Fors

“…Conclusion The findings highlight disparities in the prevalence and type of perceived sensory difficulties experienced by older adults, by factors such as age, sex, education and migration status. …”
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Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study by Maria Camila Urrea Suescun, Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio, Amr S. Soliman

“…Compared to the Mestizo population, Raizales and Afro-Colombians experienced disproportionately higher age-standardized mortality rates due to prostate cancer (26.6/100,000 and 8.6/100,000 vs. 8.1/100,000), and for Raizales and Rom breast cancer (14.0/100,000 and 103.2/100,000 vs. 9.1/100,000).ConclusionThe disparities in cancer mortality in ethnic minorities in Colombia call for investigating cancer etiology and access to care among the Rom and the Raizal populations.…”
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Propensity Score Matching: should we use it in designing observational studies? by Fei Wan

“…Results Firstly, matched pairs typically exhibit different covariate values despite having identical propensity scores. However, this disparity represents a “chance” difference and will average to zero over a large number of matched pairs. …”
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Régimes de duplicité, espaces désesthétisés by Christiane Vollaire

“…Ce travail s’appuiera sur le concept d’espace tel qu’il se fonde dans l’Esthétique transcendantale chez Kant (comme condition interne au sujet de toute sa relation au monde), pour montrer en quoi les politiques contemporaines de spatialisation constituent un véritable déni infligé aux possibilités élémentaires de représentation de soi. …”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…To what extent do James’s descriptions of bodily positions in Dormer’s studio—and Wilde’s similar attention to deportment in Basil Hallward’s studio—bear similarities with Godwin’s actual interiors? Are the gender disparities underlined by James reflected in Godwin’s designs as well?…”
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Quality of life among geriatric population living with functional disabilities: A comparison between urban and rural populations of West Bengal by Aritraa Hazra, Sukanta Majumdar, Shuvankar Mukherjee, Avijit Paul, Nabanita Bhattacharyya

“…Introduction: Global elderly population’s growth is evident, with projections reaching 2 billion by 2050, while India’s geriatric population is expected to rise to 11.6% by 2026. Disparity in quality of life (QOL) and disabilities between urban and rural elderly exist, where rural elderly maintain active roles, while urban counterparts face economic insecurity post retirement. …”
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“Don’t leave us behind”: a qualitative study exploring the feasibility of a palliative care training program for non-health caregivers in Honduras by Sheryl Ruiz, Martin Stafström, Leda Parham, Luis Orellana

“…Background: Palliative care (PC) can alleviate suffering and improve quality of life. Yet, disparities persist, particularly in Honduras. Training efforts in PC for non-health caregivers have proven to reduce burnout and stress while enhancing the quality of life for both caregivers and patients. …”
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Spatio-temporal distribution and socioeconomic inequality of low birthweight rate in China from 1992 to 2021 and its predictions to 2030. by Chengyue Li, Lixia Lei, Yingying Li

“…National and local governments must prioritize disadvantaged groups to mitigate the rapid prevalence of LBWR, reduce regional disparities, and improve perinatal and infant health and health equity in China.…”
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Enhancing electric vehicle battery lifespan: integrating active balancing and machine learning for precise RUL estimation by Yara A. Sultan, Abdelfattah A. Eladl, Mohamed A. Hassan, Samah A. Gamel

“…Experimental results confirm that this method effectively reduces SOC disparities, enhancing both charging and discharging capacities. …”
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Educational inequalities in the prevalence of vision impairment among older adults in India: A decomposition analysis by Rakesh Chandra, Satyam Kumar Rai, Aditya Singh

“…Targeted Interventions that address educational disparities in health outcomes may help in reducing VI burden. …”
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La red de centros regionales de poliomielitis de la Organización Mundial de la Salud como estrategia contra esta enfermedad (1954-1963) by María Isabel Porras Gallo

“…El miedo a una pandemia de gripe tan grave como la de 1918 y las dificultades para disponer de una vacuna eficaz motivaron que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) estableciera un programa mundial de lucha contra esta enfermedad en 1947. …”
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The spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of vegetation NPP in the Huangshui River Basin of Qilian Mountains by Sujing Ding, Qiang Sun, Yan Guo, Xiao Wei

“…Furthermore, the correlation between vegetation NPP and PRE, TEMP, SR, and NDVI exhibits regional disparities. Furthermore, the spatial variation characteristics of vegetation NPP in the HRB in the future also demonstrate an overall increasing trend. …”
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Análisis del comportamiento informacional de los estudiantes posgraduados de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Barcelona by Rosa Zaborras, Carina Rey Martín, Candela Ollé Castellà

“…De este modo es posible disponer de datos fiables para la toma de decisiones a la hora de contratar recursos y servicios, así como elaborar propuestas de mejora para aumentar la satisfacción de la comunidad. …”
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La relación como práctica política en la formación inicial de educadoras y educadores sociales by Remei Arnaus i Morral

“…Y es al nombrarla cuando la puedo reconocer como práctica cultural civilizadora disponible para quien desea acogerla. La práctica política de la relación no solo orienta lo que hago, sino también cómo lo hago y lo que digo de lo que me/nos pasa en el aula. …”
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Determinants of COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate in the United States: Spatial Analysis Over One Year of the Pandemic by Niranjan J. Kathe, Rajvi J. Wani

“…**Conclusion:** The spatial models identified percent positive for COVID-19, stringency index, elderly, college education, race/ethnicity, residential segregation, premature mortality, income inequality, workforce composition, and rurality as important ecological determinants of the geographic disparities in COVID-19 CFR.…”
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