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Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research

Simon, Judit; Anand, Paul; Gray, Alastair; Rugkåsa, Jorun - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 187-196

Amartya Sen's multidimensional capability approach focuses on the importance of freedoms to be or do things people have reason to value. It is an alternative to standard utilitarian welfarism, the theoretical approach to quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost-utility analyses. Despite the...

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Daily Functioning, Health Status, and Happiness in Older Adults

Angner, Erik; Ghandhi, Jennifer; Purvis, Kristen Williams; … - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 5, pp. 1563-1574

The hypothesis that the degree to which disease disrupts daily functioning is inversely associated with happiness is … association in a community-based sample of 383 older adults. To assess the degree to which disease disrupts daily functioning we … which health status is measured, and that the degree to which disease disrupts daily functioning is inversely associated …

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Simultaneous multifactor DIF analysis and detection in Item Response Theory

Gonçalves, F.B.; Gamerman, D.; Soares, T.M. - In: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 59 (2013) C, pp. 144-160

the individuals taking the test have different social and/or cultural backgrounds. Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is …

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The elementary-school functioning of children with maltreatment histories and mild cognitive or behavioral disabilities: A mixed methods inquiry

Haight, Wendy; Kayama, Misa; Kincaid, Tamara; Evans, Kelly - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 3, pp. 420-428

This mixed methods inquiry examined the school functioning of elementary school-aged children with maltreatment … behavioral disabilities, struggle in school. Risks to school functioning included children's and families' multiple unmet basic …

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How do managers perceive the effects of telecommunications' liberalisation in Greece?

Karamanis, Kostas; Argyros, Georgios; Georgopoulos, Antonios - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 6 (2013) 3, pp. 339-356

liberalisation of telecommunication industry on market functioning and business growth. The empirical analysis is based on a survey …

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More than total economic value: How to combine economic valuation of biodiversity with ecological resilience

Admiraal, Jeroen F.; Wossink, Ada; Groot, Wouter T. de; … - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 115-122

The assessment of total economic value has become a pragmatic and popular approach in nature valuation, yet criticisms have been raised. One major point of critique is that total economic value bases the monetary value of ecosystems purely on the flow of human benefits of services of ecosystems...

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The detection and influence of problematic item content in ability tests: An examination of sensitivity review practices for personnel selection test development

Grand, James A.; Golubovich, Juliya; Ryan, Ann Marie; … - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 121 (2013) 2, pp. 158-173

did not exhibit differential item functioning across sex nor did their presence engender negative test taker reactions …

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Have Federal Reserve MBS purchases affected market functioning?

Kandrac, John - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 2, pp. 188-191

extent to which these purchases were associated with disruptions in indicators of market functioning by using daily data on … Federal Reserve MBS purchase operations. I find that two separate proxies for market functioning show adverse responses to … September 2012. However, the magnitude of the disruption in market functioning appears to be quite modest. …

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Role of lifestyle orientation and perceived organizational functioning in psychological empowerment o IT professionals

Singh, Shalini; Kodwani, Amitabh Deo; Agrawal, Rakesh Kumar - In: Benchmarking : an international journal ; BIJ 20 (2013) 3, pp. 396-418

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Economic crisis impact on changes in international financial institutions operating

Cerovic, Slobodan; Petrović, Pero; Cerovic, Stanislav - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 2, pp. 187-199

The emergence and deepening global economic crisis is in large part reflected in the operation of international financial institutions and their current structure. Long-term financial crisis has increased demands for decisive reform moves in operating and structure of the IMF, World Bank Group...

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