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REŢELELE DE CANALIZARE SUB PRESIUNE – SOLUTIE RAŢIONALĂ PENTRU COLECTAREA ŞI EVACUAREA APELOR UZATE MENAJERE PRODUSE ÎN LOCALITĂŢILE RURALE

Perju, Sorin; Tudor, George - In: Romaqua 83 (2012) 5, pp. 36-42

In recent years, together with the social and economical changes, the concern for the water and wastewater supply systems has arisen up. At present, the investments in the water and wastewater supply sector are allocated to the rehabilitation and the development of the water supplies and...

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Functioning of farm-grown timber value chains: Lessons from the smallholder-produced teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) poles value chain in Southern Benin

Aoudji, Augustin K.N.; Adégbidi, Anselme; Agbo, Valentin; … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 15 (2012) C, pp. 98-107

The study examined the functioning of the smallholder-produced teak poles value chain in Southern Benin from an … among chain actors. The objective was to identify bottlenecks militating against improved functioning of the farm … functioning of the value chain. The governance structure in the value chain was driven by a mixture of government and the market …

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Frame-of-reference bias in subjective welfare

Beegle, Kathleen; Himelein, Kristen; Ravallion, Martin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 2, pp. 556-570

The inferences drawn from the most widely used regression models of subjective welfare are subject to a “frame-of-reference bias,” stemming from non-ignorable heterogeneity in subjective scales, such as what it means to be “rich” or “poor.” To test for this bias, respondents in...

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The ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – A Swiss army knife? Accessibility and disability in a Scandinavian disability magazine (SDM) – A...

Lundälv, Jörgen; Larsson, Per-Olof; Törnbom, Marie; … - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 1, pp. 67-75

various domains of the international classification – International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF …

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Understanding recovery: Changes in the relationships of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) components over time

Davis, A.M.; Perruccio, A.V.; Ibrahim, S.; Hogg-Johnson, S. - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 11, pp. 1999-2006

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework describes human functioning through …

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Rising U.S. income inequality and the changing gradient of socioeconomic status on physical functioning and activity limitations, 1984–2007

Zheng, Hui; George, Linda K. - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2170-2182

.e., physical functioning and activity limitations). Results indicate that increasing income inequality strengthens the protective … functioning and activity limitations. These findings shed light on research about growing health disparities in the U.S. in the …

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Family functioning as a mediator between neighborhood conditions and children's health: Evidence from a national survey in the United States

Fan, Yingling; Chen, Qian - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 1939-1947

operate through aspects of family functioning. We use data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health in the United … functioning index, a general indicator of children's health status, and three neighborhood factors: neighborhood physical … children's general health status, as well as indirect associations mediated by aspects of family functioning. Among the three …

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An application of dichotomous and polytomous Rasch models for scoring energy insecurity

Murray, Anthony G.; Mills, Bradford F. - In: Energy Policy 51 (2012) C, pp. 946-956

Household food security in the United States has been extensively researched and a number of indexes have been generated. However, household energy security has been largely ignored even though low-income households spend almost equal income shares on food and energy. This paper uses Rasch...

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Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: An examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect

Hill, Terrence D.; Angel, Jacqueline L.; Balistreri, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2076-2084

Although some research suggests that the healthy immigrant effect extends to cognitive functioning, it is unclear … to assess variations in cognitive functioning trajectories by nativity status and age at migration to the U.S.A. among … functioning than the U.S.-born. Our growth curve analyses suggest that the cognitive functioning trajectories (slopes) of women do …

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A CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF PROBLEMS OF UNIONIZATION AND UNION FUNCTIONING IN ASIA

Khan, Dr. Muhammad Tariq; Khan, Prof. Dr. Naseer Ahmed; … - In: Far East Journal of Psychology and Business 9 No 3 Paper 4 December (2012) 4, pp. 48-56

Eighteenth century witnessed the industrial revolution, which paved the way to change the human society from agrarian to industrialized society. It not only changed the scale and methods but the whole pattern of the manufacturing. Big factories replaced individual handicrafts wherein workers...

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