Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Social Vulnerability With Trajectories of Childhood Body Mass Index and Obesity Among US Children
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47957
Abstract: Key Points Question Is there an association between neighborhood-level measures of opportunity and social vulnerability in early life and trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and obesity risk from birth to adolescence? Findings In this… read more here.
Keywords: social vulnerability; body mass; opportunity social; opportunity ... See more keywords
Ecological constraint, rather than opportunity, promotes adaptive radiation in three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) on North Uist
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9716
Abstract: Abstract The context and cause of adaptive radiations have been widely described and explored but why rapid evolutionary diversification does not occur in related evolutionary lineages has yet to be understood. The standard answer is… read more here.
Keywords: north uist; diversification; diversity; opportunity ... See more keywords
Ranking populations in terms of inequality of health opportunity: A flexible latent type approach.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4185
Abstract: We offer a flexible latent type approach to rank populations according to unequal health opportunities. Building upon the latent-class method, an approch increasingly adopted to estimate health inequalities, our contribution is to let the number… read more here.
Keywords: latent type; health; flexible latent; opportunity ... See more keywords
Equity, opportunity and health
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DOI: 10.1007/s10663-019-09440-x
Abstract: This article sets out the foundations for a programme of research that aims to explore equality of opportunity in health by drawing on the statistical tools of causal and mediation analysis, while developing a normative… read more here.
Keywords: equity opportunity; opportunity; opportunity health;
Mental Health Hospital Admissions: a Teachable Moment and Window of Opportunity To Promote Change in Drug and Alcohol Misuse
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DOI: 10.1007/s11469-017-9861-9
Abstract: Hospital admissions provide a “teachable moment”. Many patients admitted to mental health hospitals have co-existing substance misuse. As acute symptoms decline, a window of increased insight into factors that contributed to becoming unwell and admission… read more here.
Keywords: substance; staff; opportunity; hospital admissions ... See more keywords
Making the COVID-19 crisis a real opportunity for environmental sustainability
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DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01003-z
Abstract: An optimistic narrative has gained momentum during the first year of the pandemic: the COVID-19 crisis may have opened a window of opportunity to “rebuild better”, to spur societal transitions towards environmental sustainability. In this… read more here.
Keywords: environmental sustainability; covid crisis; green recovery; opportunity ... See more keywords
Agricultural opportunity costs assessment based on planting suitability: a case study in a mountain county in southwest China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-016-4329-0
Abstract: Payment for ecosystem services (PES) has become an increasingly popular means of ecosystem conservation. Opportunity cost is an important factor to increase the investment efficiency of PES projects. However, the distribution of opportunity cost is… read more here.
Keywords: opportunity cost; planting suitability; agricultural opportunity; opportunity ... See more keywords
Entrepreneurial propensity for market analysis in the time of COVID-19: benefits from individual entrepreneurial orientation and opportunity confidence
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DOI: 10.1007/s11846-021-00499-0
Abstract: This paper illustrates nascent entrepreneurs’ decision-making process during the COVID-19 pandemic and sheds light on determinants and mechanisms of entrepreneurial action. It examines the mediating role of opportunity confidence in the relation between the individual… read more here.
Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation; individual entrepreneurial; opportunity; opportunity confidence ... See more keywords
Inequality of opportunity in China's educational outcomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2016.07.002
Abstract: This paper investigates trends in educational inequality in China, focusing on the contribution of ‘inequality of opportunity’ to these trends. Utilising the China Family Panel Studies survey for 2010 and 2012, we measure the inequality… read more here.
Keywords: inequality opportunity; china educational; educational outcomes; opportunity china ... See more keywords
Inequalities and opportunity gaps for two religious' groups: A case study of regularized Katchi Abadi, in Islamabad Pakistan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.103098
Abstract: Abstract Do slum dwellers represent a homogenous group? Are minority groups always at a disadvantageous position in terms of inequality and opportunity gaps? This paper explores underlying inequalities and similarities among two religious' groups in… read more here.
Keywords: two religious; case; opportunity; opportunity gaps ... See more keywords
Integrated models show a transient opportunity for sustainable management by tropical forest dwellers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.022
Abstract: Abstract Nearly 25% of world’s poor are dependent on forests, with 0.5–1 billion smallholders managing trees. This extensive human use of forests points to the need for sustainable timber management (STM) at smallholder scales. Similar… read more here.
Keywords: management; ecological economic; opportunity; models show ... See more keywords