The Impact of Overeducation on Wages of Recent Economic Sciences Graduates

Social Indicators Research - United Nations Development Program presented the Human Development Index for ranking the countries with regard to three dimensions, namely being knowledgeable, a long...     

Reflections on the concept of interculturality in the current educational debate in Argentina

In this paper, we analyze the relevance of intercultural education within contemporary educational debates in Argentina. First, we will review Argentinean legislation. Then, we will discuss the core characteristics of the Argentine educational system in order to study the historical incorporation of indigenous people into the school system. Later, we will explore concrete legislation regarding intercultural education, emphasizing the potential of such legislation as well the limitations. Finally, we will present how our findings connect to the main discussions in the field of anthropology and education.     

PROMETHEE IV through kernel density estimation

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This paper presents a new version of PROMETHEE IV, which considers the empirical distribution of the criteria through kernel density estimation to evaluate alternatives. The developed method has the ability to treat criteria according to their distribution. The classic PROMETHEE IV can produce divergent integrals, and this could be the cause for its insufficient exploration in literature. The proposed method overcomes this situation since large values have little weight compared to values near the mean.     

What do women really want? Exploring contemporary Ukrainian women’s magazines

Around the world, magazines for women have been one of the most popular media forms. Such periodicals have played and continue to play an important role in the production, reproduction to hegemonic cultural norms around gender, class, race, and sexuality, as well as challenges to such norms. Based on our reading of these magazines and drawing upon data from a survey and from interviews with a wide age range of women readers, we argue that Ukrainian women’s periodical press does not fully meet the needs of its audience in today’s society. The interests of women are much broader than the topics presented in these publications. Our study reveals that women readers are of the view that there is a need to expand the range of content to include a wider array of practical advice, educational, social, and political material. Finally, our research findings suggest that the narrow range of stereotypical gender-based content typically found in such magazines contributes to placing limits on what is imaginable and therefore politically possible in terms of advancing women’s equality in the Ukraine.     

As if subjects existed: analysing social discourses

Les discussions au sujet des méthodes littéraires en recherche sociale ont échoué jusqu'ici, à souligner les spécificites des manières sociales (en opposition à littéraires) de lire les textes ou en général, d'analyser les systémes de signifiants. Il n'existe pas de discours sociaux comme il en existe des littéraires, mais cet article argumente le fait qu'il y à des manières différentes de considérer la multiplicité des discours autour de nous. Alors que des modes littéraires de lecture cherchent à découvrir le fonctionnement interne des discours, l'analyse sociale est caractérisee par le probleme de la formation ou de la re-formation à la subjectivité sociale. On argumente le fait que le caractere politique de la subjectivité sociale donne un tour spécifique à la tâche de l'analyse du discours social et nous aide à choisir parmi une pléthore de techniques littéraires. En conséquence, déconstruction, science de la narration et analyse de tournures rhétoriques sont évaluées dans cette optique. Debates about literary methods in social research have thus far failed to highlight the specificities of social (as opposed to literary) ways of reading texts or, in general, analysing systems of signifiers. There are no social as opposed to literary discourses, but this article argues that there are different ways of considering the multiplicity of discourses around us. While literary modes of reading seek to uncover the internal workings of discourses, social analysis is characterized by a concern for the formation and re-formation of social subjectivity. It is argued that the practice-oriented character of social subjectivity gives a specific twist to the task of social discourse analysis, and helps us to choose among a potential plethora of literary techniques. Accordingly, deconstruction, narratology, and the analysis of rhetorical tropes are evaluated in this light.     

On a variance stabilizing model and its application to genomic data

In this paper, we propose a model based on a class of symmetric distributions, which avoids the transformation of data, stabilizes the variance of the observations, and provides robust estimation of parameters and high flexibility for modeling different types of data. Probabilistic and statistical aspects of this new model are developed throughout the article, which include mathematical properties, estimation of parameters and inference. The obtained results are illustrated by means of real genomic data.     

Intra-household exposure to labor market risk in the time of Covid-19: lessons from Mexico

Review of Economics of the Household - The ability to work from home can be critical during pandemics. We calculate an index that measures the possibility of working from home based on the...     

Flora of the tram tracks of Bratislava

Urban Ecosystems - Tram and railway tracks represent specific urban habitats, which host a specific type of flora. This study aims to compile the information about species composition of flora of...     

Resident Service Coordinators: Roles and Challenges in Senior Housing

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This study aims to explore the challenges that Resident Service Coordinators (RSCs) encounter in senior housing and the meanings they attach to their role. Using a mixed methods approach, surveys and interviews were conducted with RSCs working in age-segregated housing in Connecticut. Survey responses indicate that, despite certain similarities, no single profile characterizes the scope of the role. Analysis of the interview data reveals 5 themes: interpersonal conflicts, mental health problems, inadequate resources, unclear policies regarding residents' rights, and inconsistencies in role definition. These results underscore the need for increased training for RSCs, and additional research is needed to understand the role and identify best practice models.