Despite the fact that in many societies ethnicity plays an important role in stratification processes, a common view held by students of stratification argues that the role of ascriptive criteria in stratification processes is diminishing, and that the main axis of the modern stratification system is rooted in the division of labour in the marketplace. Despite this, most Israeli sociologists ha...

CONTEXT A decision-support tool was created to identify opportunities to improve outcomes for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure by delivering all efficacious interventions; that is, "optimizing" care. When national data were applied, nearly 75% of the deaths that could be prevented or postponed by optimizing care for patients with heart disease would occur among ambulatory...

We characterize two different approaches to the idea of equality of opportunity. Roemer’s social ordering is motivated by a concern to compensate for the effects of certain (non-responsibility) factors on outcomes. Van de gaer’s social ordering is concerned with the equalization of the opportunity sets to which people have access. We show how different invariance axioms open the possibility to ...

Having the opportunity to learn about and enact vision of A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) Next Generation Standards (NGSS; Generati...

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recently, the world health organization has made the need for countries to improve the school context and enhance the health of students at the school in terms of quality of life. this study aimed to determine the relation between improvement, adventure, social solidarity and opportunity with perceived stress among students. during the correlational qualitative research, among the population of...

First I want to thank you for the privilege and honor of serving as your President during this past year. It has been a turbulent and an important year for cancer research and accelerated support is in process. I would like to take this opportunity to present some of the conceptual and practical advances that have been made in cancer chemotherapy in the past 15 to 20 years and to outline future...

Multisectoral actions for health, defined as actions undertaken by non-health sectors to protect the health of the population, are essential in the context of inter-linkages between three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental. These multisectoral actions can address the social and economic factors that influence the health of a population at the local, natio...

This study examines the global trend in shifting university costs from national governments to individual students and families, with a specific focus on the existing cost-sharing model in Australian higher education. The Australian system is worthy of consideration by other nations as a possible mechanism for enhancing access to higher education for individuals who might otherwise not possess ...

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