This thesis focuses on the measurement of dissimilarity in the distribution of relevanteconomic attributes and inequality of opportunity. Equality of opportunity has gained popularityfor defining the relevant equalitarian objective for the distribution of a broad range of social andeconomic outcomes among social groups. I show that equality of opportunity concerns in policyevalu...

this article aims to study the causes, strategies and consequences of tobacco consumption among women and young girls. this research using qualitative methods, data-driven approach to theorizing (grounded theory) and a semi-structured interview technique was interactive. the population of the study included women and young girls, living in the city of shiraz. using purposeful and theoretical sa...

background: marital satisfaction is the most important and fundamental factor in stability and continuity of couples′ life. it exists when the situation in marital relationships is in agreement with its expectation. while couples can increase their satisfaction level in marital life, the family remains safe. therefore the effect of sexual education on the growth of marital satisfaction and its ...

espanolEl dominio de la comunicacion oral influye en el desarrollo cognitivo, emocional, educativo y social del alumnado. Por ello, Didactica las lenguas debe prestar interes a su ensenanza. Se presentan los resultados una investigacion cuyo objetivo era recabar informacion sobre practicas ensenanza oralidad Educacion Primaria. La investigacion, caracter cuantitativo descriptivo, analiza declar...

Personal Learning Environments can be defined under different points of view:  technically, they are a hub for contents and contacts related to the learning experience of a single person. They can be composed by both desktop and web applications, with every piece of software supporting the user in a particular task;  in opposition to Virtual Learning Environments and LMS, they prefer the usag...

What is the future of liberal democracy? Is “liberal” ingredient 21st century democracy compatible with its “demos”? Are developed democracies more equalitarian and less stratified than other regimes? Or are present day evolving into something different that needs a new definition? By early 1990s appeared to have become dominant system at global scale. The hope citizens, scholars, observers was...

Even though the advantages of online discussions over face-to-face discussion formats has been extensively reported and investigated, the blending of online discussion tools in co-located classroom settings has been considered with far less intensity. In this paper, we report on secondary school students’ experiences and preferences concerning two different discussion formats in co-located clas...

In their article, Mackenbach et al try to translate health into monetary figures in order to back up with economic arguments their advocacy of intersectoral actions to tackle health inequalities. The reduction of health inequalities by way of improving the health of the less educateddtheir levelling up approachdwould lead to economic gains through its impact on labour participation, labour inco...

The study investigated the widely held belief that violence against partners in marital, cohabiting, and dating relationships is almost entirely perpetrated by men, and that when women assault their partners, it has a different etiology than assaults by men. The empirical data on these issues were provided by 13,601 university students who participated in the International Dating Violence Study...

Seventy-five years of theory and research on personality differences between political liberals and conservatives has produced a long list of dispositions, traits, and behaviors. Applying a “Five Factor Model” framework to this yield, we find that two traits, Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness, parsimoniously capture many of the ways in which individual differences underlying politica...