Three families of social capital concepts are discussed: (fa1) trust, (fa2) ease of cooperation, and (fa3) network. In the language of game theory, social capital is the excess propensity to play cooperative solutions in prisoners’ dilemma games. The three families lead to different definitions, and thus to different measurement methods. Some measures are theory-near, while others are easy-to-u...

1454 Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung 2015 Opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect views of the institute. Acknowledgement We thank Gert G. Wagner and Mathis Fräßdorf for their helpful comments and suggestions. We thank Klaus Tochtermann and the Leibniz Science 2.0 Research Association for support. We gratefully acknowledge the finan...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction has been used as a significant indicator of quality services provided by healthcare personnel. With the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in the world, the healthcare industry is struggling increasingly with challenges of meeting patients' requirements and expectations for quality ART service provision. This study was conducted in order to identify t...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a major global public health challenge and disease in young children is particularly severe. Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is complex as clinical presentation is often atypical and available diagnostic modalities are imperfect. Diagnosis is particularly challenging in developing countries where resources and access to sophisticated facilities are limited. The So...

OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)-based intervention and determine if the intervention is associated with a significant signal on empathy and emotional competencies. DESIGN Two pre-post proof-of-concept studies. SETTING Participants were recruited at the University of Montreal's Psychology Department (Study 1) and the CHU S...