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ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF DEBT ON HORIZONTAL EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH
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Author
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Carpenter, Rebekah
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This study investigates the relationship between educational loan debt and horizontal education-occupation mismatch, or the extent to which an individual works in an occupation unrelated to their degree field. Research has documented rising levels...
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Why nations succeed? Distribution and reach of the state power
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Author
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Cekic, Nejra
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Political science, Economics
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Description
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What explains the difference in the performance of the world’s nations? Why do some succeed, and others fail? I argue that the primary determinants of development are two dimensions of a country’s institutional setting. The purpose of this study i...
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Doctoral Students' Stress and Coping Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Author
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Elton, Kira
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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The coronavirus pandemic had a profound change to daily life. While the pandemic could be considered a stressful event within its own right, graduate school is also known to induce stress; this stress occurs due to time constraints, financial stra...
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Topology Design for Time-Varying Networks
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Author
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Huang, Minsu
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science
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Description
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Traditional wireless networks seek to support end-to-end communication through either a single-hop wireless link to infrastructure or multi-hop wireless path to some destination. However, in some wireless networks (such as delay tolerant networks,...
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ANALYZING THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF THE #METOO MOVEMENT USING TWITTER DATA
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Author
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Mitra, Sharoni
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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The #metoo movement started in the United States but has spread across the world with the goal of increasing awareness about the sexual harassment women endure. This paper aims to understand the factors affecting the diffusion of the #metoo moveme...
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Do Refugees Who Become Economically Self-Sufficient Start With Nothing?
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Author
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Scholes, Paul
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social sciences--Research, Social structure
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Description
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There are more refugees globally now than at any time since WWII. I use Phillimore’s opportunity structures from the refugee studies literature with popular ideas from the sociology of immigration literature like New Assimilation Theory to examine...
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Comprehensive Health Assessment: Decreasing Preventive Care Gaps in Older Adults
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Author
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Wright, Georgetta
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Nursing, Gerontology, Public health
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Description
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Less than 50% of adults aged 65 and older complete annual recommended preventive care. Preventive care is important since a major risk factor for cancer is aging. Colon cancer occurs in more than 70% of people aged 65 and older. The most common ca...
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Social and Location Based Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks
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Author
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Zhu, Ying
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Communication, Computer engineering
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Description
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Delay tolerant networks (DTNs) are a special type of wireless mobile networks, which may lack continuous network connectivity. Routing in DTNs is very challenging, as it must handle network partitions, long delays, and dynamic topology in such net...
