Accepting and resisting densification: The importance of project-related factors and the contextualizing role of neighbourhoods

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments worldwide to produce solutions to the abruptly interrupted work in education. School systems appear to have responded rapidly, creating home schooling and online educational environments, where teachers and students would interact with safety. In this paper, we attempt a synthesis of Sen’s capability approach, Bourdieu’s theory of capital and Bernstein’s framework in order to theorize the relationships between home and school conditions and practices, and to analyse the data of the 2nd Survey of Schools: ICT in Education (a survey conducted in 2019 on behalf of the European Commission collecting data regarding digitalization in education and digital technologies in learning in the European Union). The survey is complemented by a second set of indicators provided by Eurostat to further investigate the availability and functionality of household space per family in selected European countries. We find significant differences in important social and environmental conversion factors, likely limiting children’s capability to benefit from digital schooling. The most important differences are found in regard to parents’ familiarity with information and communications technology use, while inequalities in environmental factors, such as overcrowded housing, are also existent. Overall, there are large inequalities within and between countries in Europe, which need to be addressed by policymakers.

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Systems Biology and Bile Acid Signalling in Microbiome-Host Interactions in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

Antibiotics ◽

10.3390/antibiotics10070766 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 766

Author(s):

David F. Woods ◽

Stephanie Flynn ◽

Jose A. Caparrós-Martín ◽

Stephen M. Stick ◽

F. Jerry Reen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cystic Fibrosis ◽

Bile Acids ◽

Host Response ◽

Signal Molecules ◽

Therapeutic Approaches ◽

Related Factors ◽

Host Interactions ◽

Important Host ◽

Respiratory Microbiota

The study of the respiratory microbiota has revealed that the lungs of healthy and diseased individuals harbour distinct microbial communities. Imbalances in these communities can contribute to the pathogenesis of lung disease. How these imbalances occur and establish is largely unknown. This review is focused on the genetically inherited condition of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Understanding the microbial and host-related factors that govern the establishment of chronic CF lung inflammation and pathogen colonisation is essential. Specifically, dissecting the interplay in the inflammation–pathogen–host axis. Bile acids are important host derived and microbially modified signal molecules that have been detected in CF lungs. These bile acids are associated with inflammation and restructuring of the lung microbiota linked to chronicity. This community remodelling involves a switch in the lung microbiota from a high biodiversity/low pathogen state to a low biodiversity/pathogen-dominated state. Bile acids are particularly associated with the dominance of Proteobacterial pathogens. The ability of bile acids to impact directly on both the lung microbiota and the host response offers a unifying principle underpinning the pathogenesis of CF. The modulating role of bile acids in lung microbiota dysbiosis and inflammation could offer new potential targets for designing innovative therapeutic approaches for respiratory disease.

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The role of support from significant others in the association between disease-related factors and sickness absence in early rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology ◽

10.1080/03009742.2020.1870712 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

M Bergström ◽

Ö Dahlström ◽

I Thyberg ◽

M Björk

Keyword(s):

Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Sickness Absence ◽

Early Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽

Significant Others ◽

Related Factors

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Difficulties in Functioning 1 Year After Injury: The Role of Preinjury Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics, Health Care and Injury-Related Factors

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1016/j.apmr.2013.02.012 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 94 (7) ◽

pp. 1277-1286 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

John Langley ◽

Gabrielle Davie ◽

Suzanne Wilson ◽

Rebbecca Lilley ◽

Shanthi Ameratunga ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Related Factors

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A Comparison of Sport and Nonsport Occupational Aspirations among Disadvantaged Youth

Journal of Sport Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsp.3.1.58 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 58-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mary A. McElroy

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Discriminant Analysis ◽

Social Environment ◽

Career Aspirations ◽

Lower Class ◽

Occupational Aspirations ◽

Disadvantaged Youth ◽

Related Factors ◽

Sport Careers

Sport and nonsport career choices among economically disadvantaged adolescents enrolled in a summer sports program were explored. It was hypothesized that youngsters with sport career aspirations would demonstrate differences in sport-related attitudes and experiences when compared to youngsters with nonsport career aspirations. Nonsport career aspirations were categorized into two groups: one representing “high prestige” occupations and one representing “low prestige” occupations. Discriminant analysis revealed that disadvantaged youths' career aspirations were differentially related to the sport-related factors. Contrary to warnings of the potential dysfunctional consequences for those who aspire to sport careers, adolescents with sport career aspirations consistently scored higher on achievement-related socialization factors than those aspiring for traditional low-prestige occupations. Sex differences were noted and discussed in light of the role of sport in the lower class social environment.

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8. The Role of Demographic and Cost-Related Factors in Determining Where Plants Locate: A Tale of Two Texas Cities

The Political Economy of Environmental Justice ◽

10.1515/9780804782692-013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 199-222

Keyword(s):

Related Factors

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Role of Emotional Attachment and Reciprocity in Sons’ Perceived Care Motivation for Parental Figures

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.1627 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 422-422

Author(s):

Ryo Hirayama ◽

Ichiro Kai ◽

Tomoko Wakui

Keyword(s):

Emotional Attachment ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Related Factors ◽

Web Based ◽

Adult Sons ◽

Parental Figures ◽

Caregiving Roles ◽

Household System ◽

Family Matter

Abstract The collapse of the traditional Japanese household system and the subsequent social advancement of women has led supporting parents as a family matter, and led more men to assume caregiving roles; however, very few studies have focused on sons’ care motivation. This study aimed to understand adult sons’ perceived care motivation and to examine the respective related factors of emotional attachment and reciprocity. A total of 1322 men (M [age] = 44.5) participated in a web-based questionnaire survey. Perceived care motivation for providing five types of support (e.g., helping with daily activities and housework) to each parent and parent-in-law was assessed. Regression analyses revealed that emotional attachment with parents and parents-in-law predicted perceived care motivation for all types of support. Furthermore, the role of reciprocity was indicated by the association between rearing by mother-in-law and son-in-law’s motivation to provide assistance in financial matters, housework, and visiting a hospital.

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Adolescents’ Intuitive Appraisal, Attributions and Emotions for their Relationships with their Parents

International Journal of Learning and Development ◽

10.5296/ijld.v2i6.2678 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 22

Author(s):

Georgia Stephanou ◽

Georgios Gkavras

Keyword(s):

Relative Strength ◽

Related Factors ◽

Parent Relationships ◽

General Outcome ◽

Controllable Factors ◽

Adolescent Parent ◽

Parent Relationship ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This study study aimed to examine (a) adolescents’ attributions and emotions for their subjectively perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, (b) the association of the intuitive and attributional appraisals of the adolescent-parent relationship with the subsequent emotions, and (c) the role of the perceived importance of the good adolescent-parent relationship in the generation of attributions and emotions, and in the impact of attributions on emotions. The sample comprised 670 adolescents, both genders, aged 14-17 years old, representing various parental socioeconomic levels. The results showed that: (a) It was extremely important for the adolescents to have good relationships with their parents, (b) the perceived good adolescent-parent relationships were attributed to internal, stable and personal controllable factors, along with parent- and self-parent interactive- related factors, while the estimated as bad relationships were attributed to external, stable, personal uncontrollable and external controllable factors (parents’ negative properties), (c) the adolescents experienced intense positive and negative emotions (mainly, general / outcome- dependent) for the perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, respectively, (d) both intuitive and attributional appraisals of the relationship were associated with the emotions, particularly in the perceived bad adolescent-parent relationship, and (e) the relative strength of the association of the attributional dimensions with the emotions varied between the perceived good and bad adolescent-parent relationship and across the various emotions. Keywords: Adolescent-Parent Relationship, Attributions, Emotions, Intuitive Appraisal.

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