Missing Dimensions of Poverty? Calibrating Deprivation Scales Using Perceived Financial Situation

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-579
Author(s):  
Selçuk Bedük
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
State Dependence ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Proxy Measure ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Content ◽  
Deprivation Status ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Deprivation scales usually cover some but not all aspects of poverty. Missing dimensions could affect who is and is not identified as poor. Despite its importance, whether missing dimensions affect the measurement of poverty has not been empirically examined in the EU context. Such an examination requires data on missing dimensions that existing surveys do not usually collect. In this article, I get around this problem with an innovative design and using the rich content of the British Household Panel Survey (1999–2008). I use perceived financial inadequacy as a proxy for poverty and show that, independent of the deprivation status, having a need in healthcare, childcare, social care, or education increases the risk of reporting financial inadequacy. The main explanations for these effects are extra spending and reduced earnings of the families (as a response to having extra needs), and not other biases that might arise from using a self-assessed proxy measure such as scale heterogeneity, personality traits, state dependence, anticipations, or psychological negativity. These findings demonstrate the need for more comprehensive measures. Unless relevant indicators of missing dimensions (e.g. cost-related unmet needs in healthcare) are included in the analysis, deprivation scales might fail to identify some people experiencing poverty.

scholarly journals PhaLP: A Database for the Study of Phage Lytic Proteins and Their Evolution

Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1240
Author(s):  
Bjorn Criel ◽  
Steff Taelman ◽  
Wim Van Criekinge ◽  
Michiel Stock ◽  
Yves Briers
Keyword(s):  
Protein Sequence ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Community Of Researchers ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Content ◽  
Broad Community ◽  
High Diversity

Phage lytic proteins are a clinically advanced class of novel enzyme-based antibiotics, so-called enzybiotics. A growing community of researchers develops phage lytic proteins with the perspective of their use as enzybiotics. A successful translation of enzybiotics to the market requires well-considered selections of phage lytic proteins in early research stages. Here, we introduce PhaLP, a database of phage lytic proteins, which serves as an open portal to facilitate the development of phage lytic proteins. PhaLP is a comprehensive, easily accessible and automatically updated database (currently 16,095 entries). Capitalizing on the rich content of PhaLP, we have mapped the high diversity of natural phage lytic proteins and conducted analyses at three levels to gain insight in their host-specific evolution. First, we provide an overview of the modular diversity. Secondly, datamining and interpretable machine learning approaches were adopted to reveal host-specific design rules for domain architectures in endolysins. Lastly, the evolution of phage lytic proteins on the protein sequence level was explored, revealing host-specific clusters. In sum, PhaLP can act as a starting point for the broad community of enzybiotic researchers, while the steadily improving evolutionary insights will serve as a natural inspiration for protein engineers.

scholarly journals Accessing primary care Big Data: the development of a software algorithm to explore the rich content of consultation records

BMJ Open ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. e008160 ◽  
Author(s):  
J MacRae ◽  
B Darlow ◽  
L McBain ◽  
O Jones ◽  
M Stubbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Big Data ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Content

scholarly journals Hostile Media Perceptions of Friendly Media Do Reinforce Partisanship

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kleinnijenhuis ◽  
Tilo Hartmann ◽  
Martin Tanis ◽  
Anita M. J. van Hoof
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So ◽  
Hostile Media

The hostile media effect (HME) entails that partisanship incites hostile perceptions of media content. However, other research underscores that partisans selectively turn to like-minded media, resulting in a friendly media phenomenon (FMP). The present study suggests that the HME and FMP co-exist, and, furthermore, jointly affect people’s voting behavior. More specifically, based on a media content analysis and a long-term panel survey surrounding the 2014 election for the European Parliament in the Netherlands, we find that people selectively turn to like-minded friendly media (FMP), but perceive coverage about the EU (European Union) in these media as relatively unsupportive of their own position (HME). In this context, the FMP and HME appear to jointly influence voting behavior. People cast votes in line with the objectively partisan-friendly media tone of their self-selected media. However, to a certain extent they do so, because they seem motivated to counteract the seemingly unfair or insufficient coverage about the EU.

4. EU Law: Sources, Forms, and Law-Making

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-140
Author(s):  
Nigel Foster
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Alternative Decision ◽  
Law Making ◽  
The Eu

This chapter takes an overall view of the EU legal order and examines its legal system, including the elements which are either different from or similar to member states’ legal systems. It begins by taking an overall view of the EU legal order, the different forms of EU law, and the various sources of law contributing to this legal order, in particular now the rich source of human and fundamental rights in the EU legal order. It considers the non-strictly legally binding rules known as ‘soft law’. It also looks at the ways or processes by which the binding laws are made and reviews alternative decision-making and law-making developments.

scholarly journals An Interactive Immersive Serious Game Application for Kunyu Quantu World Map

2015 ◽  
Vol II-5/W3 ◽  
pp. 221-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
S-T. Peng ◽  
S-Y. Hsu ◽  
K-C. Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
Biological Knowledge ◽  
National Palace Museum ◽  
Geological Information ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Physical Spaces ◽  
Rich Content

In recent years, more and more digital technologies and innovative concepts are applied on museum education. One of the concepts applied is “Serious game.” Serious game is not designed for entertainment purpose but allows users to learn real world’s cultural and educational knowledge in the virtual world through game-experiencing. Technologies applied on serious game are identical to those applied on entertainment game. Nowadays, the interactive technology applications considering users’ movement and gestures in physical spaces are developing rapidly, which are extensively used in entertainment games, such as Kinect-based games. The ability to explore space via Kinect-based games can be incorporated into the design of serious game. The ancient world map, Kunyu Quantu, from the collection of the National Palace Museum is therefore applied in serious game development. In general, the ancient world map does not only provide geological information, but also contains museum knowledge. This particular ancient world map is an excellent content applied in games as teaching material. In the 17<sup>th</sup> century, it was first used by a missionary as a medium to teach the Kangxi Emperor of the latest geologic and scientific spirits from the West. On this map, it also includes written biological knowledge and climate knowledge. Therefore, this research aims to present the design of the interactive and immersive serious game based installation that developed from the rich content of the Kunyu Quantu World Map, and to analyse visitor’s experience in terms of real world’s cultural knowledge learning and interactive responses.

scholarly journals Penananaman Nilai Karakter Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar Negeri 133 Seluma Melalui Dongeng Sayembara Pandai Tidur

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-256
Author(s):  
Raminem Raminem
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
School Students ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Rich

The purpose of storytelling as a form of learning innovation fun for students, especially elementary school students 133 Seluma in learning Indonesian language. The author uses descriptive qualitative methods. The study was taken from the observation and teaching experience in the classroom. With dogeng text analysis developed as a learning material for students. The results show the theme contained in the fairy tale of Sleepy Swarm is the persistence of sleeping youth. While the mandate contained in the story that we must be good at using free time and should not distinguish between the rich and the poor. The value of the characters found in the fairy tale is honest, disciplined and socially responsible. Values ​​of characters in fairy tales or folklore from Bengkulu that often appear based on the story analyzed as much as three stories, namely the character of discipline and social care. Therefore, the character of discipline and social care is very suitable implanted for children. Keywords: Planting, Character, Fairy Tale.

scholarly journals Research Concerning the Efficiency of Aronia Melanocarpa for Pharmaceutical Purpos

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naliana Lupascu ◽  
Emin Cadar ◽  
Melat Cherim ◽  
Cristina Luiza Erimia ◽  
Rodica Sîrbu
Keyword(s):  
Varicose Veins ◽  
Pharmaceutical Research ◽  
Iodine Content ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
High Iodine ◽  
Research Orientation ◽  
Aronia Melanocarpa ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Content

The major impact of many types of disease on the human body have generated medical research orientation toward biotechnology identification and extraction of active principles from natural resources. The social problem to improve the health of the population, to maintain social balance of a healthy society oriented medical-pharmaceutical research for the use of other sources of pharmaceuticals from natural sources and not synthetic chemistry. On this line of work is also included the research wich orientates pharmaceutical medical studies by using new sources of bioactive compounds such as: anthocyanes, flavonoids, phenolic acids, chlorogenic acid, tannins, vitamin P,C, B2, B6 from the shrub Aronia Melanocarpa. Besides these compounds are also found in the fruits different cyanidin glycosides: 3-galactoside, 3-glucoside, 3-arabinoside and 3-xyloside. The rich content in bioactive forms makes possible the use in treating certain diseases by using internal use in household. For internal use are used by diabetics having hypoglycemic effect, astringent properties and very strong diuretics, they are cardiac tonic, regulates blood pressure and blood glucose, treatment of varicose veins and hemorrhoids, it has a good hepatoprotective effect due to its high iodine content , are effective in hyperthyroidism and can be consumed by sufferers of Alzheimer's disease and relieving symptoms slowig the aging processes.

scholarly journals Representation of Heaven and Beyond

Asian Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-151
Author(s):  
Hau-ling Eileen Lam
Keyword(s):  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Mural Paintings ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Pictorial Representations ◽  
Rich Content

The bi (“disc”) is an object that was originally made from jade, and became an independent motif that appeared widely in different pictorial materials during Han times. The bi disc is considered one of the earliest jade forms, and has been used for ritual purposes or as an ornament from the Neolithic period until today. This paper focuses on the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE), a period in which jade bi discs were extensively used and placed in burials of different ranks. Present finds show that images of bi discs also appeared widely in Han burials, in which they were depicted on coffins, funerary banners covering coffins, and mural paintings, and were also engraved on pictorial stones and pictorial bricks, these practices becoming more ubiquitous in the later Han period. By studying various images of bi discs in different burials throughout the Han period, this paper will explore the development and significance of different pictorial representations of bi disc in Han burial context, and also attempt to reveal the rich content and thoughts embedded in the form of bi discs during this period of time.

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