Without much evidence, experts on social capital have dismissed the importance of military service on social capital accumulation. We present evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households (Wave 1: 1987-188) that sharply contradicts these claims. Using an index of civic participation calculated from time spent in activities of civic organizations, we find that veterans have signif...

BACKGROUND Healthy diets and regular, adequate physical activity are major factors in the promotion and maintenance of good health throughout entire life course. Accumulation of fat occurs whenever energy consumed by food and drinks exceeds that which can be utilised by an individual's metabolism and physical activity. The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of lifestyle characte...

This paper proposes the development of an index to assess rural based on a set 25 demographic, economic, environmental, and social welfare indicators previously selected through Delphi approach. Three widely accepted aggregation methods were then tested: mixed arithmetic/geometric mean without weightings for each indicator; weighted arithmetic using weights generated by panel Principal Componen...

Bu çalışmada 2020 yılı aralık ayı başında Çin’de ortaya çıkan ve tüm dünya ülkelerine yayılan 2021 mart ayında Türkiye’de COVID-19 pandemi sürecindeki yeni aşılamanın, BİST 100 Katılım 30 endeks getirilerine etkileri araştırılmıştır. Endekslerin getirileri için kurulan EGARCH modelleri yardımı ile endekslerinin sürecinde aşılanmaya verdikleri tepkiler analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, aşılanma hızın...

Over the past thirty-five years, the U.S. adult obesity rate has more than doubled from roughly 15% to 35%, reflecting a general diffusion of obesity across all segments of the adult population (United States Department of Health and Human Services). The objective of this research is to identify the factors that influence adults’ healthy weight, as reflected in body mass index (BMI) or being ob...

In this study, it is examined whether changes in the stock market index can be explained by the change in financial ratios. Financial statements of 11 conventional and 2 participation banks for a total of 13 banks (representing the essential part of the Turkish Banking Sector and constituting the BIST XBANK Stock Index) announced on a quarterly basis from 2002 to 2013 were extracted from the Pu...

the aim of this study was to rank the facilitators of participation of the elderly in physical activity. this research was descriptive-analytical and method of data collection was survey-field. statistical population consisted of all elderly of ahvaz city in 2014. the sample size was determined as 383 subjects. a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. its validity was assessed ...