objecitve: there have been contradictory findings on the relationship between socioeconomic status (ses) and child development although a wide range of results indicates that ses is associated with child development outcomes. the present study intended to define the relationship between ses and child development in tehran kindergartens. methods: this cross-sectional survey studied 1036 children...

Abstract The present study examined how in the context of hybrid, privatized and marketized Dutch early education care system (ECEC), childcare organizations respond to public task supporting inclusion equity an increasingly diverse society. Applying cluster analysis on organizational characteristics a nationally representative sample 117 centers providing for 0- 4-year-old children, three type...

Social enterprises (SEs) strive for the fulfilment of a social mission based on an elaborated income strategy. Consequently, they are largely conceptualised as hybrid combining logics traditional non-profit organisations (NPOs) and for-profit (FPEs). This is sound organisational level; however, it remains unclear to which extent perception SE leaders personal level mirrors this hybridity previo...

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is a major determinant of health inequality in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of SES of family and living region with self-rated health (SRH) and life satisfaction (LS) among children and adolescents.   Methods: This study was a part of the fourth survey of a national surveillance program, which was ...

Industry in Ukraine is among the world’s most energy intensive. Energy was plentiful and cheap in Soviet times and little effort was made to conserve it. Rising energy prices have had a major impact on profits and production, which also creates a tremendous market potential for energy efficient products and services. Yet Ukrainian industry has not implemented significant energy efficiency measu...

The neoclassical theory of investment implies that expected stock returns are tied with the expected marginal benefit of investment divided by the marginal cost of investment. Winners have higher expected growth and expected marginal productivity (two major components of the marginal benefit of investment), and earn higher expected stock returns than losers. The investment model succeeds in cap...

The relationship between the quality of finishing works, costs, market value, and profit, is presented and explained for residential buildings. The results show that the higher quality of finishing works increases profit for investors. As the maximum market price is limited, there is a limit when the investment in finishing work is no longer cost-effective as, after increase in costs, the marke...

Background The aim of this study was to examine the impacts of multiple indicators of Socio-economic Status (SES) on Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) related readmission.   Methods A prospective study consisting of 315 patients without the history of admission due to CHF was carried out in Tehran during 2010 and 2011. They were classified into quartiles based on their SES applying Principal Compo...

Commentarius), which is frequently mentioned in his other writings. The latter work, too, is preserved only in fragments. A long passage from the third book was initially published by Daremberg in 1848 and was subsequently edited in the CMG in 1934 by Schroder and Kahle. In this book Larrain demonstrates that the reading of MS. scor. graec. 4-HI-l 1 (Revilla 230) pp. 123w -126w, whose subjectma...

The CGPS of the woodwork of a public university was observed and analyzed. Apart from what is usual in the field of Ergonomics' studies, it is an academic context, where there is not a direct implication of profit, productivity and clientele. The group tried to sever negative and broadcasted opinions about the place by analyzing it from a different point of view. This work was considered releva...