Violence against women is persisting in many parts of the world. At same time, there a global trend increased female labour force participation. In this paper we study effect on intimate partner violence large public work program India that explicitly encourages participation (MGNREGA). Based detailed administrative data, show leads to more women. We argue could be explained by male backlash me...

Despite its potential, the acceptance of technology to support the ability to live independently in one's own home, also called aging in place, is not optimal. Family members may play a key role in technology acceptance by older adults; however, it is not well understood why and how they exert influence. Based on open interviews with 53 community-dwelling older adults, this paper describes the ...

The discharge characteristics of postsubicular head-direction cells in a fixed environment were described in the previous paper (Taube et al., 1990). This paper reports changes in the firing properties of head-direction cells following changes in the animal's environment. Head-direction cells were recorded from rats as they moved freely in a 76-cm-diameter gray cylinder. A white card, occupying...

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health care workers are among the groups with high frequently of exposure to workplace violence and the real dimensions of this problem have not yet been clearly defined. the aim of this study was to review the exposure of nurses to physical violence. in this cross sectional descriptive study, a total 450 nurses completed a standard questionnaire. the survey elicited demographic information and...

Objective. This study investigates whether or not domestic violence agencies are located in areas of need. Recent research indicates that community economic disadvantage is a risk factor for intimate partner violence, but related questions regarding the geographic location of social service agencies have not been investigated.Methods. Using Connecticut as a case study, we analyze the relationsh...