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To what extent does disability discourage from work? An empirical analysis of labour force participation of disabled people in Italy
No full textThis paper is an empirical study on the work opportunities of people with disability
using Italian data collected through a survey carried out by ISTAT in 2004. Our analysis
is guided by the conceptual framework of the capability approach and investigates the
role of conversion factors in the ability to be employed and the type of employment.
We rst use a simple probit for labour force participation and then a sequential logit
for the outcomes of participation as well as employment status. In all variants we nd
that chronic illness is a stronger deterrent for labour force participation than disability.
Women are more discouraged by disability compared to men. Among the various types of
disabilities, `intellectual' disability is the strongest barrier as can be expected and hearing
the least in
uential. In a sequential decision-making process, we nd that disability
a ects both labour force participation decision and the ability to be employed but not so
much the choice between part-time and full-time
Does disability discourage? An empirical analysis of the disabled labour force in Italy
No full textThis paper is an empirical study on the work opportunities of people with disability using Italian data collected through a survey carried out by ISTAT in 2004. Our analysis is guided by the conceptual framework of the Capability Approach and investigates the role of conversion factors in the ability to be employed and the type of employment. We first use a simple probit for labour force participation and then a sequential logit model for the outcomes of participation as well as employment status. In all variants we find that chronic illness is a stronger deterrent for labour force participation than disability. Women are more discouraged by disability compared to men. For the disabled, intellectual disability is the strongest barrier as can be expected and hearing the least influential. In a sequential decision-making process, one finds that disability affects both labour force participation decision and the ability to be employed but not so much the choice between part time and full time
Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt
No full textHandwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.
To What Extent does Disability Discourage from Going on the Job Market? Evidence from Italy
No full textPurpose: To investigate the extent to which disability discourages an individual from going on the job market, using data from an Italian survey.
Design/Methodology/Approach: We use an extended definition of labour force participation based on being employed or currently seeking work even if the persons declare themselves as housewives, students, retired or in any other condition other- wise. We use probit, sequential and multinomial logit models for analysing labour force participation and outcomes. We distinguish between the impact of disability in its strict sense and chronic illness explaining the difference.
Findings: In all variants we find that chronic illness is a stronger deterrent for labour force participation than disability. Women are more discouraged compared to men. Intellectual disability is the strongest barrier and hearing the least influential. In a sequential decision-making process, we find that disability affects both labour force participation decision and the ability to be employed but not so much the choice between part-time and full-time.
Originality/value: We have a unique data set from a survey which was specifically targeted at people who were identified as disabled in a previous survey. The Italian context is also special due to its high legal employment quotas and non-compliance sanctions.
Practical implications: Policies providing tailored solutions for improved access to education and health care for disabled persons will enhance their work opportunities.
Research limitations: Data set is cross-sectional and characterised by attrition. It would be interesting to compare results with a longitudinal and more representative data set
Handwritten biographical information on Paulina T. McClung Merritt
No full textA handwritten biography of Paulina T. McClung Merritt by an unknown author, 1892.
Heterogeneous and tissue-specific regulation of effector T cell responses by IFN-gamma during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection.
No full textIFN-γ and T cells are both required for the development of experimental cerebral malaria during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection. Surprisingly, however, the role of IFN-γ in shaping the effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell response during this infection has not been examined in detail. To address this, we have compared the effector T cell responses in wild-type and IFN-γ(-/-) mice during P. berghei ANKA infection. The expansion of splenic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells during P. berghei ANKA infection was unaffected by the absence of IFN-γ, but the contraction phase of the T cell response was significantly attenuated. Splenic T cell activation and effector function were essentially normal in IFN-γ(-/-) mice; however, the migration to, and accumulation of, effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells in the lung, liver, and brain was altered in IFN-γ(-/-) mice. Interestingly, activation and accumulation of T cells in various nonlymphoid organs was differently affected by lack of IFN-γ, suggesting that IFN-γ influences T cell effector function to varying levels in different anatomical locations. Importantly, control of splenic T cell numbers during P. berghei ANKA infection depended on active IFN-γ-dependent environmental signals--leading to T cell apoptosis--rather than upon intrinsic alterations in T cell programming. To our knowledge, this is the first study to fully investigate the role of IFN-γ in modulating T cell function during P. berghei ANKA infection and reveals that IFN-γ is required for efficient contraction of the pool of activated T cells
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
CdO-based nanostructures as novel CO2 gas sensors
No full textCrystalline Cd(OH)2/CdCO3 nanowires, having lengths in the range from 0.3 up to several
microns and 5–30 nm in diameter, were synthesized by a microwave-assisted wet chemical
route and used as a precursor to obtain CdO nanostructures after a suitable thermal treatment in
air. The morphology and microstructure of the as-synthesized and annealed materials have been
investigated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, x-ray
diffraction and thermogravimetry–differential scanning calorimetry. The change in morphology
and electrical properties with temperature has revealed a wire-to-rod transformation along with
a decreases of electrical resistance.
Annealed samples were printed on a ceramic substrate with interdigitated contacts to
fabricate resistive solid state sensors. Gas sensing properties were explored by monitoring
CO2 in synthetic air in the concentration range 0.2–5 v/v% (2000–50 000 ppm). The effect of
annealing temperature, working temperature and CO2 concentration on sensing properties
(sensitivity, response/recovery time and stability) were investigated. The results obtained
demonstrate that CdO-based thick films have good potential as novel CO2 sensors for practical
applications
Pelevin’s Trinity in the novel “t”: author – protagonist – reader
No full textThe article attempts to interpret Pelevin's artistic strategy in the novel "T" by exploring its subject organization and addressing the key problems of the author, the protagonist, and the reader as they are seen by the researcher. The article analyzes the peculiarities of constructing the narrative reality in the novel "T", and goes on to discuss Pelevin's philosophic models of the development of the humankind, and the emergence of his new anthropology
Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
No full textIn this pilot study we examine the performance of text-based profiling in recovering a set of validated inventor-author links. In a first step we match patents and publications solely based on their similarity in content. Next, we compare inventor and author names on the highest ranked matches for the occurrence of name matches. Finally, we compare these candidate matches with the names listed in a validated set of inventor-author names. Our text-based profile methodology performs significantly better than a random matching of patents and publications, suggesting that text-based profiling is a valuable complementary tool to the name searches used in previous studies.innovation; industry-science links; text-based profiling;
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