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The Companionship of Books

Peter Leyland

Teraźniejszość – Człowiek – Edukacja > 2021 > 23 > 2(90) > 105-121

This paper sets out my acquaintance with the work of ESREA since 2016, my reading about autobiographical research and the development of my ideas for a study of The Companionship of Books or what is now known as bibliotherapy. I have defined this as how reading books can help to make us feel better. The paper looks at what kind of books this might be and suggests that most may be found in the area...

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Application of Low-Carbon Technologies for Cutting Household GHG Emissions

Aiga Barisa, Marika Rosa, Ilze Laicane, Reinis Sarmins, more

Energy Procedia > 2015 > 72 > Complete > 230-237

This article attempts to evaluate the potential of greenhouse gas emission reduction from power and transportation needs in a household by introducing a solar photovoltaic array and an electric vehicle. The study is based on analysis of data collected from a case study household and a photovoltaic unit located in Latvia. Results show that a small-sized photovoltaic system can ensure around 40% of...

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Wydatki na zdrowie w gospodarstwach domowych z osobami niepełnosprawnymi

Małgorzata Ćwiek, Agnieszka Wałęga

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician > 2023 > 68 > 1 > 39-56

Zasadniczym celem funkcjonowania gospodarstw domowych jest jak najpełniejsze zaspokojenie potrzeb ich członków. Jedną z głównych potrzeb, zwłaszcza w przypadku gospodarstw z osobami niepełnosprawnymi, jest ochrona zdrowia, a to wymaga ponoszenia odpowiednio dużych nakładów finansowych. Celem badania omawianego w artykule jest poznanie prawidłowości w zakresie kształtowania się wydatków na zdrowie...

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Infection control behaviours, intra‐household transmission and quarantine duration: a retrospective cohort analysis of COVID‐19 cases

Kate L. McCarthy, Douglas P. James, Nikhil Kumar, Gunter Hartel, more

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health > 46 > 6 > 730 - 734

Objectives: To study COVID‐19 (Delta Variant) cases and close contacts co‐located within households. Focusing on epidemiology of transmission of COVID‐19, quarantine duration and utilisation of infection control behaviours under a telehealth model of care in an elimination setting. Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis examined household spread of infection, duration of quarantine and change in...

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Ecotourism service provision and incomes of rural households: the case of Beijing province in China

E. Mulia, T. Meng, W.J. Florkowski

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agrobusiness Economists > 2022 > 24 > 3

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The road to “local green recovery”: Signposts from COVID‐19 lockdown life in the UK

Rebecca Collins, Katharine Welsh

Area > 54 > 3 > 451 - 459

Responding to the conspicuous absence of reference to the local scale in national and global discourses of “green recovery” from COVID‐19, this paper articulates a series of interlinked research agendas united by a focus on what a “green recovery” might involve at a local scale within the context of the United Kingdom. We argue that geography as a discipline is particularly well placed to contribute...

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Housing conditions in households of farmers in 2005-2020

R. Glowicka-Woloszyn, J. Stanislawska, A. Woloszyn

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agrobusiness Economists > 2022 > 24 > 3

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Impact of Peste des petits ruminants for sub‐Saharan African farmers: A bioeconomic household production model

Guillaume Lhermie, Ugo Pica‐Ciamarra, Scott Newman, Didier Raboisson, more

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases > 69 > 4 > e185 - e193

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a contagious viral disease affecting small ruminants, has been targeted by the global community for eradication within the next 10 years. However, eradication will require substantial money, human resources, coordination among actors, and individual commitments. The objective was to estimate the cost of PPR at a household level, thereby providing information on the...

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Risk factors associated with household transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

David Chun‐Ern Ng, Kah Kee Tan, Ling Chin, Xiang Lin Cheng, more

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health > 58 > 5 > 769 - 773

Aim Households are a significant venue for the transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2. We conducted a study to characterise the transmission dynamics and identify risk factors for household transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Methods This retrospective observational study included 185 families of paediatric COVID‐19 cases from 1 February 2020 to 31 December 2020. We identified the index...

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“Those who eat from one pot”: Constructing household as a social category in a cash transfer programme in Ghana

Dennis Puorideme, Ivan Lind Christensen

Journal of International Development > 34 > 2 > 442 - 460

Social categorisation is situated at the core of any modern attempt to govern or intervene in the social world. This paper investigates the construction of the concept of household in Ghana's official social statistics and its implications when implemented in the internationally co‐organised cash transfer programme, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. The study is based on...

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Coronavirus disease 2019 in healthy children: What is the effect of household contact?

Gulnihan Ustundag, Dilek Yilmaz‐Ciftdogan, Ahu Kara‐Aksay, Aslihan Sahin, more

Pediatrics International > 64 > 1 > n/a - n/a

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in children is milder than in adults. Household virus exposure may affect clinical severity. We aimed to determine the household contact history of patients and its influence on the clinical stage. Methods One hundred and seventy‐three pediatric patients with COVID‐19 as diagnosed with positive real‐time polymerase chain reaction for severe acute respiratory...

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The trade openness–gender wage differential nexus: Household‐level evidence from Ghana

Emmanuel Orkoh, Derick Blaauw, Carike Claassen

Review of Development Economics > 26 > 1 > 156 - 179

The literature on trade openness–gender wage differential nexus in developing countries has revealed heterogeneous findings that reflect the opposing theoretical perspectives and the need for more country‐specific analyses that will allow for proper policy targeting and implementation. This paper contributes to the growing literature on this issue from a Ghanaian perspective using disaggregated household...

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Wpływ pandemii COVID-19 na stan zdrowia psychicznego społeczeństwa

Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska, Karolina Baszniak, Jarosław Kurpanik

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician > 2022 > 67 > 9 > 24-52

Pandemia COVID-19 odmieniła życie ludzi na całym świecie, m.in. wpłynęła na kondycję psychiczną i funkcjonowanie wielu rodzin. Głównym celem badania omawianego w artykule jest ocena wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na stan zdrowia psychicznego członków gospodarstw domowych. W badaniu posłużono się zbiorem danych pochodzących z ankiety COVID Impact Survey, przeprowadzonej w 2020 r. (w trakcie pierwszej fali...

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Dogonić zrównoważony rozwój. Studenci SGGW o zmianach w domowej ekonomii

Anna Wachowiak

Rocznik Lubuski > 2022 > 48 > 1 > 191-204

Domowa ekonomia i sposób jej funkcjonowania to obecnie priorytetowa sfera życia codziennego wszystkich ludzi prowadzących gospodarstwa domowe. Negatywne zachowania nie tylko o charakterze żywieniowym w tych gospodarstwach, wywarły wpływ na problemy globalne. Czy bycie dzisiaj "eko" to konieczność, czy raczej poziom indywidualnych preferencji? Jaka optyka definiuje (i czy definiuje) zmiany...

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Lines of Interpretation for the Definition of a Household under Harmonised Excise Duty Rules in the Light of the Decisions of Polish Tax Authorities and the Case-Law of Polish Administrative Courts

Monika Münnich

Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem > 2022 > 13 > 3 > 85-97

This article provides only a small contribution to the inevitable scholarly discussion on whether excluding the primacy of the literal rule in favour of the priority of a pro-EU teleological interpretation in the judicial and administrative applications of Polish tax law is really reasonable. Firstly, this article sets out to discuss the stages of the transposition of the concept of a household from...

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Microwave heating process – characteristics, benefits, hazards and use in food industry and households – a review ®

Marlena Pielak, Ewa Czarniecka-Skubina, Ingrida Kraujutienė

Postępy Techniki Przetwórstwa Spożywczego > 2022 > nr 1 > 152--167

The article presents the advantages and disadvantages of using microwave heating in the food industry and in households. A review of the literature in this field revealed many positive aspects of microwave heating. The microwave oven enables fast heat transfer, which translates into a short heating time and high energy efficiency compared to a conventional heating process. The efficiency of the process...

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Who should pay a wealth tax? Some design issues

Emma Chamberlain

Fiscal Studies > 42 > 3-4 > 599 - 613

Any wealth tax design needs to resolve the question of who should pay it it How wide should the net be cast? Setting high or low exempt thresholds affects avoidance behaviour and may influence whether one should tax by reference to the household (and if so how that should be defined) or simply on each individual who owns wealth over a certain threshold. Typically, wealth taxes in other countries have...

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Household tax evasion

Nigar Hashimzade, Gareth D. Myles, Hana Yousefi

Journal of Public Economic Theory > 23 > 5 > 985 - 1011

Household members share public goods and make intra‐household transfers. We show how these features of the household interact with the tax evasion decision, and identify the dimensions in which household evasion differs from individual evasion. In the model we present two members of a household choose how much to contribute to a household public good and how much self‐employment income to evade. We...

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Household surveys and the case of the Australian methamphetamine situation

Rebecca McKetin

Addiction > 116 > 10 > 2610 - 2611

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COVID‐19 in children and the effect of schools reopening on potential transmission to household members

Shirley Shapiro Ben David, Daniella Rahamim‐Cohen, Diana Tasher, Adi Geva, more

Acta Paediatrica > 110 > 9 > 2567 - 2573

Aim The effect of reopening schools on children's contribution to SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission, especially within households, remains controversial. This study describes the clinical presentation of a large ambulatory COVID‐19 paediatric cohort and evaluates the role of children in household transmission prior to and following school reopening. Methods A retrospective database cohort study was conducted...

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The Companionship of Books

Application of Low-Carbon Technologies for Cutting Household GHG Emissions

Wydatki na zdrowie w gospodarstwach domowych z osobami niepełnosprawnymi

Infection control behaviours, intra‐household transmission and quarantine duration: a retrospective cohort analysis of COVID‐19 cases

Ecotourism service provision and incomes of rural households: the case of Beijing province in China

The road to “local green recovery”: Signposts from COVID‐19 lockdown life in the UK

Housing conditions in households of farmers in 2005-2020

Impact of Peste des petits ruminants for sub‐Saharan African farmers: A bioeconomic household production model

Risk factors associated with household transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

“Those who eat from one pot”: Constructing household as a social category in a cash transfer programme in Ghana

Coronavirus disease 2019 in healthy children: What is the effect of household contact?

The trade openness–gender wage differential nexus: Household‐level evidence from Ghana

Wpływ pandemii COVID-19 na stan zdrowia psychicznego społeczeństwa

Dogonić zrównoważony rozwój. Studenci SGGW o zmianach w domowej ekonomii

Lines of Interpretation for the Definition of a Household under Harmonised Excise Duty Rules in the Light of the Decisions of Polish Tax Authorities and the Case-Law of Polish Administrative Courts

Microwave heating process – characteristics, benefits, hazards and use in food industry and households – a review ®

Who should pay a wealth tax? Some design issues

Household tax evasion

Household surveys and the case of the Australian methamphetamine situation

COVID‐19 in children and the effect of schools reopening on potential transmission to household members

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