The Determinants of Social Conflict in the Latin American Mining Sector: New Evidence with Quantitative Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 401-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Alexander Haslam ◽  
Nasser Ary Tanimoune
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Mining Sector ◽  
New Evidence

Place and Well-Being

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey M. Lindberg ◽  
Meredith A. Banasiak ◽  
Ryan M. Shindler ◽  
Esther M. Sternberg
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Behavioral Effects ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Health And Well Being

Various fields of research have developed to better understand the health and behavioral effects of environmental characteristics such as air quality and the way our homes and neighborhoods are organized. A synergy of many previously disparate fields of research is underway, aided in part by recent advances in technology. Better sensors, including wearable physiological and environmental monitors, are enabling researchers to more readily study the interactions between environment characteristics and both mental and physical well-being. This new evidence-based research direction adds a much-needed layer of quantitative data to previous, largely qualitative, findings. Moreover, an increased understanding of the environment’s effects on humans can result in not just the alleviation of negative environmental characteristics but also the promotion of positive environmental characteristics. This chapter offers samples of environmental effects on human health and well-being in the following categories: environmental quality, natural systems, sensory environments, physical activity, safety, and social connectedness.

scholarly journals Before and After the Pandemic: Alcohol Consumption and Related Problems in Argentina

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. e1444
Author(s):  
Karina Conde ◽  
Paula Victoria Gimenez ◽  
Tomás Salomón ◽  
Raquel Inés Peltzer ◽  
Sebastián Laspiur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and isolation measures on alcohol consumption remains unknown among Latin-American countries. This paper characterizes differences in alcohol consumption and related problems before and after the pandemic among Argentinians from different genders, age groups, income levels, and behaviors regarding the acquisition of alcoholic beverages. Through an online survey 1446 participants were assessed regarding four alcohol consumption dimensions (frequency, quantity, heavy episodic drinking -HED- and alcohol-related problems) three months prior and after the first cases in the country and subsequent lockdown measures. Overall, participants reported small reductions for usual consumption and moderate ones for HED and related problems. As expected, very high reductions were found for those underage (14 to 18 years), and young adults (19 to 24 years). Those who had an increase in income after the pandemic did not report changes in consumption, while those whose income remained equal or lowered reported reductions. Those who did not report special behaviors to acquire alcohol (e.g. pre-stocking) informed decreases in consumption compared to those who did. This study provides new evidence on the impact of environmental factors in public health, suggesting restricted access to alcohol generates a significant decrease in alcohol consumption and related problems.

scholarly journals Después de usted: Variation and Change in a Spanish Tripartite Politeness System

Languages ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
María Irene Moyna
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
American Variety ◽  
Quantitative Studies

This study focuses on the address paradigm in the Spanish spoken in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, a Latin American variety which presents speakers with three options—one polite (usted), and two familiar (pan-Hispanic tú and regional vos). Recent quantitative studies have shown that the range of polite usted is shrinking in the dialect, as younger respondents reserve it for hierarchical contexts or for much older addressees. Indeed, speakers are uncertain about appropriate address choice to convey deference without distance. The present analysis supplements the previous quantitative data with responses of Montevideo speakers to an attitudinal interview (n = 12) analyzed qualitatively for themes with Atlas.ti. It finds that while speakers reject usted, they have adopted a range of strategies to maintain distinctions in politeness, including address avoidance, mirroring, and the repurposing of tú as an intermediate polite form.

scholarly journals Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Esteban Nicolini ◽  
Fernando Ramos-Palencia
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Early Modern Spain ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
New Evidence

This chapter addresses income inequality by offering new evidence based on the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households circa 1750. We find that inequality in 18th-century Spain was substantial, especially in urban and/or highly populated areas. There was also a positive – but somewhat weaker – relationship not only between inequality and per capita income but also between inequality and poverty. We posit that extreme economic inequality was likely responsible for numerous episodes of social conflict. Finally, the extent of formalized charity and social spending was less than in other Western European regions.

scholarly journals Preferences and Uses of a Remote Lab from the Students’ Viewpoint

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Lerro ◽  
Susana Marchisio
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Learning Resource ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Electronic Engineering ◽  
Remote Laboratories ◽  
Remote Lab ◽  
Second Year ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Comprehensive Study

This paper aims to present new evidence and findings that enhance and enrich the knowledge of the preferences and uses of the remote laboratories from the students´ viewpoint. Specifically, the study aims to recognize the students’ preferences in selecting the remote lab as a learning resource, beyond the uses promoted by the professorship. Likewise, we seek to know the reasons given by students that support those preferences. The research was conducted at Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura (FCEIA), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Argentina, by using the “FCEIA-UNR Electronics Physics Remote Lab” and involving almost 300 students in the second year of Electronic Engineering. The lab is integrated into the Learning Management System (LMS) e-ducativa, Facebook and Twitter, allowing the students to log in without additional authentication, both from the virtual classroom or from those social networks. We collected empirical evidence from both, users' opinions and productions, and also, from registers of the remote lab itself, involving more than 4000 successful tests completed on the lab´s database. We achieved both qualitative and quantitative data that allow us to get a comprehensive study from the students’ perspective.

The Fall of the Alberto Fujimori Government: New Evidence and Interpretations

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Carlos Ugo Santander Joo ◽  
Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Authoritarian Regime ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
Alberto Fujimori ◽  
New Evidence

New evidence and interpretations regarding the end of the authoritarian Alberto Fujimori regime and the Peruvian democratic transition of 2000 suggest that preexisting electoral and institutional rules intrinsic to the authoritarian regime contributed to a process of regime change. Thus Peru can be seen as one of the few Latin American nations in which the transition was caused by a rupture in contrast to the pacted-reform/rupture transitions most common in the region. Nuevas evidencias e interpretaciones sobre el fin del régimen autoritario de Alberto Fujimori y la transición democrática en 2000 sugieren que las elecciones y las reglas institucionales preexistentes y propias de la naturaleza de un régimen autoritario contribuyeron a un proceso de cambio de régimen. Así, Perú puede ser considerado entre los pocos países en el concierto latinoamericano en los que se estableció una transición por ruptura a diferencia de las transiciones por pactada-reforma/ruptura predominante en la region.

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