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Social Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 4

April 2019 - 26 articles

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Articles (26)

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,776 Views
19 Pages

23 April 2019

Entrepreneurship has been suggested as an alternative career model for women to gain economic empowerment while maintaining caring obligations. In this study, we investigate how gender and living situation affect entrepreneurs’ engagement in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
12,271 Views
15 Pages

20 April 2019

This article explores voluntarily childless women’s experiences and understandings of human-animal interactions and their attitudes towards companion animals. It draws on interviews with 15 Swedish women who expressed a lack of “maternal” feelings an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
6,806 Views
18 Pages

Community Protections in American Indian and Alaska Native Participatory Research—A Scoping Review

  • Julie A. Beans,
  • Bobby Saunkeah,
  • R. Brian Woodbury,
  • Terry S. Ketchum,
  • Paul G. Spicer and
  • Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka

20 April 2019

Experiences with unethical research practices have caused some American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) individuals, organizations, and tribes to mistrust health research. To build trust and repair relationships, current research with AIAN peoples of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,140 Views
15 Pages

19 April 2019

Over the past years much attention has been placed on the ordeal of migrants as they leave their home countries and seek refuge or better lives in others. Given the sudden surge of Bangladeshi migration to Italy in recent years, this article focuses...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
13,395 Views
25 Pages

Quality Culture of Manufacturing Enterprises: A Possible Way to Adaptation to Industry 4.0

  • Pavol Durana,
  • Pavol Kral,
  • Vojtech Stehel,
  • George Lazaroiu and
  • Wlodzimierz Sroka

19 April 2019

The concept of Industry 4.0 means a new paradigm of modern manufacturing. This phenomenon requires continuous innovation processes and technological development from each enterprise. Traditional concepts of quality must absorb changes and prepare the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,452 Views
17 Pages

19 April 2019

An ever-ongoing discussion these days involves the disparities in monthly earnings across different genders, geographical locations, levels of education, economic sectors, and skills and careers, with various economic and social consequences. In fact...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,868 Views
17 Pages

18 April 2019

Researchers have recommended operative standards and ethical considerations to maintain the integrity of community engaged scholarship programs. This framework is valuable for guiding good practices and promoting enhancements. Implementation of these...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,943 Views
25 Pages

18 April 2019

Through a praxis of co-authorship between a university scholar and two community gardeners/organizers/activists, this article showcases the ways in which knowledge, practices, and relationalities emergent in community gardens in Dubuque, Iowa USA dir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,503 Views
17 Pages

Waste-to-Energy Conversion in Havana: Technical and Economic Analysis

  • Junior Lorenzo Llanes and
  • Efstratios Kalogirou

16 April 2019

Havana has the highest population and consequently generation of municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Cuba. In Havana, the final deposition method for MSW is mainly landfills. However, in most cases, they exceed their lifetime of operation becoming in rea...

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