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The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Validity of the Orientations to Happiness Scale

Henderson, Luke; Knight, Tess; Richardson, Ben - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 3, pp. 1087-1099

The orientations to happiness scale (OTH) was designed to measure three routes to happiness: pleasure (hedonia), meaning (eudaimonia) and engagement (flow). Past research utilising the scale suggests that all orientations predict life satisfaction, with meaning and engagement the stronger...

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Family histories and multiple transitions among homeless young adults: Pathways to homelessness

Tyler, Kimberly A.; Schmitz, Rachel M. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 10, pp. 1719-1726

experienced, and their pathways to the street. Intensive qualitative interviews were audio taped and transcribed with 40 homeless …

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Pathways to Quality and Full Implementation in Early Head Start Programs

Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Paulsell, Diane; Love, John M.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

Tells the story of program development in the early years, examining the nature and extent of implementation in key program areas and the quality of child development services for the 17 programs participating in the national evaluation. Reviews evolving program approaches, family engagement,...

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Towards an Integrated Framework for SDGs: Ultimate and Enabling Goals for the Case of Energy

Nilsson, Måns; Lucas, Paul; Yoshida, Tetsuro - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4124-4151

Discussions on how to define, design, and implement sustainable development goals (SDG) have taken center stage in the United Nations since the Rio+20 summit. Energy is one of the issues that enjoyed consensus, before and after Rio, as an important area for SDGs to address. Many proposals have...

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Integrating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Goal Structure, Target Areas and Means of Implementation

Lucas, Paul L.; Kok, Marcel T.J.; Nilsson, Måns; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2013) 1, pp. 193-216

The United Nations’ discussions on defining a new set of post-2015 development goals focus on poverty eradication and sustainable development. Biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for poverty eradication, which is also one of the foundations of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity...

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Globalization of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Implications for Innovation

Abrol, Dinesh; Prajapati, Pramod; Singh, Nidhi - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 3 (2011) 2, pp. 327-365

- Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) period. With India facing the challenge of constituting pathways and … state and business have chosen globalization pathways with specific implications for innovation. We assess systemic …’ orientation to disease, as reflected in outcomes of their R&D investment activity, there also has to be a major focus on pathways …

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Pathways to Quality and Full Implementation in Early Head Start Programs.

Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Paulsell, Diane; Love, John M.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

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Pathways to Using Health Services Research (HSR) in Policymaking: Lessons for Getting Beyond the Black Box.

Gold, Marsha - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

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Understanding the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes: A decomposition analysis

Gregg, Paul; Propper, Carol; Washbrook, Elizabeth - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2007

In this paper we explore the association between family income and children's cognitive ability (IQ and school performance), socio-emotional outcomes (self esteem, locus of control and behavioural problems) and physical health (risk of obesity). We develop a decomposition technique that allows...

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Cancellation of indigenous Australians from the apprenticeship training contract

Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard - In: Education Economics 18 (2010) 4, pp. 377-394

The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system...

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