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Migration, reproduction and society : economic and demographic dilemmas in global capitalism
\"In Migration, Reproduction and Society, Alejandro I. Canales offers a theoretical model for understanding the dilemmas presented by migration in the transformation of contemporary society. Aging and changing demographics in advanced societies make economic and social reproduction dependent upon the contributions made by immigration. However, these same demographic processes are conducive to ethnic transformations. The political dilemma facing advanced societies is that immigration is required to ensure their reproduction, but this entails becoming multicultural societies where the political hegemony of ethnic and demographic majorities becomes radically subverted. This paves the way to a pervasive political conflict already evident in the current immigration crisis in Europe just as in the revival of racism and xenophobia in the United States\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Breakpoint : the changing marketplace for higher education
The challenges facing colleges and universities today are profound and complex. Fortunately, Jon McGee is an ideal guide through this dynamic marketplace. In Breakpoint, he argues that higher education is in the midst of an extraordinary moment of demographic, economic, and cultural transition that has significant implications for how colleges understand their mission, their market, and their management.
Drawing from an extensive assessment of demographic and economic trends, McGee presents a broad and integrative picture of these changes while stressing the importance of decisive campus leadership. He describes the key forces that influence higher education and provides a framework from which trustees, presidents, administrators, faculty, and policy makers can address pressing issues in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Although McGee avoids endorsing one-size-fits-all solutions, he suggests a number of concrete strategies for handling prospective students and developing pedagogical practices, curricular content and delivery, and management structures. Practical and compelling, Breakpoint will help higher education leaders make choices that advance their institutional values and serve their students and the common good for generations to come.
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The Rage of Replacement
Tracing how the \"Great Replacement\" narrative has shaped
far-right extremism and propelled its dangerous political projects
and acts of violence The \"Great Replacement\" narrative,
which imagines that historic white majorities are being
intentionally replaced through immigration policies crafted by
global elites, has effectively mobilized racist, nationalist, and
nativist movements in the United States and Europe. The Rage of
Replacement tracks how this narrative has shaped the politics
and worldview of the far right, binding its various camps into a
community of rage obsessed with nostalgia for a white-supremacist
past.
Showing how the replacement narrative has found significant
purchase in recent mainstream discourse through the rise of
Trumpism, right-wing media figures like Tucker Carlson, and events
such as 2017's \"Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville,
Virginia, Michael Feola diagnoses the dangers this racist theory
poses as it shapes the far-right imagination, expands through civil
society, and deforms political culture. In particular, he tracks
how the replacement narrative has given rise to malignant political
strategies designed to \"take back\" the nation from its perceived
enemies-by force if deemed necessary.
Identifying the Great Replacement narrative as a central force
behind the rise and expansion of far-right extremism, Feola shows
how it has motivated a variety of dangerous political projects in
pursuit of illiberal, antidemocratic futures. From calls for the
creation of segregated white ethnostates to extremist violence such
as the mass shootings in Christchurch, El Paso, and Buffalo,
The Rage of Replacement makes clear that replacement
theory poses a dire threat to democracy and safety.
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SUST Bangla Emotional Speech Corpus
SUBESCO is an audio-only emotional speech corpus for Bangla language. The total duration of the corpus is in excess of 7 hours containing 7000 utterances, and it is the largest emotional speech corpus available for this language. Twenty native speakers participated in the gender-balanced set, each recording of 10 sentences simulating seven targeted emotions. Fifty university students participated in the evaluation of this corpus. Each audio clip of this corpus, except those of Disgust emotion, was validated four times by male and female raters. Raw hit rates and unbiased rates were calculated producing scores above chance level of responses. Overall recognition rate was reported to be above 70% for human perception tests. Kappa statistics and intra-class correlation coefficient scores indicated high-level of inter-rater reliability and consistency of this corpus evaluation. SUBESCO is an Open Access database, licensed under Creative Common Attribution 4.0 International, and can be downloaded free of charge from the web
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Race, population studies, and America's public schools
This book examines the state of education in America using a critical lens that places the roles of race, racism, and neoliberalism at the center. The contributors analyze the tough challenges facing individuals, families, and communities while offering solutions for changing the trajectory of education in America.
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Breakpoint : the changing marketplace for higher education
\"The challenges facing colleges and universities today are profound and complex. Fortunately, Jon McGee is an ideal guide through this dynamic marketplace. In Breakpoint, he argues that higher education is in the midst of an extraordinary moment of demographic, economic, and cultural transition that has significant implications for how colleges understand their mission, their market, and their management. Drawing from an extensive assessment of demographic and economic trends, McGee presents a broad and integrative picture of these changes while stressing the importance of decisive campus leadership. He describes the key forces that influence higher education and provides a framework from which trustees, presidents, administrators, faculty, and policy makers can address pressing issues in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Although McGee avoids endorsing one-size-fits-all solutions, he suggests a number of concrete strategies for handling prospective students and developing pedagogical practices, curricular content and delivery, and management structures. Practical and compelling, Breakpoint will help higher education leaders make choices that advance their institutional values and serve their students and the common good for generations to come\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Investigating multimorbidity patterns and associated risk factors in the fasa adults cohort study
Multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of multiple health conditions, is a major global public health concern. This study aimed to identify latent classes of multimorbidity and associated risk factors in Iranian adults. This cross-sectional study analyzed baseline data from 10,131 adults who participated in the Fasa Adults Cohort Study (FACS) in southern Iran. Multimorbidity was defined as the presence of two or more of 11 chronic diseases, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, osteoarthritis, depression, type two diabetes mellitus, obesity, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, thyroid disease, and respiratory disease. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used for cluster participants, and multinomial logistic regression was conducted to investigate the association between age, sex, education level, socioeconomic status, daily sleep duration, physical activity, and multimorbidity. The prevalence of multimorbidity was 40.3%. Three latent classes were identified: healthy (66.8%), dyslipidemia (14.1%), and cardio-metabolic conditions (19.1%). Older age increased the odds of belonging to dyslipidemia (odds ratio (OR) = 1.04 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.03-1.05]) and cardio-metabolic conditions (OR = 1.10 [95% CI: 1.09-1.11]) classes. Similarly, women were at higher odds than men of being in dyslipidemia (OR = 2.49 [95% CI: 2.05-3.02]) and cardio-metabolic conditions (OR = 3.35, 95% CI: 2.79-4.03]) classes. Employed participants showed decreased odds of having cardio-metabolic conditions (OR = 0.66 [95% CI: 0.55-0.80]). However, very high socioeconomic status was a risk factor for cardio-metabolic conditions (OR = 1.44 [95% CI: 1.16-1.78]) and dyslipidemia (OR = 1.35 [95% CI: 1.10-1.65]). Higher physical activity and sleeping for 8 hours or more were protective factors against cardio-metabolic conditions (OR = 0.74 [95% CI: 0.63-0.87]). Moreover, medium or high dietary intake increased the odds of belonging to the dyslipidemia class (OR = 1.46 [95% CI: 1.09-1.94] and OR = 1.57 [95% CI: 1.16-2.11], respectively). Using LCA, we identified distinct subgroups of chronic diseases, showing hidden patterns of multimorbidity associated with several risk factors. This approach offers deeper knowledge of disease clustering, contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of multimorbidity, and shows the importance of regional health challenges in designing targeted public health interventions.
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