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University of Mannheim
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About: University of Mannheim is a education organization based out in Mannheim, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & European union. The organization has 4448 authors who have published 12918 publications receiving 446557 citations. The organization is also known as: Uni Mannheim & UMA.
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TL;DR: In this article, a comparative multilevel analysis of personal, workplace and macro-institutional explanations of union membership using the European Social Survey is presented, and the cross-national effect of meso-and macro-level variables, in particular workplace representation, establishment size, Ghent unemployment insurance and a society's social capital, is analyzed.
Abstract: Union density still varies considerably across Europe. This cross-national diversity has inspired multiple explanations ranging from institutional to workplace or socio-demographic factors. In this comparative multilevel analysis, we combine personal, workplace and macro-institutional explanations of union membership using the European Social Survey. By controlling for individual factors, we test the cross-national effect of meso- and macro-level variables, in particular workplace representation, establishment size, Ghent unemployment insurance and a society’s social capital. We conclude that all these institutional and social contextual factors matter in explaining differences in union membership.
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TL;DR: Improvements in preoperative diagnostic imaging as well as in microsurgical techniques significantly advanced the development of transcranial neurosurgery, allowing the treatment of complicated diseases through smaller and more specific approaches.
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TL;DR: The study indicates that 20 or more serial injections of macrocyclic GBCAs administered with on average 3 months between each injection are not associated with an SI increase in the DN.
Abstract: In our study, no increase of the dentate nucleus-to-pons or dentate nucleus-to-middle cerebellar peduncle ratio was found after a mean of 23.0 serial injections of the macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents gadobutrol and gadoterate meglumine, with on average 3 months between each injection and a mean injected total gadolinium dose of 245.6 mmol.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply public choice theory to explain the interests of the institutions' member states, its borrowers and staffs as well as private actors attaching their money to the IMF's programs.
Abstract: The paper explains IMF and World Banklending and conditionality stressingchanges in relative bargaining power ofdifferent stakeholders over time. Itapplies public choice theory to explain theinterests of the institutions' memberstates, its borrowers and staffs as well asprivate actors attaching their money to theIFIs' programs. Using panel data for 43countries between 1987–99 it is shown thatthe number of Fund conditions seems to beinfluenced by contemporaneous World Bankactivity and ``bad'' policies.
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TL;DR: Results from structural equation modelling supported the proposed model for the whole sample as well as for each school track, suggesting that a planned course of the day can prevent procrastination and foster decisions for academic tasks in case of conflicts.
Abstract: Background. Academic procrastination, the tendency to postpone learning activities, is regarded as a consequence of postmodern values that are prominent in post-industrialized societies. When students strive for leisure goals and have no structured routines for academic tasks, delaying strenuous learning activities becomes probable.
Aims. The model tested in this study posits that postmodern value orientations are positively related to procrastination and to a lack of daily routines concerning the performance of academic activities. In contrast, modern values are negatively related to procrastination and positively to learning routines. Academic procrastination, in-turn, should be associated with the tendency to prefer leisure activities to schoolwork in case of conflicts between these two life domains.
Sample. Seven hundred and four students from 6th and 8th grade with a mean age of 13.5 years participated in the study. The sample included students from all tracks of the German educational system.
Method. Students completed a questionnaire containing two value prototypes as well as scales on learning routines and procrastination. Decisions in motivational conflicts were measured using two vignettes.
Results and Conclusions. Results from structural equation modelling supported the proposed model for the whole sample as well as for each school track. A planned course of the day can prevent procrastination and foster decisions for academic tasks in case of conflicts. Students' learning takes place within a societal context and reflects the values held in the respective culture.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Andreas Kugel | 128 | 910 | 75529 |
Jürgen Rehm | 126 | 1132 | 116037 |
Norbert Schwarz | 117 | 488 | 71008 |
Andreas Hochhaus | 117 | 923 | 68685 |
Barry Eichengreen | 116 | 949 | 51073 |
Herta Flor | 112 | 638 | 48175 |
Eberhard Ritz | 111 | 1109 | 61530 |
Marcella Rietschel | 110 | 765 | 65547 |
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg | 107 | 534 | 44592 |
Daniel Cremers | 99 | 655 | 44957 |
Thomas Brox | 99 | 329 | 94431 |
Miles Hewstone | 88 | 418 | 26350 |
Tobias Banaschewski | 85 | 692 | 31686 |
Andreas Herrmann | 82 | 761 | 25274 |
Axel Dreher | 78 | 350 | 20081 |