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Life and Death Under Son Preference
Relying on longitudinal micro data from 13 Spanish rural villages between 1800 and 1910, this paper assesses whether discriminatory practices affected fertility and sex-specific mortality during infancy and childhood during economic crises in an area with a strong preference for sons. Our contribution is twofold. On the one hand, there is a connection between shortterm economic stress, fertility, and sex ratios at baptism: high-price years were followed by a decline in the number of registered baptisms and by an increase of the sex ratios at baptism. These results therefore suggest that families mortally neglected a significant fraction of their female babies during economic crises. On the other hand, there is a connection between shortterm economic stress, mortality, and sex ratios at death. Using death registers further supports this interpretation, since our evidence shows that the female biological advantage was not visible after an economic shock. In addition, gender discriminatory practices against girls during bad years seem to have compensated the male vulnerability at older ages as well.
Calcium, Vitamin D and Health
Calcium is the main mineral in the body, involved in a variety of structural and functional roles. The maintenance of calcium homeostasis is perhaps the most studied function of vitamin D. This Special Issue of Nutrients, “Calcium, Vitamin D and Health” contains 12 original publications and two reviews investigating the contribution of (mainly) vitamin D and calcium on relevant health outcomes in a variety of populations, which reflect the evolving and broad interest of researchers on this topic.
Bienestar biológico en la España rural. Ensayos de historia antropométrica
Este libro de ensayos de historia antropométrica analiza las relaciones entre el crecimiento económico y los patrones de crecimiento humano en el mundo rural durante la transición nutricional española. Con datos de altura, peso e índice de masa corporal, principales indicadores del estado nutricional, enriquece la visión que teníamos de los niveles de vida y del bienestar humano, analizados tradicionalmente con indicadores crematísticos, como la renta per cápita, los salarios reales, los presupuestos e ingresos familiares o el consumo. Los hallazgos reflejan la diversidad del nivel de vida biológico en un momento clave del progreso y de las transiciones demográfica, epidemiológica y nutricional, pero también el impacto ambiental del crecimiento económico y los costes biológicos derivados de la modernización, así como de los cambios políticos y de régimen que principalmente afectaron al siglo XX.
Buenas prácticas en la docencia universitaria con apoyo de TIC. Experiencias en 2023
La mejora de la calidad docente en la enseñanza universitaria busca optimizar la experiencia de aprendizaje de los estudiantes y fomentar su desarrollo académico y personal. Para ello, se requiere un enfoque holístico que abarque tanto los aspectos pedagógicos como los relacionados con el desarrollo profesional y la adaptación a las demandas cambiantes de la sociedad y del mundo laboral. En este contexto, la investigación y la innovación educativa desempeña un papel crucial en la mejora continua de la calidad de la enseñanza universitaria. Los docentes universitarios pueden contribuir a la mejora de la calidad mediante la investigación y la innovación en sus prácticas pedagógi...
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
This book presents a detailed and updated review of the widespread changes that take place during adolescence, adopting a preventive perspective that reflects physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes. It addresses a broad range of aspects, including: the preventive programs and their systemic effects; the role of environment in influencing the healthy behaviors of adolescents and young adults; the use of e-Health technology in health and behavioral interventions for adolescents; and the clinical and prognostic implications of primordial prevention in healthy adolescents. All of these elements are subsequently reviewed using a multidimensional approach, in order to offer extensive i...
Mabiki
This book tells the story of a society reversing deeply held worldviews and revolutionizing its demography. In parts of eighteenth-century Japan, couples raised only two or three children. As villages shrank and domain headcounts dwindled, posters of child-murdering she-devils began to appear, and governments offered to pay their subjects to have more children. In these pages, the long conflict over the meaning of infanticide comes to life once again. Those who killed babies saw themselves as responsible parents to their chosen children. Those who opposed infanticide redrew the boundaries of humanity so as to encompass newborn infants and exclude those who would not raise them. In Eastern Ja...
Quantitative History and Uncharted People
"A collection that applies quantitative methods to South African histories from below to demonstrate their value in uncovering the experiences of marginalised people"--
