Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations by Eline Waerp

“…Nordic exceptionalism thus facilitates the banal securitization of migration by inoculating the interviewees from the harmful consequences of their work.…”
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Cultural Stereotypes, Literary Agency, and Postcolonial Writing: A Conversation with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel and Simone Brioni by Maria Morelli

“…It highlights how the localised concept of “female oppression” can be misleading and instead draws attention to the many nuances that exist and that are often brushed aside under the blanket label of “Muslim woman”.…”
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PUBLIC POLICY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: AN INTERROGATION by MOSES DANJUMA BOT, MARIA ELEYI IGOCHE, ANOMNIHE UDOKA TIMDIR

“…The paper adopts a qualitative research design, drawing on secondary sources such as policy documents, scholarly articles, official reports, relevant blog post, newspapers and books to examine the correlation and impact of public policy on inequality in Nigeria. …”
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FOSTERING AGROPRENEURSHIP PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: A LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE by Olamitunji DAKARE

“…The review is in line with the need to create sustainable development through agropreneurship initiatives: in an economy presently facing a high rate of unemployment, extreme poverty, poor earnings from foreign exchange, and insufficiency of food items, this article argues for the need to adopt an overarching agriculture value chain to ensure a rapid industrial and economic development across Nigeria. …”

Conservation refugees and environmental dispossession in 21st century critical Geography by Scott William Hoefle

“…The latter are considered to be anthropic agents who are criminalized, removed and turned into conservation refugees in order to cleanse the landscape of (poor rural) human presence. Drawing on research undertaken on nature enclosures in three threatened biomes of Brazil, hybrid views of society-nature and actor-network assembly from Relational Geography are used to interpret specific cases involving successful resistance to environmental dispossession in which local people forced a change in mentality of nature reserve administrators, turned foe into ally and built socially inclusive conservation strategies. …”
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Decolonisation, Globalisation and South Africa 1 by Liepollo Pheko

“…This article analyses whether South Africa can decolonise its economic architecture in the era of globalisation. It further argues that South Africa’s 1994 debut into global economic polity is hampered by Western-framed globalisation, which further re-inscribes evolving colonial constructs. …”
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The Mongol empire’s expansion and rethinking research trends in Chinese historical climatology by Ka wai Fan

“…It reviews scholarly discourse, focusing in particular on a theory linking Mongol expansion to a global dry period, while juxtaposing this with recent research spearheaded by climatologists. …”
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Effects of School Closure on Transmission of COVID-19. A Rapid Systematic Review by Zana Faris Muhammed

“…Delay in closing schools and combinations with other control and management measures may affect the likelihood of drawing consistent conclusions about the effectiveness of school closure on COVID-19.      …”
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Rozwijanie zdolności samoregulacyjnych u dzieci w wieku wczesnoszkolnym – perspektywa kulturowo-historyczna. Etnograficzne studium przypadku by Ewa Filipiak

“…In order to understand the genesis of an individual’s metacognitive processes, the article draws upon the cultural-historical theory of L.S. …”
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Designing a system of learning materials to explain climate change to children by Lucy Blackwell

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Weaponizing the Workplace: How Algorithmic Management Shaped Amazon’s Antiunion Campaign in Bessemer, Alabama by Teke Wiggin

“…The answer is important because algorithmic management is the “new contested terrain” of labor struggles. Drawing on 42 interviews with workers and court documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, the author examines Amazon’s antiunion campaign in Bessemer, Alabama. …”
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Religious faith traditions tussle with rampant corruption toward sustainable development: Search for the missing links in light of ubuntu by E. Chinyena

“…Religious faith traditions are fighting rampant corruption that is drawing back socio-economic growth. The vice contradicts the religious faith principles of being virtuous. …”
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The transformative role of the media in the formation of virtuous citizens: A contribution to reconciliation in a post-apartheid South Africa by E. Baron

“…This question will be addressed by drawing from a recent study conducted by the author that has demonstrated the role of newspapers in moral formation as a positive perspective on the media in the process of reconciliation. …”
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The case for weak null in English by Andrew Tollet

“…Rather than a corpus-based statistical approach, this paper draws upon a smaller selection of contemporary, non-fictional texts from a variety of semantic fields to illustrate the points being made. …”
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Reprezentacje obiektów przyrodniczych z dziecięcej perspektywy by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin, Eliza Rybska

“…Then children were interviewed and asked to make a drawing. Research has shown that exposing children to a fragment of an image allows them to recognize the whole object and express their personal knowledge. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Mobile Water Supply System For Drip Irrigation. by Lutwetwe Shadrack

“…In this study, a design and fabrication of a mobile water supply system for drip irrigation was undertaken thus the major aim of this project is to eliminate the existing out fashioned drip irrigation methods such as the use of water bottles and stationary water supply system for drip irrigation to improve on the Agricultural yield from the crops. …”
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The Economic Impact of Zebra Mussels in Florida by Donna J. Lee, Damian C. Adams, Frederick J. Rossi

“… FE-693, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Donna J. Lee, Damian C. Adams, and Frederick J. Rossi, reports results from a 20-year simulation model on the economic impacts of public investment in prevention and eradication of this bio-fouling organism which is expected to reach Florida in the near future, with particular attention to the effect on Lake Okeechobee. …”
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Florida Forest Landowner Preferences for Carbon Offset Program Characteristics by José R. Soto, Damian C. Adams, Francisco J. Escobedo

“…Written by José R. Soto, Damian C. Adams, and Francisco J. Escobedo, and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, September 2014. …”
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Public Costs of Florida Red Tides, 2007 by Kimberly L. Morgan, Sherry L. Larkin, Charles M. Adams

“…Larkin, and Charles M. Adams, summarizes Public Costs of Florida Red Tides: A Survey of Coastal Managers, a study which attempted to quantify public expenditures and procedures resulting from red tide-related management and mitigation issues. …”
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