Des temples et des quartiers disparus en Chine by Adeline Herrou

“…Recent changes undergone by several (Quanzhen) Daoist temples in Central China, caused by a major-works policy, take on a special meaning if considered in light of the aftermath of the profound break that had already marked the religious landscape during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Placing the two highly contrasting periods in perspective has led me to the troubling observation that after the disappearance of the temples and the efforts made to resurrect them, nearby districts have often ended up destroyed. …”
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and the Possibility of Re-invention of the Political: A Critical Review of Lacan and the Political by Aliashraf Nazari

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"The City as Muse": A Context-Oriented Meta-Historical Reading of Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt by Ibrahim A. Odugbemi

“…In extension of this argument, this paper examines Toyin Falola's memoir, A Mouth Sweeter than Salt, as a genre of life writing and, especially, a form of autobiography, by showing how the setting, Ibadan, in its cultural and social formations, is depicted as having contributed to the self-awareness, self-image and identity of the subject, and how this reflection makes the nar­rative a meta-historical expression. …”
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Vaping illusions: The hidden risks of E-cigarette use among young Filipinos and adolescents in Latin America by John Patrick C. Toledo

“…The findings suggest that e-cigarettes, particularly for minors, may prolong nicotine dependency without providing a true cessation pathway. Social and cultural factors also complicate understanding how young Filipinos vape. …”
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Combination of geographical and socio-economic proximities by Eric Boutroy, Philippe Bourdeau, Pascal Mao, Nicolas Senil

“…On the basis of the results of a study cross-cutting economic geography and cultural geography, this article will first show how the Rhône-Alpes region sustains a leading “mountain and nature sports tourism” commodity chain, by detailing its structural and territorial features, including broadened spatial scale, plurality of actors and interrelated functions. …”
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A Critique on the Book The Political Thought of Khonji, The Wandering Faqih by Mohammad Shojaeian

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What’s in, and what’s out? A study of student choice of learning activities in a flipped EFL classroom by Shen Yan

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Intergenerational Transfers in Infant Mortality in Southern Sweden, 1740-1968 by Luciana Quaranta

“…Studies conducted in historical populations and developing countries have evidenced the existence of clustering in infant deaths, which could be related to genetic inheritance, early life exposures, and/or to social and cultural factors such as education, socioeconomic status or parental care. …”
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METHODOLOGICAL PROFILES OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY: CIVIC VIRTUE VERSUS CIVIL ASSOCIATION by Marius Povilas Povilas Šaulauskas

“…The laic grosso modo usage of the notion, in contrast, is included in a variety of political, cultural and other column-type popular vocabularies. …”
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Selected Aspects of Agro-structural Change within the Alps by Thomas Streifeneder, Ulrike Tappeiner, Flavio V. Ruffini, Gottfried Tappeiner, Christian Hoffmann

“…This resulted from various cultural (e.g. relatedness to agricultural traditions, identification of the society with agriculture), agro-political (e.g. …”
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Representaciones del turismo desde los dibujos y explicaciones de las jóvenes generaciones by Anna María Fernández Poncela

“…Algo que salta a la vista en el análisis es la claridad que tienen las jóvenes generaciones sobre la realidad y potencial turístico de su entorno patrimonial cultural y natural. Otro hallazgo es como, al parecer, el turismo es ya una parte constitutiva que caracteriza su identidad social como huasquenses. …”
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Identifying potential barriers to community participation and use of telecentres: A Survey-based Study by Jeremy Brown

“…The main issues associated with these telecentres' sustainability include cultural, technical, financial, social, political, and programmatic issues that directly affect these centres' sustainability. …”
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Critique and Analysis of the Book “Language, Context and Text: Aspects of Language in a Social-Semiotic Perspective” by Sepideh Abdolkarimi

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Conceptual Creative Realism as a Methodological Model of Islamic Science: A Critical Review by Mohammad Reza Taghavi, Seyed Saeid Zahed

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On Literary Spoils of War in Private Libraries. The Case of Rålamb at Länna Gård by Peter Sjökvist

“…In addition, it suggests that their primary role in their new environment was to increase the cultural capital of their owner. Large numbers of the confessionally Catholic books were of little practical use in a Sweden characterized by Lutheran Orthodoxy. …”
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Credibility and the Critique of the Theory of the Veritable Nature of Human Sciences with Emphasis on Jurisprudence and Law by Mohammad Reza Asadi, Seyed Saieed Lavasani

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Le refus du monde tel qu’il est : vertus et ambivalences de quelques fictions contemporaines (Peyrebonne, Haenel, Vasset) by Pascal Mougin

“…Should we believe, with Yves Citton, "in the unpredictable power of the infinitesimal" or on the contrary, with Fredric Jameson, that "the artistic production brandished as utopian model of an alternative social life is itself a closed book" within a globalized economic and cultural system? One must point the ambivalence of these fictions, upbeat and engaging on one side, proxy and desperate or opportunistic and complacent on the other.…”
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A Critical Review on the Book From Crisis to Collapse: A Mirror in Front of Us by Ahmad Dorosti

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A Critique on the Book The History of Educational Administration Viewed Through Its Textbooks by Rezvan Hosseingholizadeh

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Paysage millénaire et développement touristique en Chine. Le cas des rizières en terrasses des Hani du Yunnan by Myriam Dao

“…Les enjeux de la préservation ne sont pas seulement environnementaux - biodiversité, développement durable, ils sont identitaires - cultures vernaculaires et minoritaires. J’en pointerai les limites et esquisserai le devenir.…”
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