THE YOUTH IN RUSSIA: INEQUALITIES AND LIVING CHOICES by E. I. Kuzmina

“…The aim of the survey is to find out the actual social inequalities which draw a distinction between Moscow youngsters.Particular attention has been given to the determinants of social inequality. …”
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Designing an online business communication course in English by responding to student needs through an evidence-based approach by Shrestha Prithvi N.

“…This paper reports on the evidence-based design of an award-winning online business communication course in English which responded to changing needs of distance business management students at The Open University, UK. It draws on student needs analysis data (student surveys, online forum posts, industry skills survey reports and a content analysis of business management courses and assignments) and course evaluation surveys to investigate how the online course addressed student needs in terms of course content, teaching and learning and assessment. …”
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Science on the Summit: Exploring Scientific Tourism Through the Lens of Eighteenth Century Mountain Ascents by Ion Mihailescu, Simon Dumas Primbault, Jérôme Baudry

“…The ambiguity behind these scientific practices lacking a clear scientific purpose draws an interesting parallel between this historical study and the contemporary phenomenon of scientific tourism. …”
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In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…Tristram pointed out, ‘the dog is mentioned nearly forty times in Scripture, [but] there is scarcely a single instance in which it is not spoken of with more or less of contempt or aversion’. I draw on texts and images to support my belief that in late medieval and early modern England the stance towards the dog was markedly unbiblical, while the authoritatively expressed ‘contempt or aversion’ made familiar through the Geneva Bible significantly influenced society’s attitudes to dogs in Protestant Britain. …”
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A dive into the marketing trends of 2024: insights to unlocking potential by Vladimir Zhechev

“…One limitation of the paper is that it does not attempt to cover all existing reports in marketing but the ones published by some of the most reputable sources and thus – to combine viewpoints and draw conclusions for businesses. This article provides context and agenda for entrepreneurs and marketing experts pertaining to their future marketing efforts. …”
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Antibacterial Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Polymicrobial Biofilms in Endodontics: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis by Iván Olivares-Acosta, Lilian Beatriz Romero-Sánchez, Nuria Patiño Marín, Marco Felipe Salas Orozco

“…Utilizing a systematic approach based on PRISMA guidelines, the review draws on studies from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, and SCOPUS up to 2024. …”
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Theorizing the Implications of Gender Order for Sustainable Forest Management by Jeji Varghese, Maureen G. Reed

“…Sustainable forest management is intended to draw attention to social, economic, and ecological dimensions. …”
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European Union (EU) Information Security Policies Türkay by Türkay Henkoğlu, Bülent Yılmaz

“…The importance and scope of these policies were examined based on the McCumber information security model, which is a comprehensive and multidimensional information security model. In order to draw attention to the importance of information security issues in EC policies, a wide range of information sources are reviewed, including EC directives and agreements related to information security, the EC organizations responsible for making information security policies, and the literature concerning these issues. …”
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Fossils and Theories of Evolution in Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard et Pécuchet by Anthony Zielonka

“…As they discuss the ideas of Buffon, Cuvier, Lamarck, and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, aswell as of traditionalist Biblical scholars, Bouvard and Pécuchet, unsurprisingly, find their theories to be incompatible, contradictory and ultimately unconvincing. They draw their information from published scientific reports, books, and articles, but also from popular accounts published in magazines and newspapers. …”
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La paradoja del desarrollo: consultas comunitarias en la posguerra guatemalteca by Vaclav Masek

“…How do these movements draw on the most painful past as a source of inspiration to persist in their organizing, even in the face of systematic exclusion? …”
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Atmospheric Brown Carbon: Sources, Optical Properties, and Chromophore Composition by Ashmeet Kaur Alang, Shankar G. Aggarwal

“…This paper revises and expands a part of the prior database containing critical assessments of the primary and secondary sources, photochemistry of multi-phase chemical reactions involving BrC, potential candidate BrC chromophores, and recent studies on optical properties of BrC in the cryosphere, to draw lessons from recent advances that lead to improved BrC representation in the atmosphere.…”
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How does habit strength affect reactions to warning labels? evidence from Chinese consumers' choices of carbonated beverages. by Yulian Ding, Yue Yang, Yangyang Sun, Kevin Chen, Lianfeng Hu

“…This study employed a choice experiment to simulate the market scenario in which a text warning label was presented on SSBs. We draw a sample of 1200 participants from five major cities across China to analyze the warning label's effectiveness in reducing urban consumers' purchases of SSBs, with a particular emphasis on how an individual's habit strength affects their reaction to the warning label. …”
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Tracking the Economic Benefits Generated by the Hard Clam Aquaculture Industry in Florida by Charles Adams, Leslie Sturmer, Alan Hodges

“…All of this alludes to the economic importance of the hard clam culture industry which, through the cultivation process and sales of products, generates local income and taxes, creates jobs and businesses, and draws new money into the local economy, as cultured hard clams are sold to non-residents and buyers outside the region and state. …”
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Quelle réflexivité les étudiants ingénieurs ont-ils à propos de leurs pratiques d’apprentissage? Analyse d’écrits réflexifs et propositions pour le renforcement des capacités réfle... by Lucie Gouttenoire, Anaïs Loizon

“…In this paper, we want to draw a picture of agricultural engineering students’ reflective abilities by analysing written reflections they produced about their learning practices and process during a study course on economic and financial analysis. …”
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African indigenous knowledge (AIK) for environmental management and sustainable development: the role of Yoruba epistemology by Olawale R. Olaopa

“…This is done within the framework of African traditions and value systems to provide a strategy for mainstreaming IK in disaster management. It draws insight from cultural relativism theory as a theoretical framework that guides data analysis and interpretation. …”
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Improving Electric Vehicle Charging Station Efficiency through Pricing by Rick Wolbertus, Bas Gerzon

“…From these findings we draw implications for policy makers and charging point operators who aim to optimize the use of electric vehicle charging stations.…”
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Un patrimoine redécouvert : les dépôts du Centre national des arts plastiques à l’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (1809-1923) by Stéphane Allavena

“…Illustrations of this conclusion are to be seen in the number of models and plaster casts given to the school during the neo-classical period, the number of copies of paintings during the Second Empire—the logical consequence of the creation of painting ateliers in 1863—or the number of ornamental drawings during the Third Republic, destined to accompany the new courses in the decorative arts.…”
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"[T]hings among the ruins" : les choses contre le roc dans The Song of the Lark et The Professor’s House de Willa Cather by Céline Manresa

“…In order to face the alienating immensity of the landscape, Cather draws on the mediating power of material things and objects harboured in the cliff-dwellings. …”
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Datafied ageing futures: Regimes of anticipation and participatory futuring by Juliane Jarke, Helen Manchester

“…Central is the question of whether and how we can actually think (and imagine) outside of powerful anticipation regimes around the increasing spread and relevance of data-driven systems and/or ageist assumptions about how to ‘fix’ the problem of demographic ageing. We draw on data from a series of design fiction workshops with older adults, civil society organisations and civil servants in Germany, Austria and the UK. …”
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Ensuring the technological independence of oil and gas companies using patent analytics on the example of companies producing liquefied natural gas by A. T. Volkov, R. E. Shepelev

“…The study result is determination of industry leaders, and the most promising areas of research in the field of means and methods of liquefied natural gas transportation, methods of its liquefaction or curing, as well as storage equipment. The article draws conclusions about the most promising technologies and patent trends, such as the creation of mobile plants for production of liquefied natural gas , including the construction of its own fleet of gas carriers and floating plants for the gas liquefaction to provide access to the infrastructure of offshore fields. …”
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