‘A sort of breviary’: Arthur Symons, J. K. Huysmans and British Decadence by Matthew Creasy

“…Symons’s comparison of À rebours to the Catholic breviary is exemplary here: although he first formulated this during 1892, he did not arrive at the familiar form in which it has been so influential until 1908, at which point he had disavowed Decadence for Symbolism. Drawing on recent work by Vincent Sherry I argue that this textual crux has broader consequences for our understanding of the untimely nature of Decadence, especially as it was encountered by English-speaking British readers. …”
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Morphometrics and evolution: the challenge of crossing rugged phenotypic landscapes with straight paths by P. D. Polly

“…These examples are generalizable to many real morphometric studies, suggesting that care should be taken when drawing conclusions about genetic, developmental, or environmental processes based on morphometric analyses. …”
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‘Lockdown Work’ by Bianca Tame, Zukiswa Zanazo

“… This article explores domestic workers’ experiences of ‘lockdown work’, which refers to working conditions during the level 5 to level 3 lockdown period in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on in-depth interviews with female black African South African and African migrant domestic workers from Zimbabwe and Malawi, the article provides crucial insights into how the pandemic altered existing working conditions and employment relationships. …”
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Autoformation et numérique : pratiques des enseignants pendant et après la crise du covid-19 en France by Théo Martineaud

“…However, the self-training of teachers in and with digital technologies remains underexplored. Drawing on definitions from education and training sciences but with an information and communication sciences perspective, we analyze the forms that teachers’ self-training practices in and with these technologies have taken through two sets of semi-structured interviews conducted with elementary school teachers and principals in 2021 (n=72) and 2022 (n=46). …”
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Talking Past Each Other: Politics of Knowledge Production in Transnational Power Relations by Nader Talebi

“…Tracing such complexities is followed by a discussion on colonial legacies in academic discourses in Germany, on the one hand, and oppressive regimes’ appropriation of anti-colonial efforts in the Middle East, on the other. By drawing on examples from teaching, research and public discussions, the article demarcates a ‘reorientalist’ tendency in migration studies, which renders Middle Eastern people mere victims of colonial intervention, casting them as passive subaltern subjects, and reproducing a Eurocentric gaze with a decolonial façade. …”
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Understanding game data work by Heikki Tyni, Olli Sotamaa, Taina Myöhänen

“…Through in-depth interviews with 20 Finnish game industry professionals and an analysis of game industry job advertisements, this paper examines the work and identity of game industry data workers. Drawing from scholarship focused on game production, game work, and data labour, this article argues that organisational practices surrounding data professionals reveal the centrality of high-level data work in game studios focused on live service games and that data work is now performed not just by data analysts, but by the entire staff and management. …”
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Practice to Theory: Making Connections Between Assessment and Evaluation Through a Reflective Practice Assignment in the Bachelor of Education Program by Terri Jackson

“…The purpose of the shift is to help support teacher candidates in drawing connections between their assessment practices on placement and assessment theory and policy. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Early STEM Education on Science and Visual Literacy by Moleboheng Ramulumo

“…This study aims to investigate the influence of early STEM education on science and visual literacy in South African educational contexts. Drawing upon the post-positivist paradigm and Mayer's cognitive theory of multimedia learning, this research employed a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, integrating autoethnography to engage with lived experiences during my master's and doctoral studies. …”
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Rigid-flexible Coupling Modeling and Fault Characteristic Simulation Research of Planetary Transmission System by Zihan Wang, Fuzhou Feng, Hua Cong, Jie Wang

“…It is verified that the rigid-flexible coupling model has more obvious vibration response in the time and frequency domain than the pure rigid body model. By drawing the stress change curve of the dangerous node， the equivalent stress distribution cloud graph at the time of the maximum stress is obtained. …”
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Resilience of the samin community in the face of climate change in Java Island, Indonesia by Wibowo Agung, Wardojo Waskito Widi, Rahmanto Andre Noevi, Candrakirana Rosita

“…The analysis combines the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing of a conclusion in a repetitive, cyclic way. …”
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Chuma Ulete: Business and Discourses of Witchcraft in Neoliberal Tanzania by Jacqueline H. Mgumia

“…Witchcraft discourses linked to the business sector have emerged side by side with the increased liberalization of public spaces and media. Drawing from an ethnographic study of 52 adolescents with small businesses in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a Foucauldian analysis of popular discourses on witchcraft and business, I attempt here to make sense of why witchcraft is invoked in a sector that is conventionally viewed as the realm of economic rationality in neoliberal discourses. …”
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Beyond Risk: How the Z Generation Resist the Temptation of Online Games by Sri Ayu Evianti, Dien Vidia Rosa

“…This study investigates how Generation Z navigates the allure of online gaming, resists temptations, and manages associated risks. Drawing upon Ulrich Beck's Risk Society theory and employing ethnographic methods, the research examines the decision-making processes of Generation Z players. …”
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The impact of the centralized volume-based procurement policy on Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing firms' R&D investment: A difference-in-differences approach. by Fangjun Qiu, Shouming Chen, Yujia Li, Xianjing Wang, Mengfei Zhu

“…China's centralized volume-based procurement (CVBP) implemented in 2018 provides an ideal quasi-natural experiment to evaluate the effect of centralized procurement on the R&D investment of the firms. Drawing data from listed manufacturing firms in China's A-share market (2015-2020), the results from a difference-in-differences analysis with different model specifications indicate that the CVBP significantly promotes the pharmaceutical manufacturing firms' R&D investment. …”
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Kota ramah anak: konstelasi implementasi kebijakan perlindungan anak di kota Jambi by Riri Maria Fatriani, Dodi Al Vayed, Reza Amarta Prayoga

“…Data processing techniques used by the author through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the escalation of violence against children in Jambi has increased, especially neglect and physical violence. …”
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Tackling Online Troublemakers Through an Experimental Administrative Law Approach: A Local Solution to a Global Problem? by Willem Bantema

“…Recent incidents in the Netherlands, such as the curfew riots and unauthorised social media gatherings, highlight the urgent need for adaptive legal tools that address the blurred boundaries between physical and virtual public domains. This paper, drawing on empirical research and legal analyses conducted between 2018 and 2023, examines the potential for extending mayoral powers to the digital realm. …”
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The Creature Becomes a Monster: by Jainab Tabassum Banu

“…I argue that though the creature is artificially created by Frankenstein, the disabled monster is the byproduct of sociocultural stigma and oppression. Drawing from Feminist Disability Studies, I demonstrate how societal norms and expectations shape the experiences of disabled individuals, particularly in relation to gendered expectations. …”
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Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations by Eline Waerp

“…This paper examines how Scandinavian border and coast guards seconded to Frontex operations understand their participation in them. Drawing on interviews with Swedish and Danish border and coast guards, the paper introduces the notion of Nordic exceptionalism in order to explain how they view their contribution to Frontex operations as positive for Frontex, other member states, and refugees and migrants themselves. …”
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The Ambivalent Representation of the Orient in T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935) by Sonia Lamrani

“…This paper will focus on one of these travel accounts, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (1935), written by Thomas Edward Lawrence also known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. Drawing upon postcolonial literary criticism, this paper will show the way Lawrence simultaneously reaffirms and rejects the imperialist and colonialist discourse in his portrayals. …”
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The model of international relations in the Baltic Sea region: political shifts and current challenges by Zhukovsky I. I.

“…The study builds on the tradition of historical and political analysis of regions as agents in the international relations system, drawing on relevant documents and materials from international organisations, foreign ministries and other authorities of the Baltic Sea region states. …”
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Leadership in Urban Commoning: Why Bridging Social Capital Matters? by Adam Polko, Artur Ochojski, Małgorzata Czornik

“…Thus, in the paper we develop the concept of leadership in urban commoning, drawing from place-based leadership but also building on original elements such as a priority for the leader in creating bridging social capital. …”
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