Income and inequality elasticity of poverty: The case of CESEE countries by Stankov Dejan

“…This contribution is based on an empirical analysis of the Central and South-Eastern Europe (CESEE) countries, drawing on the latest years’ official data. …”
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Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…Although the dominant narratives in the world of academia are from the vantage points of primarily white males from the West (Europe and the United States), there is an alternative narrative that is being discussed in many parts of the world that is challenging the colonial perspectives of the West. …”
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The House of European History: Pöttering’s Elite-Level Impact in shaping European Identity by Jennifer Ostojski

“…It has sparked an array of scholarship that speaks to the power of the museum, its ability to create a master narrative for the European people, and the varying omissions and choices made in telling Europe’s history. While European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering receives credit for originating the museum, little scholarship speaks to his ideas regarding European Union integration, community, and its identity – even though, elite leader ideas are recognized in nationalism studies as instrumental in the making of an identity. …”
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Les enjeux de la nouvelle presse économique dans l’Espagne des années 1980 by Chantal Chartier

“…Thèse réalisée sous la direction de Jean-Claude Rabaté et soutenue le 4 décembre 2010 à l’Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 (École Doctorale 122, Europe latine-Amérique latine) devant un jury composé également de Mmes Marie-Claude Chaput, Marie Franco, Matilde Alonso. …”
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Interpretation possibilities of Middle Neolithic cave usage patterns by Gizella Kovács

“…In addition, a brief overview is given of the diverse ways of how caves were used throughout Europe, organised according to three main aspects (economic, burial, and ritual), which may help get one closer to understanding the prehistoric use of the Baradla Cave. …”
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Vılçıtrın Sancağı’nda Beylik Yapmış Mihaloğlu Akıncıları ve Faaliyetleri by Rahman ŞAHİN

“…With the expansion of the borders of the state, the raiders expanded their activities towards the interior of Europe and spread all over the Balkan geography. Among the families of the raiders who took charge in certain areas, the most famous ones were Malkoçoğulları, Mihaloğulları, Evrenosoğulları and Turahanoğulları. …”
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Cinquante ans depuis la révolution des œillets by Lincoln Secco, Osvaldo Coggiola

“…Its political actors, from the MFA to the extreme left, were forced to improvise political responses to events that often overtook them. In Europe and around the world, it was seen as a continuation of the wave that began in 1968, both in the East and in the West. …”
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Receptiveness to Flexible Employment at Hungarian SMEs by Ákos Essősy, Tamás Vinkóczi

“…Hungary is one of the less innovative countries in Europe. Only organisations that can integrate new solutions smoothly into their everyday operations will remain truly competitive. …”
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A Conditioned Exchange by Fredrik Torisson

“…The emergence of financial institutions such as the exchanges or bourses of northern Europe in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries made possible the emergence of speculation in financial instruments. …”
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Pillbug, Roly-Poly, Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille) (Malacostraca: Isopoda: Armadillidiidae) by Julie A. Franklin, Morgan A. Byron, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

“…This defensive behavior also makes it look like a pill, which is why it is sometimes called a pillbug. In Europe, the name woodlouse is used for both roly polies and sowbugs because these arthropods are frequently found under logs. …”
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Documentation et conservation-restauration d’un autel bouddhique en bois laqué et doré, provenant du Japon by Violaine Brard

“…Examinations  showed that the altar with its original Japanese wooden support and polychromy showes over paints that have been applied in Europe  during the nineteenth century. These over paints demonstrate its laborious (?) …”
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Downy Mildew of Basil in South Florida by Shouan Zhang, Jaimin S. Patel, Zelalem Mersha, Pamela D. Roberts, Richard Raid

“…This new destructive disease was first detected in south Florida in 2007 and has since spread to at least 42 states in the United States as well as many countries throughout Europe and Africa. This revised 3-page fact sheet describes downy mildew of basil, including its symptoms and ways to control the disease. …”
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Aviation Developers Worldwide: Constructors and Aviators (1900–1914) by Guenther Sollinger

“…Despite speculations long back in history, heavier-than air flight made its breakthrough during the first decade of the 20th century, based on the designs and practical experiments of at first a handful of constructors in Europe and the United States. Already by early 1911, the activities of several thousand aviators, including the constructors of airplanes, attracted not only wide public attention but also the interest of military establishments. …”
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Des structures inconciliables ? Cartographie comparée des chartes et des édifices « romans » (Xe –XIIIe siècles) by Nicolas Perreaux

“…By varying scales of observation, from the current Burgundy to the whole of Europe, the text shows a close correlation between the two structures: the existence of a large number of charters for the tenth and eleventh centuries (sometimes XII century) allows fairly reliably predict the presence of a large number of Romanesque buildings. …”
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Zaolzie (Olsaland) 1945. On Polish historiography and historiographical controversions by Krzysztof Nowak

“…Because of the political situation, the objective reconstruction of the last conflict, started in the May 1945, was until the changes in Central Eastern Europe in 1989 impossible. The real breakthrough was the book of Marek Kamiński Polish Czechoslovak political relations 1945–1948 edited in 1990, which opened up a discussion about this forgotten period. …”
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Congresos criminológicos internacionales y su impacto en los códigos penales de América Latina (1870–1945) by Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta

“… Departing from the analysis of different international congresses concerning criminal issues carried out between 1870 and 1945 mostly in Europe, the article traces the expansion of the category of »dangerousness« (estado de peligrosidad) in Latin America at discursive and normative levels. …”
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Consensus Over Political Divisions: Polish Input in the Debate on Multiculturalism and Immigration to the European Union by Jerzy Ciechański

“…The present article documents that transpolitical consensus, tracing its roots back to the historical experience specific to Poland and Central Europe. …”
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PRESENT-DAY MISSION PARTNERSHIPS by C van Engen

“…Currently, as many full-time cross-cultural missionaries are sent and supported by churches in Asia, Africa and Latin America as those sent from Europe and North America. In this new reality, there is an urgent need to discover and create new patterns of missionary partnership among Christians worldwide. …”
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Positive psychology and tourism: a systematic literature review by Soraia Garcês, Margarida Pocinho, Saul Neves Jesus, Michael Stephen Rieber

“…Results showed a recent increase in studies focused on the relationship between the variables, Europe being in the lead. Overall, policies are important for tourism development; tourism promotes wellbeing for residents and tourists; entrepreneurs have an innovative opportunity in wellbeing; and nature is linked to wellbeing. …”
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Portuguese knowledge intensive business services: What do we know about them? by Luísa Carvalho, Sandra Pinto

“…In Europe, most of the earlier studies applied to KIBS (knowledge intensive business services) were developed in North European countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, UK or German) where that research is already consistent and widespread. …”
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