IMPACT OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES SAVINGS SCHEME IN RURAL FINANCE: SOME EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Onafowokan O. Oluyombo

“…The study used the data from interviews and focus group discussions from randomly selected members of cooperative societies in six local governments. The data are analzed using percentages, content analysis and quotation. …”
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Erasing Synapses in Sleep: Is It Time to Be SHY? by Marcos Gabriel Frank

“…What is the cellular mechanism governing SHY? How does it fit with what we know about plasticity mechanisms in the brain? …”
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Professional Disease Management Guide for Ornamental Plants by S. D. Bledsoe, Phil F. Harmon, Robert J. McGovern

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Constructing the Green Campus within the Internet of Things Architecture by Hsing-I Wang

“…In order to have a sustainable earth, governments around the world put a lot of efforts to advocate the reduction of carbon production as well as to emphasize the benefits of reducing the consumption of energy. …”
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The transition of food systems towards sustainability: The role of digitalization by Gianluca Brunori

“…Challenges such as the risk of exacerbating inequalities and the necessity for comprehensive governance to mitigate negative effects are discussed. …”
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User-Generated Translation Community in Online Video Streaming: The Social-Digital Dynamics of YouTube-Focused Fansubbing Channels on Bilibili by Sijing Lu

“…Nevertheless, the channel’s adherence to regulatory frameworks governing online streaming and the unofficially sanctioned status of YouTube within China imply a heteronomous principle of hierarchy within the fan subtitling ecosystem.…”
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From Commons to Capital: The Creative Destruction of Coastal Real Estate, Environments, and Communities in the US South by Andrew W. Kahrl

“…This essay uses a case study of Daufuskie Island, a barrier island on the South Carolina coast, to demonstrate the ties that bound capital accumulation, racial injustice, and environmental degradation together in the making of the modern South, and to call attention to the critical role of local governments in facilitating the most predatory and unsustainable features of real estate capitalism. …”
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Hegelian Practical Freedom and Nature by Nicolás García Mills

“…In section II, I argue that the will, on that account, qualifies for Hegel as natural in the following two respects: First, in the good or virtuous case, our responsiveness to ethical requirements exhibits features similar to the lawlike behavior of subhuman denizens of the natural world and other law-governed natural processes. Second, our capacity for practical freedom emerges through processes of habituation from the exercises of capacities that we share with other animals. …”
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Sexualité préconjugale, souillure et reconstruction de soi. Les adolescentes au prisme d’une politique du corps féminin en Tunisie by Meryem Sellami

“…Through the course of ethnographic research started over a decade ago about women’ bodies in Tunisia, this article suggests that the way to realize the imperative to control these women’ sexuality is found at the heart of a body politics that targets exclusively the governance of feminine gender. This politics articulates in particular the perpetuation of virginal norm for women. …”
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A Simplified Method for Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforcement Used in Pile Supported Embankments by Kang Fei

“…Based on the numerical results, a new 3D deflected shape of the geosynthetic reinforcement was suggested, and then the corresponding governing equation was derived and solved based on the membrane theory. …”
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The coloniser or the missionary? Identity crisis as a conflict in Biblical reception among the Agikuyu of Central Kenya by R. Muya

“… The Bible was a new phenomenon among African cultures that treasure the oral traditions governing their moral and spiritual life. Many African communities were reluctant to welcome the biblical discourse because it not only disagreed with traditonal African religious practices, but it was also imposed on them by foreigners laden with negative political motives. …”
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The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) by Oscar Wilde: Conformity and Resistance in Victorian Society by Brigitte Bastiat

“…Oscar Wilde was gay in a society stifled by social conventions and governed by very tough laws on homosexuality. Nevertheless, some critics have argued that the playwright dared include homosexual connotations in the text. …”
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Les mécanismes législatifs de l’autoritarisme algérien face au hirak : entre répression de la mobilisation et prévention de toute organisation du mouvement by Massensen Cherbi

“…In addition, Ordinance No. 21-08 of 8 June 2021 more broadly and severely criminalized the demands of the movement, extending the qualification of terrorist act and sabotage to the fact of “striving or inciting, by any means, to access power or change the system of governance by non-constitutional means” (Penal Code, art. 87 bis, para. 14).…”
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Contribuições da Filosofia de Giorgio Agamben à Leitura do Caso Justransicional Colombiano by Fernando Cardoso, Jessyca Iasmim de Souza

“…Through reflections built on Agamben’s philosophy, it is believed that the Colombian legal-political context perpetuates markers of totalitarianism based on norms and on the relationship between rulers and governed. The existence of aspects related to political- constitutional instability directly interferes with the way in which the State acts in relation to the dialogue with its people and, in the Colombian case, makes it impossible to affirm a full juridical framework. …”
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Ennahdha et les salafistes : la construction relationnelle de la « modération » by Théo Blanc

“…A governing Islamist party, Ennahdha seems to perfectly fit the model predicted by the moderation theory according to which political inclusion generates ‘moderate’ actors. …”
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Théorie de la régulation et histoire du droit :un croisement fertile by Samuel Klebaner

“…In developing concepts like multinormativity, governance, science of regulation and law as communication, we show how the research of this school can both inspired the RT in exploring new dimensions, or in going beyond the State-centered approach of institutional dynamics.…”
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Positive Position Feedback Control for High-Amplitude Vibration of a Flexible Beam to a Principal Resonance Excitation by Li Jun

“…The perturbation method of multiple scales is employed to find the general nonlinear response of the system and four first-order differential equations governing the amplitudes and phases of the responses are derived. …”
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Professional Disease Management Guide for Ornamental Plants by S. D. Bledsoe, Phil F. Harmon, Robert J. McGovern

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Political Communication and the Nigerian Democratic Experiment: Critical Insights from Yorùbá Philosophy by Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

“…This essay therefore deploys Yorùbá philosophical insights underlying the creation, distribution, use and control of information as a political resource that could be adopted by governments, organizations, the media, and individuals in Nigeria. …”
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How do inside directors affect corporate R&D investment? The moderating role of CEO equity incentives. by Jianqing Zhou, Yulian Peng

“…These findings extend the scope of research on the economic consequences of inside directors and have important implications for the optimization and adjustment of corporate governance policies.…”
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