“Writing is challenging”: factors contributing to undergraduate students’ difficulties in writing English essays by Tri Nurilah Febriani

“…Framed in a narrative inquiry, 33 students and one lecturer volunteered to participate. …”
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Rebalancing the Economy, Refurbishing the State: The Political Economic Logic of Sino-Capitalism in Contemporary China by Christopher A. McNally

“…This is not just because of China’s sheer size and international economic influence, but also because China’s form of capitalism – Sino-capitalism – opens up new avenues for theoretical inquiry in CC. Specifically, Sino-capitalism’s constitution demonstrates the importance of Régulation Theory’s more open and evolutionary approach to understanding CC.Sino-capitalism conceives China’s political economy as driven by the dialectic of top-down state-centric modes of governance interacting with bottom-up networked modes of entrepreneurship based on market competition. …”
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Engaged learners, enhanced vocabulary? A qualitative analysis of Indonesian L2 engagement through self-made video projects by Kurniawati Lemmuela Alvita, Widodo Pratomo, Andriyanti Erna

“…Employing a qualitative inquiry, this study involved 12 Indonesian L2 learners attending an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Vocabulary in Context course at a private university in Indonesia. …”
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From Blank Canvas to Masterwork: Creating a Professional Practice Model at a Magnet Hospital by Lynda J. Dimitroff, Donna M. Tydings, Sue Nickoley, Lynn W. Nichols, Maureen E. Krenzer

“…Methods. Qualitative inquiry with focus groups was conducted to explore RNs values and beliefs about their professional practice. …”
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Valuing students’ mindsets in essay compositions: Active learning and feedback approaches by Aisah Apridayani, Budi Waluyo

“…During a 12-week course, 91 undergraduate students engaged in writing various types of academic essays, receiving iterative feedback and participating in collaborative writing tasks aimed at enhancing both technical proficiency and metacognitive awareness. Employing narrative inquiry, the study analyzed students' reflective essays to identify the key factors shaping their mindsets. …”
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Cybersecurity Infrastructure Compliance Key Factors to Detect and Mitigate Malware Attacks in SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review by Adnan Bin Amanat Ali, Ramesh Kumar Ayyasamy, Rehan Akbar, Abdulkarim Kanaan Jebna, Kiran Adnan

“…Through this systematic inquiry, we have successfully identified the vulnerabilities and mitigation factors to deal with malware attacks. …”
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Les capitales des cités gauloises, simulacra Romae ? by Michel Reddé

“…Does the classic notion of the Mediterranean town, the model of urbanism for the new civitas-capitals founded by Rome in the provinces after the Conquest, respond to an archaeological reality or is it an ‘‘Idealtyp’’? The archaeological inquiry presented here shows that, at least in Gallia Comata, the rise of new civitas-capitals is not an uniform phenomenon and that several factors played a decisive part in this process: the Protohistoric legacy, which needs to be profoundly re-evaluated in relation to our traditional vision, the dynamic relating to urban development prior to the Conquest, the place of large late Iron Age sanctuaries, the establishment of the new road network which altered the earlier geographical and economic balance, the involvement of local elites, their degree of integration into the new Roman political structures and their wealth which determined their capacity for euergetism. …”
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A comprehensive analysis of stable configurations of nonrotating BTZ-ModMax thin-shell wormholes by Faisal Javed, Arfa Waseem, Sobia Sadiq, G. Mustafa

“…These findings deepen our comprehension of thin-shell wormholes and create new possibilities for future inquiry in theoretical physics.…”
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Preface to Special Issue in Honor of Carlos Castillo-Chavez by Simon A. Levin

“…A little more than a quarter-century ago, I received an inquiry from a young Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Tulsa, the honoree of this volume, Carlos Castillo-Chavez. …”
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Know Your Client and Know Your Team: A Complexity Inspired Approach to Understanding Safe Transitions in Care by Deborah Tregunno

“…Methods. The Appreciative Inquiry approach was used to guide interviews with sixty-six healthcare providers from a variety of practice settings. …”
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Improvement of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease treatment by P. I. Seliverstov, V. G. Radchenko

“…Before and after treatment course general examination was performed, including: inquiry and physical examination, clinical and biochemical blood tests, FibroMax tests, large intestine contents culture, bioimpedance analysis of componental body composition, ultrasound investigation of abdominal organs.Results. …”
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Application of genome tagging technology in elucidating the function of sperm-specific protein 411 (Ssp411) by Xue-Hai Zhou, Min-Min Hua, Jia-Nan Tang, Bang-Guo Wu, Xue-Mei Wang, Chang-Gen Shi, Yang Yang, Jun Wu, Bin Wu, Bao-Li Zhang, Yi-Si Sun, Tian-Cheng Zhang, Hui-Juan Shi

“…Nevertheless, rigorous further inquiry is imperative to elucidate the precise mechanistic underpinnings of these functions. …”
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A Critical Review of the Book Curriculum in Secondary School by Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini

“…Therefore, a combination of a critical book review, critical philosophical inquiry, and critical educational criticism methods was used. …”
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MUBEM & SAC: STEM Based Science and Nature Camp by Hasan Zuhtu Okulu, Ayse Oguz-Unver, Sertac Arabacioglu

“…The idea behind the MUBEM & SAC: STEM based science and nature camp was a transformation of scientific knowledge into artifacts using the engineering design process and scientific inquiry. The goals of the camp were developing an integrative science perspective in accordance with the nature of STEM education, supporting career choices of participants for STEM fields, experiencing outdoor learning environments and researches with real scientists, internalizing engineering design process by creating artifacts, and comprehending interaction with nature and science. …”
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Understanding teacher identity construction through hybridity theory: a case study of a Chinese-Canadian teaching English in China by Angel Zhao, Yuehai Xiao

“…Consequently, this case study draws on the theory of hybridity from sociology and uses narrative inquiry and interviews to explore the evolution of a Chinese-Canadian English teacher, Sally, in constructing her teacher identity, which includes both achievements and challenges. …”
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Evaluating Sustainability: A Comparison of Carbon Footprint Metrics Evaluation Criteria by Mahima Chaurasia, Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava and Suraj Prakash Yadav

“…Carbon footprints of companies and items were analyzed, and their objectives, ideas, topics of inquiry, calculation techniques, data choices, and additional elements were investigated. …”
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Settlement of Dispute on Murabahah Financing with Default Customer by Nawir Yuslem, Mhd. Yadhi Harahap, Darmansyah Hasibuan

“…The research model (mode of inquiry) of this study is qualitative. The preliminary step in this research is a conceptual approach with normative legal research methods. …”
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Menumbuhkan Sikap Sosial Emosional EMC2 Terhadap Psychological Well-Being pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar by Nur Faizah, Irmawati Liliana

“…This research aims to foster social emotional attitudes EMC2 (Emphaty, Mindfulness, Compassion, Critical Inquiry) and photograph the process of implementing approaches to psychological well-being in English language learning. …”
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A Critical Study of the Book From Crisis to Collapse, Exploration of the Permanence or Collapse of Political Systems by Ebrahim Taheri

“…The book From Crisis to Collapse: An Inquiry into the Persistence or Collapse of Political Systems is written with this approach in mind, which will be reviewed and criticized in this study. …”
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RESPONSES OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TO POOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN GOMBE METROPOLIS, NORTH EAST NIGERIA, 1963-2013 by UMAR ZUBAIRU, MISBAHU SA’IDU

“…A historical method of inquiry based on the use of primary and secondary sources was adopted. …”
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