QUALITY OF ECONOMIC SPACE: MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS AT THE MESO-LEVEL by A. A. Urunov, L. F. Levina, V. A. Ostapenko

“…In order to determine the integral indicator of the standard of living and the quality of the economic space, the method of a systematic approach has been applied, which allowed the authors to justify and identify the system-forming indicators of the quality of the ec onomic space and the features of the relationship between them. …”
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Byli powstańcy styczniowi jako prezydenci i burmistrzowie miast galicyjskich by Sabina Rejman

“…They held important political functions at the country and state level, they were socially active and they were successful in their professional lives. Their courage, commitment to serving the public and resourcefulness in action were appreciated by the society, which expressed its gratitude in various forms (occasional appearances, manifest funerals, patronage of streets, monuments). …”
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What’s going on at the bus stop? The impact of Auckland’s real time passenger information system on patrons timespace perceptions by Phillipa Mitchell

“…It explores how individuals’ travel experiences are being shaped by interface the RTPISP System provides between the ubiquitous computing background and individuals’ everyday lives. This paper proposes that such technologies are causing more than just the compression of space by time. …”
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Building Resiliency in Community Development: The Experiences of Women in Rural Communities in Ghana by Charles Gyan, Jacob Kwakye

“…This research enriches our understanding of resilience by highlighting authentic sources rooted in the lived experiences of Ghanaian women, challenging conventional perceptions and emphasizing both individual and community‐level factors.…”
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Du port du turban à l’arbitrage religieux : les limites du multiculturalisme canadien comme projet de société by Sandrine Tolazzi

“…Since it was adopted as government policy in 1971, Canadian multiculturalism has always tried to steer between the need to respect the different communities living in the country and the necessity of maintaining unity. …”
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Entre conflits et pouvoir : le rôle des Africaines-Américaines dans la création des associations féminines noires (1890-1960) by Christine Dualé

“…From the very beginning, the racial hierarchy structured African American women’s lives. They were persuaded they were inferior beings thus, they integrated such incapacity. …”
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Dez anos de Seattle, o movimento antiglobalização e a ação coletiva transnacional by Breno Bringel, Enara Echart Muñoz

“…Our hypothesis is that during those years, the ntiglobalization movement has shown an important ability to organize, mobilize and infl uence in the international scene, and that it is currently living a stage of crisis as an actor, but with a large part of its legacy having being made into a new framework for transnational collective action. …”
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Écrire aujourd’hui à Rabat et à Casablanca : Témoigner et « laisser trace » by Anouk Cohen

“…In 1999, the publishing house Tarik was founded in the specific context when men and women between 18 and 65 years of age, mostly living in Rabat and Casablanca, started to write their life stories. …”
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Die klassieke retoriek as basis vir hedendaagse openbare spraakkommunikasieleerinhoude by Frederick Terblanche

“… This article explores a number of characteristics of the conceptual structure and teaching of classical rhetoric, and indicates that the subject contents of rhetoric were based at the outset on certain principles and con texts of public communication events in the world in which people lived. This approach to the identification of the subject contents of oral communication has not changed substantially over time, nor have the basic categories by which public communication was originally distinguished as a field of study. …”
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Los nahuas de Tzintzuntzan-Huitzitzilan, Michoacán: historia, mito y legitimación de un señorío prehispánico by Hans Roskamp

“…Modern historiography on 15th and early 16th century Michoacán emphasizes the political-economical success of the Tarascans and their uacúsecha lineage but pays relatively little attention to other ethnic groups that lived in the region. This article deals with the nature and strength of the historical traditions of the Nahuas in Michoacán, paying special attention to the case of Tzintzuntzan-Huitzitzilan, a place which at the time of the Spanish conquest was the capital of the uacúsecha señorío. …”
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Femmes, artistes et immigrantes : la discrimination multiple à l’égard des écrivaines contemporaines de la diaspora africaine by Zoly Rakotoniera Rakotondravelo

“…Indeed, much of contemporary African writing emanates from writers living and working outside the countries in which they were born. …”
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Mujeres y liturgia parroquial by Raquel Torres Jiménez

“…This paper analyses some aspects of the religious life of common secular women, neither religious nor wealthy ─a topic rarely addressed in historiography─, living in rural villages of the Calatrava lordship in Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries. …”
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Dead Collections by Mary Snyder Broussard

“…This article compares and connects the fictional story in Dead Collections to the growing body of literature on library workers with disabilities and chronic illness, particularly articles that give voice to those with relevant lived experiences. Highlights of this discussion include the topics of non-apparent illnesses, disclosure, passing, reactions to disability among coworkers and supervisors, and the promises and disappointments of the Americans with Disabilities Act. …”
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Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“… The essay reflects on the processes of redefining the forms of living in a rural community, Trequanda (in the province of Siena), which has experienced a partial repopulation since the 1970s with the arrival of individuals (couples and families of various ages) from diverse socio-cultural and geographical backgrounds. …”
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The imitative behaviour of children and chimpanzees: A window on the transmission of cultural traditions by Mark Nielsen

“…An array of behaviours indicative of cultural variation has been identified in chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, that has yet to be found in any other nonhuman animal. …”
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Conceptual analysis of the relationship between culture and education by Monika Veronika, Firman Firman, Riska Ahmad

“…Education is the process by which each person is civilized, which is created by a great desire to learn, which is created to become a full member of a community, living and upholding the values expressed in a specific culture by a group of people. …”
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A vampire and a damsel in distress by Michele Tager, Lauren Nell

“…Within the context of postfeminist views of gender roles, this article explores how selected female South African viewers’ between the ages of 18 and 45 living in Johannesburg perceived the romance between Edward and Bella in the film Twilight (2008). …”
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Definition of Guideline-Based Metrics to Evaluate AAL Ecosystem’s Usability by Carlos Romeiro, Pedro Araújo

“…In the past few years, there has been a close collaboration between both the scientific and industry communities to provide feasible solutions capable of addressing the growing demands from people with special needs, namely, in terms of assistance and improvement of their overall life quality, which promoted to the development of the ambient assisted living (AAL). Despite the general consensus regarding its positive impact in the user’s daily life, several challenges compromise their overall adoption. …”
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De l’individuel au collectif, des mythes aux pratiques by Véronique Zamant

“…The results raised questions concerning the aesthetic, political and eco-symbolic relations established by the inhabitants with their living environment, on the one hand, and on the other hand, made it possible to draw a map of a “cultural landscape” as perceived by the inhabitants. …”
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American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges by Cassandra Falke

“…The article closes with three generalizations about the landscape of American studies teaching in Norway today related to America as a political imaginary, internationalization within American studies as a discipline, and the presumed relationship between American literature and lived experience of the culture. …”
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