Effective Participation in the International Monitoring of the UNCRPD? The Experience of the Disability Movement from Three Case Studies in Europe by Hanxu Liu

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Exploring the Potential of Research–Practice Partnerships to Support State Education Leaders as Agents of Change by Hannah Goldstein, Hayley Weddle

“…State education agencies have increasing influence over educational policy and practice, with responsibilities ranging from vision setting to monitoring compliance with accountability policy. Although state education agency leaders are well positioned to advance change, capacity building at this level of the education system has been traditionally limited. …”
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Ecritures autobiographiques, remémoration et enjeux symboliques by Christine Plasse-Bouteyre

“…We will focus ourselves on the status of the autobiography in the intellectual production of professors and on its symbolic, social and cultural dimensions. We wish to account for the social conditions of production of biographical discourses, the mental schemes guiding the presentation of the self and the self-definition of professors in writings of personal and recollective claim. …”
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“Defendendo” a sociedade: um estudo sobre as trajetórias de oito juízes by Ricardo Visser, Gustavo Siqueira

“…In order to do so, we concentrated ourselves on three main analytical dimensions: a) firstly, we addressed their social origin through the familial milieu; b) we then investigated their narratives on the civil service examination and professional expectations; c) we finally analyzed their stances on national politics and current public policies. Taking into account quantitative data and also our qualitative research, it was observed that there is a correspondence between both analytical levels which leads to the perception that judges are mainly recruited in the middle and upper middle classes. …”
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TV Viewing by Children During Times of Conflict by Millie Ferrer

“…The continuous bombardment of the latest accounts of what is happening in the world can add to children’s fear, confusion, and stress. …”
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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

“…To explore these dynamics, the article employs witness accounts from African scholars, intertextual analysis of texts regarding Agikuyu because of the initial challenge of distinguishing British colonialists from missionaries. …”
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Florida Wetlands: Extension Web Site by Mark Clark

“… Wetlands cover almost 30% of the state of Florida and account for just over 10% of the remaining wetland area in the lower 48 United States. …”
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Student Adaptation to Digital Assessment in Online Learning by Daniel Domínguez, Inés Gil-Jaurena

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L’odeur de l’axé by Arnaud Halloy

“…Drawing on the “olfactography” of the sacrificial rite of the Xangô Cult, my aim is to account for what smells do to rituals and the people who take part in them. …”
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The Cultural Economy Moment? by Flew Terry

“…The paper draws upon Michel Foucault’s lectures on neo-liberalism to indicate that there are significant problems with the neo-Marxist account hat became hegemonic over the 2000s. The paper concludes by identifying areas such as the value of information, the value of networks, motivations for participation in online social networks, and the impact of business cycles on cultural sectors as areas of potentially fruitful inter-disciplinary engagement around the nature of cultural economy.…”
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A decade of open access policy at the Gates Foundation based on experimentation, evidence and evolution by Ashley Farley

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The agronomic mechanism of root lodging resistance and yield stability for sweet corn in response to planting density and nitrogen rates at different planting dates by Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Hailong Chang, Hailong Chang, Hongrong Chen, Hongrong Chen, Qingdan Wu, Qingdan Wu, Yuanxia Qin, Zhuqing Wang, Gang Wang, Xuhui Li, Weiwei Chen, Jiantao Wu, Jiantao Wu, Qinnan Wang, Jianqiang Wang, Jianqiang Wang

“…These observations may account for the resistance of the roots to lodging in this treatment. …”
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Parametric study and energy evaluation of the effect of double glazing on the efficiency of a solar panel by Ahliouati Mohamed, El Otmani Rabie, Kandoussi Khalid, Boutaous M’Hamed

“…An energy balance incorporating various energy parameters was employed, taking into account the influence of external meteorological parameters. …”
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Typologie des auréoles bocagères en milieu rural by Ion Lucian Ceapraz, Elisa Marraccini, Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent-Mercadal, Antoine Lacheré, Marie-Cécile Lombart, Sylvane Rava, Anne Combaud

“…The study reveals the importance of taking into account the historical background of the territory and the shortcomings of a statistical method which does not provide a sufficiently detailed picture of the local landscape.…”
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DO FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AFFECT PRICE DISCOVERY? EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE CROSS-LISTED STOCKS by Yen-Sheng Lee, Yi-Heng Tseng

“…The cross-sectional regression results indicate that the effective spread that proxies for the liquidity factor partially accounts for the speed of price adjustment. Our study adds to the existing literature on the price discovery process within Chinese stock markets. …”
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Platitudes and opacity: Explaining philosophical uncertainty by Eriksson John, Francén Ragnar

“…This, we argue, is a kind of fundamental philosophical uncertainty, and we develop an account of fundamental uncertainty (for both philosophical and other issues). …”
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Polymorphism of genes and drug-induced liver injury by P. Ye. Tkachenko, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The perspective trends in diagnostics based on application of molecular genetic methods are taken into account as well.Conclusion. Studies of genetic polymorphism of enzymes and transporters involved in xenobiotic metabolism in the liver, looks to be perspective. …”
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Quelle place pour les rivières dans la petite ville en changement ? Regards d’acteurs institutionnels sur les paysages de rivières urbaines en Maine-et-Loire by Victor Imbert-Bossard, Nathalie Carcaud, Véronique Beaujouan

“…The results highlight the different ways in which the presence of rivers is taken into account in urban planning and the difficulties encountered by those involved in implementing projects. …”
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Conservation et transformation du patrimoine vivant by Pierre-Marie Tricaud

“…The jury’s reports, the account and the discussions during this viva were less interested in this overall position, upon which opinions seem to be divided, than on the terms of the implementation of this transmission-transformation – which were supposed to be developed in the last part of this thesis, from the four case studies (vineyards of the worldwide heritage, Loire Valley, roads, the Bièvre’s re-opening). …”
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UNPACKING THE LEGACY OF MILITARY RULE: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIA (1985-2007) by OLUTAYO AYOBAMI AJAYI, OYEDOKUN MOJEED OYETUNJI

“…The findings highlight the need for a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to transitional justice, institutional reform, and accountability to effectively confront and the legacy of military rule and promote sustainable human rights protection in Nigeria. …”
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