Los militares y el deterioro democrático en Venezuela by Francesca Ramos Pismataro

“…A partir de la revisión documental sobre el pretorianismo en Venezuela, este artículo de reflexión da cuenta de la inexistencia de control civil sobre el poder militar y del creciente involucramiento de los militares en casi todas las instancias institucionales del país. …”
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De la « rurbanisation » du héros américain : The Rise of Silas Lapham by Guillaume TANGUY

“…Specifically, the symbolic potential of two key episodes – the discovery of the paint mine and the digging of the foundations of Silas’s house on Beacon Street – is indicative of this civilizing paradigm. The city, according to Howells, is America’s ultimate destiny.…”
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Heritage resources and the development of tourist areas in the High Atlas and southern regions of Morocco by Saïd Boujrouf

“…Introduced as part of the territorialization of public policy, this model involves many different actors, including representatives of civil society and solidarity economy organizations. …”
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Evolución histórica de los rendimientos educativos en México: 1987-2004 by Edna María Villarreal Peralta

“…Se estiman tres modelos alternativos: primero, se toman años de estudio como variable explicativa principal; segundo, se incorporan variables dummies para estado civil y parentesco y, tercero, se consideran niveles educativos. …”
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Finding p-Hub Median Locations: An Empirical Study on Problems and Solution Techniques by Xiaoqian Sun, Weibin Dai, Yu Zhang, Sebastian Wandelt

“…To assess the scalability and solution qualities of these methods, three well-known datasets are used as case studies: Turkish Postal System, Australia Post, and Civil Aeronautics Board. Classical problems in small networks can be solved efficiently using CPLEX because of their low complexity. …”
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Employability resources of unemployed adults: longitudinal effects of a group career intervention by Catarina Luzia de Carvalho, João Marôco, Maria do Céu Taveira, Ana Daniela Silva

“…More empirical research on this type of initiative is encouraged, along with civil society taking responsibility for addressing the psychological challenges of unemployment.…”
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Reasons for emigration from Africa: A recent analysis on Cameroon by Usmanu Maliki, Gülen Göktürk Baltas

“…In Sub-Saharan Africa, emigration through Libya tremendously increased after 2011 following the collapse of Qaddafi’s government, which led to civil war and the absence of a powerful government to enforce law and order in the country. …”
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An Evaluation of Qualitative Criteria of Subway Station According to Audience-Based Criticism by mohsen kameli

“…Inland traffic has become a growing phenomenon for today's civilized society, which in addition to the movement of passengers, the desirable feature of the stations should be used. …”
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Is There a Diversity of Dependent Capitalisms in Latin America? by Ilán Bizberg

“…The dominant social coalition, especially the place that civil society occupies in it; 5. The state structure (federalism and centralization) and the political system; and finally 6. the social contract/ the wage regime that results of the interaction of the former five dimensions.…”
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« La deuxième communauté noire la plus prospère du pays » : l’espoir d’une vie en banlieue résidentielle à Atlanta pour les migrant·es africain·es-américain·es by Nicolas Raulin

“…Finally, I consider the way these mobilizations have reconfigured movements against racial inequality in the post-civil rights South: they reveal that the black middle class’s ideology relies on the market and individual responsibility as cornerstones of its emancipation strategies.…”
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Chinchilla, Fernando. (2021). El arte del triunfo. Extremismo, moderación y cambio político en América Latina y África Austral. Santiago: RIL. by Oscar Mauricio Castaño Barrera

“…El libro gira en torno al presupuesto de que en las guerras civiles no existen actores completamente monolíticos y que, por tanto, si se analiza la estructura de poder de estos es posible identificar líneas duras o extremistas, y líneas blandas o moderadas. …”
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Properties of Reactive Powder Concrete and Its Application in Highway Bridge by Junwei Song, Shuhua Liu

“…Furthermore, the RPC satisfactorily meets the requirement of practical application for Xialouzi Bridge built with the RPC totally according to the calculation with finite element analysis software MIDAS/Civil. And the static loading testing result suggests that design of the bridge meets the utilization requirements.…”
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Validation of local wisdom and culture as justification of cultural tolerance in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra by Harianto II, Teguh Satria Amin, Zulfitri Zulfitri

“…This is one of the foundations of building a civilized society in the midst of the onslaught of the current era of globalization. …”
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Ruling the streets: the policing of protest and political violence in Madrid during the Second Republic, 1931-1936 by Sergio Vaquero Martínez

“…This article argues that the mistakes, dysfunctions and collateral effects of the policing of social protests derived from the restoration of a lethal, military repertoire of coercion and, more indirectly, the invention of a civil, non-lethal style. The incoherent alternation of both repertoires followed politically motivated criteria and fostered an escalation of violence that increased the number of victims and obstructed the democratisation of the security apparatus. …”
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Trajectoires d’adaptation face au changement climatique : analyse et transformation du système de gouvernance du massif ardennais by Jon Marco Church

“…This identified three main vulnerabilities: the absence of an observatory of the socio-ecological system as a whole, the lack of a structured intersectoral dialogue, and the limited capacity to act of local authorities and civil society. We therefore suggest conducting prospective and retrospective analyses to identify adaptation paths of the governance system in relation to climate change. …”
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Stress Factors of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Pre-Migration, Post-Migration, and Coping with Nostalgia by Frances Trıx, İnci Aksu Kargın

“…The clashes that began in Syria in March 2011 between regime forces and their opponents transformed into a protracted civil war. While the host governments have focused on ways to solve the problems of the refugees, one area that they, as well as researchers, have neglected is the longing or nostalgia that refugees feel for their homeland. …”
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Transforming Novosibirsk into the capital of Siberia in the early 1920s by S. A. Papkov

“…The decision about Novonikolayevsk as a residence of Siberia’s governing bodies was made in a hurry, with the resistance of various interested parties and was finally approved in the spring of 1921 in the conditions of acute crisis caused by the consequences of the civil war. In such an environment the mass transfer from Omsk and the organization of all-Siberian institutions in Novonikolaevsk began, with the simultaneous creation of provincial government bodies in the city as well. …”
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Combined Elastic and Limit Analysis for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Pitched Portal Frames by Marco Postiglione, Fabio De Angelis, Giuseppe Brandonisio

“…Pitched portal frames are widely adopted both in civil and industrial building structures, as well as in architectural heritage structures, including cathedral portal frames in ecclesiastical buildings. …”
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A Critical Review on the Book The Persians by Maria Brosius by Sa’di Saeedyan

“…Despite the prominent place of ancient Iranian civilizations in the study of the history of the Ancient Near East, it has been overshadowed by an overwhelmingly hostile press that is embedded in the European tradition originated in Greco-Roman sources. …”
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Optimization of Waqf Development through the Quadruple Helix Model for Social and Economic Development in Dayah Malikussaleh North Aceh District by Mukhlis Mukhlis, Muhammad Syukri Albani, Chuzaimah Batubara

“… The problem in this research focuses on the suboptimal development of waqf in Dayah Malikussaleh, North Aceh Regency, due to the lack of integration between local government, academics, waqf management institutions, and civil society. The problem formulation studied includes: (1) The role of local government in integrating stakeholders for waqf development; (2) How to increase the active role of all stakeholders through the quadruple helix model; (3) Effective strategies that can be implemented by the government, business people, educational institutions and the community in developing waqf; (4) Evaluation of the positive impact of the quadruple helix model in managing waqf on the social and economic development of society. …”
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