The Future of Social Media in Marketing by Andrew T. Stephen, Lauren Grewal, Gil Appel, Rhonda Hadi, Şeyda Koçak Kurt

“…Considering the numerous ways social media affects individuals and businesses alike, in this article, the authors focus on where they believe the future of social media lies when considering marketing-related topics and issues. Drawing on academic research, discussions with industry leaders, and popular discourse, the authors identify nine themes, organized by predicted imminence (i.e., the immediate, near, and far futures), that they believe will meaningfully shape the future of social media through three lenses: consumer, industry, and public policy. …”
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Monuments of early East Slav-Serbian literary relations as sources for studying Serbian identity by Jelesijević Snežana V.

“…The author looks at the importance of Saint Sava's Žiča Sermon on the True Faith, and the Synodicon of Orthodoxy, while drawing attention to the necessity of studying Serbian transcripts of the Pandects of Nikon of the Black Mountain.…”
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Gendering Justice in the Chilean Courts: Institutional Developments and Legal Actors’ Perspectives by Karime Parodi

“…It addresses why the Supreme Court’s Secretariat of Gender and Nondiscrimination advocates for a particular understanding of the concept, how judges understand and apply it, and the barriers they perceive to its implementation. Drawing on interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, and analysis of court rulings, the study identifies four ways in which judges understand a “gendered perspective”: as a method to detect stereotypes, a tool to analyze context, an instrument to reach a fair result, and a rejection of the notion of loosening evidentiary standards. …”
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L’intimité, la fiabilité et les paroles des femmes : quand les violences conjugales rencontrent les institutions by Alessandra Gribaldo

“…Nonetheless the pressure on the victim to speak about the factual events, about herself and her relationship with the perpetrator and to denounce him before the law has vast implications. Drawing on a research carried out in Italy, I reflect on how violence in intimate relationships can be made present to the institutions and how the abused subject is constituted in front of them. …”
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The Neverending 90s in Serbia by Nađa Bobičić, Vanja Petrović

“…This study advances our understanding of how anti-gender mobilization draws from its local context. Drawing on Judith Butler’s concept of gender phantasm and Andrea Pető’s concept of gender as symbolic glue, this analysis examines two documents: the 1992 “Warning” resolution and Patriarch Pavle’s 1995 Christmas message. …”
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Parental Perspectives on Private Tutoring in Qatar: Results from the 2019 Qatar Education Study by Hessa Al-Thani, Abdellatif Sellami, Brian Washington Mandikiana

“…The study was guided by Hirschman’s concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty embedded in the theory of political science. Drawing on documented international research, a survey was developed to unpack the factors influencing parental use of private tutoring. …”
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From acceptera to Vällingby: The Discourse on Individuality and Community in Sweden (1931-54) by Lucy Creagh

“…The ebb and flow of discourse on housing and policy during the 30s and early 40s engaged directly with the binary of private individualism/public collectivism, drawing on the thinking of figures such as Ellen Key, Torgny T. …”
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Up-to-date approaches to treatment of the functional constipation at children by V. F. Privorotsky, N. Ye. Luppova

“…Rome criteria of IBS are applicable only in relation to children of middle and senior school age. At drawing up medical programs for children with functional constipation, it is advisable to take into account its type (spasmodic or hypotonic), degree of compensation, age of a child. …”
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Povoar e enquadrar by Maria Filomena Andrade, João Luís Fontes

“…Efforts to secure the settlement and ecclesiastical accommodation of the urban population went hand-in-hand with the gradual establishment in the city of various religious orders, some drawing upon previous eremitic experiences, others with a marked pastoral bias combining liturgy, preaching, and charitable acts. …”
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« The glittering game » : le jeu des choses dans A Lost Lady et My Mortal Enemy de Willa Cather by Céline Manresa

“…Objects delineate and emblematize the magnificence of the drawing-rooms in which Marian and Myra exhibit themselves like precious jewels. …”
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Podążając śladem dziecięcego rozumienia świata społecznego. Uwagi na marginesie badań mozaikowych by Agnieszka Nowak-Łojewska

“… The text is about social education of children and it presents an approach related to a new paradigm of a child and childhood as well as solutions drawing on constructivism. It highlights the sense of children’s exploration and their active participation in creating knowledge about themselves, others and their social background. …”
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The Driving Forces of Diffusion in John R. Commons’ Institutional Economics by Kota Kitagawa

“…Commons’ theory of institutional evolution: I draw a trajectory from where a novel principle at the micro level reached a compromise with old principles at the macro level. …”
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From the island’s point of view. Warfare and transformation in an Andean vertical archipelago by Tristan Platt

“…Murra’s theory of the « vertical archipelago » – a dynamic model of the changing historical relations between Andean societies, the complementary ecologies they inhabit, and emergent « State »-formations – with transformationalist theories developed among Amazonian peoples. Drawing on field-work with a longlived « archipelago » in the valleys of the Macha ayllu (Northern Potosí, Bolivia), the author shows the conflictive experience of valley « islands », which must invert their moiety affiliations to survive pressures from the larger groups in which they are implanted. …”
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The crisis of the señorial society and the status malaise of the elites in Chile by Danilo Martuccelli

“…Taking Chilean society as a case study, this article is inserted in discussions on political power and economic elites, drawing attention to the importance of status. The objective is to propose an interpretation of the specificity of this crisis and of elite malaise in Chile today. …”
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Performance Analysis of Multilayered Multipriority Asymmetric-Sized Delta Networks by D. C. Vasiliadis, G. E. Rizos, C. Vassilakis

“…The findings of this performance evaluation can be used by network designers for drawing optimal configurations while setting up the network, so as to best meet the performance and cost requirements under the anticipated traffic load and quality of service specifications.…”
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Analysis of Academic Cooperation Network for Returnee Faculty Members to Realize Value from the Perspective of Economics by Yanchun Zhu, Fuze Li, Chunlei Qin, Wei Zhang, Jianbo Wen

“…Drawing on theories of social network and knowledge absorption, this paper examines the direct influence of returnee faculty members (RFMs) over college research performance (CRP) from three aspects, namely, the intensity of cooperative relationship (ICR), research influence (RI), and acquisition capability of heterogeneous knowledge (ACHK). …”
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Platformed Ritual in Emotions: (Dys)functional Construction of Intimacy in Digital Dating in China by Xiyu Cao, Ping Sun

“…Previous studies have discussed digital dating by the “love-is-fast” metaphor and the successful and failed stories on dating platforms to debate the ideal of modern intimacy; however, the conceptualization of rituals and mechanisms for constructing intimacy in a continuum of online and offline everyday life has been left unstudied. Drawing on Eva Illouz’s argument on a regime of performativity of emotions and ritual scholarship, this study investigates the staged (dys)functioning of platform-constructed acts. …”
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Fundamentals of the Development of Managerial Competence of Specialized Personnel by Ismailova Zukhra, Mustafoeva Durdona, Mamatalieva Mokhinur

“…The study of innovative processes in education, including their functions, development patterns, mechanisms, and implementation technologies, enables the organization of higher education institutions to meet global standards, drawing on the latest advancements in pedagogy and educational science. …”
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Intimità sacra e nuove appartenenze nella devozione dei Mauriziani induisti a Santa Rosalia (Palermo) by Eugenio Giorgianni

“…The research subjects position their worship of the patron saint – as the deity of their arrival city – alongside their devotion to Hindu female goddesses, by drawing analogies between local devotional practices and the religious experiences of postcolonial Mauritius. …”
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Deepfake Dilemmas: Imagine Tomorrow’s Surveillance Society through Three Scenarios by Fatma Doğan Akkaya

“…As deepfakes—hyperrealistic, manipulated media content becomes increasingly sophisticated, they raise critical questions about the future of social interaction and trust. Drawing on sociological insights enriched by the literature on virtual reality surveillance, this study explores the social landscapes that may emerge with the widespread adoption of deepfake avatars in the near future. …”
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