Precarity as Resistance and Cultural Solidarity by Abdul Aziz Hafiz

“…A critical pedagogy for precarity is proposed that calls for a replacement of, or synthesis with, the UK government’s employability in HE agenda. Through the conscientisation of prospective graduates towards a ‘being-with-the-world’ and the associated mental habits and bodily practices that focus on the principles of a Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), solidarity, reciprocity and sustainability, as a response to precarity, is possible by creating local solidarity-based associational spaces for critical education and praxis, we advocate for critical pedagogical practices alongside more opportunities for collective action that engender solidarity, reciprocity and sustainability in graduates’ bodily practices and modes of thinking and being, through a critical pedagogy that facilitates cultural action for freedom, self-help and collective forms of social provisioning of biological and social needs: housing, food, energy production, social caring and welfare needs in general. …”
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On the semantic history of selected terms of endearment by Agnieszka Grząśko

“…Furthermore, we trace the semantic development of terms which from the beginning of their existence have been employed as pet names (sweetheart), words which are no longer endearments, because they underwent the process of meaning amelioration or pejoration (mopsy, bully) and – last but not least – nouns whose semantic shift is based on the pattern (POSITIVE) EMOTIONS → ENDEARMENTS (joy). …”
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION AS A CONDITION OF FORMATION GRADUATES’ COMPETITIVENESS by I. Yu. Stepanova, V. A. Adolf

“…The quality of graduates’ training is often criticized by employers. A graduate of higher education system has a choice of the further professional trajectory but does not understand how to use it when he enters the labor market. …”
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Worker Protection Standard: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 2016 by Frederick M. Fishel

“…The WPS requires agricultural employers to take steps to reduce pesticide-related risks when agricultural workers and pesticide handlers are exposed to these pesticides. …”
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Comparison of Quadratic– and Median-Based Roughness Penalties for Penalized-Likelihood Sinogram Restoration in Computed Tomography

“…One is a quadratic penalty we have employed previously and the other is a new median-based penalty. …”
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Class struggle in the era of post-politics by Abalo Ernesto, Jacobsson Diana

“…We utilise a case study of how Swedish news media represents the long-lasting conflict in the Swedish labour market between the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union and the employer organisation, Sweden's Ports. Using critical discourse analysis, we show two ways in which class relations are recontextualised in three Swedish newspapers. …”
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DOES THE SHADOW ECONOMY AFFECT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? CASE STUDY OF POLAND AND POLISH REGIONS by Andrzej Buszko

“…The research was carried in Poland and Polish regions during 1990-2020. MIMIC approach was employed to calculate the level of shadow economy as a % of Polish and regional GDP. …”
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Demographic processes and ethnic residential segregation by Itzhak Omer

“…For this purpose, a two-part methodology has been employed. The first part comprises a conceptual framework which uses the concept of time–space resources as an analytical tool to clarify the structural constraints embedded in the changes in ethnic residential distribution. …”
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Signaling in Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: The Cases of Quad and AUKUS (2017-2022) by Poornima Vijaya

“… This article examines the coalition-building efforts of the Quad and AUKUS through the lens of strategic signaling, arguing that minilateral coalitions employ signaling tactics through various means to achieve a common goal. …”
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Water Withdrawals and Their Use in Florida in 2010 by Tatiana Borisova, Jenna Rogers

“…To gather this information, the United States Geological Survey employs several water-use categories to develop estimates of water withdrawals and water use. …”
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Understanding knowledge management and information management: the need for an empirical perspective by France Bouthillier, Kathleen Shearer

“…Based on an exploratory study of KM practices, the article presents a typology of methodologies that are employed in various organizations, to help illustrate the particular nature of KM and show that it is substantially different from IM. …”
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Le paysage agricole comme médiation dans la communication du parc naturel régional du Pilat by Émilie Kohlmann

“…The communication strategy of the park authorities makes it possible, by employing representations of the farming landscape and of ordinary nature, to reconcile the positions of the park’s different stakeholders such as local inhabitants, tourists, nature lovers and farmers.…”
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The social theory of the business model of Huawei and its implementation by L. V. Filindash

“…Since Huawei has many educational centers on the territory of Russia based on domestic universities, the authors of the article see their task to acquaint today’s students – potential employees of the company with the social policy of their future employers.…”
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Potential Consequence of Interconnected Intervention against Systemic Risk (COVID-19) via a Model-Driven Network-Agent Dynamic by Chulwook Park

“…The simulation results suggest that employing a nonevolutionary governing structure with evolutionary individual interaction parameters guided by testing can help suppress outbreaks to levels below the standard critical-care capacity. …”
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Design and Analysis of Collaborative Unmanned Surface-Aerial Vehicle Cruise Systems by Man Zhu, Yuan-Qiao Wen

“…Finally, a model consisting of one UAV and four USVs is employed to validate our synergistic cruise model.…”
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A Study on the BIM Evaluation, Analytics, and Prediction (EAP) Framework and Platform in Linked Building Ontologies and Reasoners with Clouds by Yongwook Jeong

“…This paper considers how BIM should be redefined to process BIM data as linked semantic data from the perspective of building information management and employ recent advances in the evaluation, analytics, and prediction (EAP) methodology for linked building ontologies and reasoners.…”
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Navigating the Endodontic Challenge of a 40 mm Canine and Its Technical Adaptations by Siavash Moushekhian, Pooya Saeedi, Zoha Sahebnasagh

“…The aim of this case report is to present the successful endodontic management of an abnormally long right maxillary canine diagnosed with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis, highlighting the technical adaptations employed during treatment. Summary. Technical adaptations included modifying the handle of the endodontic hand file and utilizing a side-vented microcannula for irrigation using positive and negative pressure technique. …”
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Sympathetic Prions by Markus Glatzel

“…We and others have speculated that, depending on the amount of infectious agent injected, the injection site, and the strain of prions employed, neuroinvasion can occur either directly via peripheral nerves or first through the lymphoreticular system and then via peripheral nerves[5].…”
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The Ethics of Ethnographic Attraction: Reflections on the Production of the Finno-Ugric Exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum by Svetlana Karm, Art Leete

“…When exhibiting indigenous cultures, one needs to balance ethnographic charisma with the ethics of display. In order to employ the approach of ethical attraction, curators must comprehend indigenous cultural logic while building up ethnographic representations.…”
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Imitation and dyspraxia in autism: Clinical and therapeutic implications by Leonardo Massoni

“…It has also been suggested that disturbances of posture, also known as dyspraxia, as well as impairments in locomotion, facial expression, interests and affect, and inattention to other people's expressions, could be early markers of ASD. Meanwhile, by employing intense interaction, imitation, or “expressive art” therapies, which respond intimately to motor activities, some improvements could be made for these symptoms of ASD.Starting from these premises, the aim of this short communication is to discuss some works on the clinical basis and therapeutic perspectives of imitation defects and dyspraxia in autism spectrum disorder.…”
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