“Who Can Estimate the Value of a Book!”: Buying and Owning Books in Antebellum Domestic Fiction by Johanna McElwee

“…In an era plagued by a volatile national economy, monetary assets proved an unstable basis for class affiliation. …”
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Éducation au développement durable : intérêts et limites d’un usage scolaire des investigations multiréférentielles d’enjeux by Jean-Marc Lange

“…Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has been developed in recent years from a dual process of recommendation: the international incentive texts, and the national texts of guidance and prescription. They base their social legitimacy, specified in a recent French law (July 2013): it is a "moral and civic" education focused on stakes. …”
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Analysis on the Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Factors Affecting Urbanization Development Based on the GTWR Model: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt by Wenbo Ma, Weiteng Tian, Qian Zhou, Qianqian Miao

“…Revealing the key influencing factors in urbanization is of great significance to the operability of national urbanization planning and decision-making. …”
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Étudier le chinois et fêter le Chun Jie à Nairobi : les Instituts Confucius au service de la diplomatie publique et du soft power chinois by Zhao Alexandre Huang

“…In this context, the several local branches of the Confucius Institute have become a Chinese national platform to carry out teaching and cultural activities related to its public diplomacy to wield China’s soft power. …”
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Pripojenie Javoriny a Lesnice k Poľsku 1938–1939 by Pavol Matula

“…Poland held the opinion that the local Goral inhabitants were the Poles, despite the fact that the majority of them reported to the Slovak nationality. Thus Poland acquired the districts of Javorina and Lesnica (in the Spiš Region) in November 1938. …”
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L’Empire et la Révolution ou Bolivar et son double by Frédérique Langue

“…Bolívar’s life and actions, hero of Latin American Independence Wars and and Venezuela’s « Liberator », gave rise from the nineteenth century onwards to the establishment of a civic religion whose consensual aspect accompanied the forming of the Venezuelan nation, paving the way for the imposition in the long term of an official History based on heroic cult. …”
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Economie dell'incertezza: festa, località, autonomia simbolica. Una nota by Francesco Faeta

“…The case study focuses on an emblematic region of national underdevelopment, Calabria, but what is happening there is certainly significant to wider realities. …”
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La performance énergétique des bâtiments à l’ère des politiques européennes de démonstration. Le cas du programme CONCERTO et du projet de la ZAC De Bonne (Grenoble, France)... by Olivier Labussière

“…After a conceptual insight into the works about the demonstration practices (i), this paper gives some context on the Lisbon Strategy and outlines the ambitions of the European CONCERTO (ii), then it pays attention to the project of the eco-district of De Bonne (Grenoble, France) through a multi-scalar analysis (local, national, european) (iii), before opening a discussion on the issue of time into demonstration practices and their contradictory effects in terms of learning and collective dissemination (iv).…”
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REKONSTRUKSI JARGON FORMALISASI SYARIAT: UPAYA MENJAGA PERSATUAN DALAM BINGKAI KEBERAGAMAN by Lufaefi

“…Formalization of Islamic law which is proposed by Islamic fundamentalist group as the solution of the various problems faced by the people living in the nation-state context needed should be contextualized with the reality of Indonesia as the plural country. …”
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Model of Individual Constitutional Complaint Subject to Commonwealth of Independent States Members’ Legislation: a Comparative Legal Analysis by V. S. Kukhlivskiy

“…CIS members legislation regulating judicial proceedings on individual constitutional complaints is in the process of development, the relevant problems are debated by leading experts on national and international level. In view of the aforesaid this article is devoted to core concept of constitutional complaint - the model of complaint and contains comparative legal analysis of models incorporated in legislation of CIS members in different historical periods. …”
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Development status and trend of space information network and laser communication by Huilin JIANG, Qiang FU, Yiwu ZHAO, Xianzhu LIU

“…An integrated space-earth information network is an important symbol of a strong country in science and technology.According to China’s overall plan,an information network with global coverage,on-demand services,local access and security and credibility will be built by 2030 to serve national defense and social development.Space laser communication is an important means to realize high speed information transmission and security.Firstly,space-earth integration network was introduced from three aspects:concept connotation and system architecture,research status and development trend,overall goal and main difficulties.Then,the concept,characteristics,research status and development trend of space laser communication were summarized in order to provide useful reference for the construction of space-earth integrated information network in China.…”
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THE CURRENT STATE AND TRENDS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF NRU BELSU by Mikhail A. Trubitsyn

“…The article focuses on the main aspects of international cooperation of Belgorod State National Research University aimed at increasing its internationalization level. …”
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Evaluation of Vienna’s World Economic Position Based on Global and World City Rankings by Andrea Uszkai

“…They can be considered as key players of the world economy and a very complex competition takes place among them, which crosses the national state borders. Every city tries to reach the most favorable position and this rivalry has helped the birth of several city rankings. …”
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Combating Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism in Indonesia by Cynthia Shafira Hartati, Ali Muhammad

“…Cybercrime poses a serious risk to national security in Indonesia. The pervasive nature of cybercrime calls into question the efficacy of current regulatory measures. …”
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"...dans le milieu de la Ville qui fait face à la place, se trouvent tous les besoins publiques..." : remarques sur la notion de centralité urbanistique en Louisiane coloniale et à... by Gilles-Antoine Langlois

“…After the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the place d’Armes, becoming Jackson Square in the name of the general who had defeated the British army, acquired the status of a national symbol in a rapidly growing town. Today (at least before Katrina...), are the "Vieux Carré" and Jackson Square itself, nothing but the image of a city, a frozen area in a touristy and gentrified historical landmark?…”
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Junqueiro and Saramago : Portugal, God and the human being by Carlos Nogueira

“…Starting from José Saramago's words about the book of poems Finis Patriae (1891) by Guerra Junqueiro, this article draws parallels between the lives and works of these two Portuguese authors who, during their lifetimes, had a significant impact on the national collective consciousness. In particular, it aims to compare and understand how Junqueiro, now almost completely forgotten, and Saramago, a writer of global renown, address themes such as Portugal's decline, Portuguese politics and society, God, and the human condition. …”
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Digital twin enhanced agile design of ship pipeline systems [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations] by Xin Wang, Kang Cui, Xiaofen Shan, Zhinan Zhang

“…The shipbuilding industry plays a pivotal role in national strategic security and economic development, and one critical challenge is the pipeline layout design problem. …”
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Projeção do Brasil no Atlântico Sul: geopolítica e estratégia by Wanderley Messias da Costa

“…This achievement has been processed by the successful implementation of a strategy that combines continuous actions in the diplomatic field, the national research effort in the broad area of marine sciences and investments aimed at strengthening the country's military capability to face challenges in Security & Defense in general and in the South Atlantic in particular.…”
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THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT: COMPARING ROMAN CATHOLIC, ECUMENICAL AND EVANGELICAL POSITIONS by T. Kroeck

“…In recent years, international agencies and national governments have recognised the role of religions in international development. …”
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AIRPORTS AS AN ATTRACTION: A CASE STUDY OF CHANGI AND INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS by Byeong Du Kim

“…Such airports are beneficial during national crises, such as pandemics and economic downturns, because they serve as tourist attractions. …”
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