THE IMPACTS OF POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES by Đoàn Anh Tuấn

“…Using the Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) to measure efficiency scores of these banks during the period from 2003 to 2012, we found that political uncertainty during national elections tends to impede the banking efficiency. …”
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« The Fault is that she is my wife » : L’ambivalence des représentations d’Henriette-Marie (1625-1649) by Alice Leroy

“…While her very presence reinforced the trope of Charles I as husband to the nation and father to his people, she also became a source of anxiety at a period when popery and the very institution of the monarchy came under violent attack from a part of the English people.…”
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GLOBAL SLUM UPGRADING PRACTICES: IDENTIFYING THE CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES by Anthony C. O. IWEKA, Anthony K. ADEBAYO

“…A literature review methodology was adopted to identify and appraise the various intervention models that were practiced in some developing nations. Although slum upgrading option was adjudged to be the current global best practice, it is still besieged by several imperfections. …”
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Non-mega sporting events and urban development: Assessing the impact of the 2022 Mediterranean Games on the socio-urban development of Oran city by Bouadam Chaima, Lazri Youcef, Salah-Salah Hana

“…Findings reveal that, while not comparable in scale to the Olympics, the Mediterranean Games significantly influenced Oran’s urban and social development, generating major urban projects and encouraging international cooperation and cultural exchange among participating nations.…”
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Scanning and vicarious learning from adverse events in health care

“…These findings have led to calls for national medical error reporting systems and for greater organizational learning by hospitals. …”
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The Last Word by Jan Boessenkool

“…Instead of thinking in dichotomies, as we so typically do, it is possible and more fruitful to stress togetherness and the Rainbow Nation: instead of ‘or – or’ ‘and – and’; taking the African Renaissance as a starting point. …”
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„Tropentaumel“: Debatten um lebensreformerische „Tropen“-Siedlungen in der Vegetarischen Warte (1898-1928) by Louise Atkinson

“…On the other hand, the discussions reveal a problematisation of the space of the Heimat and its task, which reveals a world view shaped by nationalism and racism.…”
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Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo by Mathieu Picas

“…This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya sites by actors who attach social and ritual values to them in the present, in opposition to their hegemonic uses and valorizations. …”
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“Insular hobbits”? Englishness, Euroscepticism and the Brexit vote in Jonathan Coe’s Middle England (2018) by Guillaume Clément

“…Among other factors, Coe’s satire draws our attention to contemporary representations of Britishness in media and popular culture, for instance in the London 2012 Olympic games’ opening ceremony, with its quite stereotypical, anglocentric portrayal of national identity. Such depictions appear closer to the outdated mythical tropes of “Deep England” than to the complexities of contemporary Britishness and might have helped fuel Eurosceptic rhetoric and influenced conservative English voters’ beliefs in the run-up to the 2016 EU membership referendum.…”
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The House of European History: Pöttering’s Elite-Level Impact in shaping European Identity by Jennifer Ostojski

“…While European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering receives credit for originating the museum, little scholarship speaks to his ideas regarding European Union integration, community, and its identity – even though, elite leader ideas are recognized in nationalism studies as instrumental in the making of an identity. …”
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Tapping into Florida's Craft Beer Market: A Brewer's Guide to Consumer Purchasing and Consumption Habits in the Sunshine State by Meri Hambaryan, Glory Orivri, Nathan Palardy, John Lai, Bachir Kassas

“…Trade groups for craft breweries publish market research at the national level but do not often delve into state-specific nuances. …”
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Memória e etnicidade no Quilombo Ilê Axé Oyá Meguê by Lucia Helena Guerra

“…The objective of this article is to analyze the dynamics employed by members of Terreiro Santa Barbara, located in the city of Olinda (PE), to transform the Terreiro of Nation Xambá, considered by many researchers as extinct, as the first Urban Quilombo in Pernambuco and the third one in Brazil. …”
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TRENDS IN BEHAVIOUR OF MODERN FOOD CONSUMERS IN POLAND by Krystyna Świetlik

“…The aim of the paper is to present the changes in the level and structure of food consumption in Poland during 2013-2017 from a macro and micro-economic perspective, based on CSO (Central Statistical Office) data gathered from national accounts and household budgets. Analysis of the data showed that in an improved economic climate and significantly improved income situation households changed their preferences both in terms of the amount of food consumed as well as in the structure of consumption. …”
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Droits des femmes ou femmes sans droits ? Le féminisme d’État face à la prostitution. by Alban Jacquemart, Milena Jakšić

“…The supporters of the bill in the National Assembly and Senate were parliamentarians involved in state feminism institutions and presented their argument in terms of women’s rights. …”
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Large-Scale Measurements of Thermospheric Dynamics with a Multisite Fabry-Perot Interferometer Network: Overview of Plans and Results from Midlatitude Measurements by Jonathan J. Makela, John W. Meriwether, Aaron J. Ridley, Marco Ciocca, Michael W. Castellez

“…The North American Thermosphere Ionosphere Observing Network (NATION), comprising a new network of Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs), to be deployed in the Midwest of the United States of America is described. …”
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The influence of moral and ethical aspects on the organisation’s economic security by S. A. Antonov

“…In conclusion, attention has been paid to the need to organise axiological studies of the Russian economic life and foreign countries in order to increase the economic security level of organisational and managerial solutions to the national economy problems.…”
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El relato europeo de Felipe González en la transición a la democracia : un estudio de narrativa digital by Carlos Sanz Díaz, Antonio Moreno Juste

“…Any analysis of the digital narrative around the topic of Spain as a part of Europe has one of its most qualified exponents in the figure of Felipe González, whose career as a national political leader acquires its authentic dimension in the field of European integration, as corresponds to one of the protagonists of the great European cavalcade of the 80s and 90s. …”
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Juridical Analysis Of The Settlement Of Disputes Over Multiple Ownership Of Land Assets Of The Army In Indonesia by SULAIMAN, Angga Busra Lesmana

“…This research aims to identify the factors causing the emergence of two certificates on one land parcel issued by the National Land Agency, as well as its legal impact. …”
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Reviewed Reasoning Based on the Monograph by Tatyana Alekseeva “The Head of the Spanish State: the History of Constitutionalization” by K. V. Aranovsky

“…Research by Tatyana Alekseeva proves that free and careless treatment of state and legal institutions is costly for people, estates and nations.…”
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Does Black theology have a role to play in the democratic South Africa? by R. T. H. Dolamo

“…The struggle against apartheid was aimed mainly at attaining national political liberation so much so that other forms of freedom, albeit implied and included indirectly in the liberation agenda, were not regarded as immediate priorities. …”
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