Preparing teachers of Early Childhood Education to teach a foreign language: the PEPELINO portfolio in practice by Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Werona Król-Gierat

“… Teaching a foreign language at pre-primary level has been officially introduced in Poland in 2015 as a follow-up to European policy guidelines (European Commission 2011b). …”
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Ansanus “the Baptizer” and the Problem of Siena’s Non-Existent Early Episcopacy (c. 1100–1600) by Carol A. Anderson

“…As part of their effort to verify that their city had not only Roman but also early Christian origins, the Sienese, primarily spearheaded by lay officials, refashioned the image of their martyr-saint, Ansanus (d. 296). …”
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HOW IS PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PERCEIVED WITHIN REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM?: A SWEDISH CASE OF ULLERÅKER REGION by Pınar Akarçay

“…Ulleråker region of Uppsala, in particular, was chosen to carry out the field research, and thus, interviews on the subject were conducted in this region with the main actors of decision-making processes in urban planning such as political representatives, public officials/planners, and citizens.…”
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Political Tool of “Immoral Rituals” and Resilience of Buddhism in Chosŏn Korea by Nam-lin Hur

“…Buddhist prayer rituals (and shamanic rituals) were largely subject to control by Confucian state officials. Through the Confucian prism of immoral rituals, this article explores the question of which aspects of Buddhist rituals were denounced by the Confucian critics and which goals the Confucians tried to achieve by wielding the tool of immoral rituals against Buddhism. …”
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Provincial diffusion, national acceptance: the transfer of conservation easement policy in Canada by Forrest Hisey

“…I analyzed Hansard records and interviewed government officials, finding coercion from the Federal government and environmental nongovernmental organizations (eNGOs), with transfer being ideologically, geographically, and temporally uneven. …”
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Kissing the naked Novomeský (an interpretative probe into an unpublished chapter from Janko Silan’s book Dom opustenosti [House of abandonment]) by Andrej Gejdoš

“…Although he actively pursued its publication, especially between 1970 and 1974, the text could not be published during the period of normalisation in the totalitarian Czechoslovakia. The work was officially made available to readers only after the socio-political changes of 1989, first in 1991 and later in an expanded edition in 1997. …”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…Since then it has become an escalating problem for homeowners, landscapers, businesses, and governmental officials throughout the southern coastal counties of Florida. …”
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O que o Estado quer dizer quando fala sobre COVID-19: a adesão dóxica em narrativas presidenciais e ministeriais de respostas ao cenário da pandemia by Rafael Borim-de-Souza, João Gabriel Dias dos Santos, Camilla Atibaia Cestari

“…Lastly, it was analyzed that the State wanted to say economy-jobs when it talks about economy-jobs and/or about health-lives; and, doxic adhesion to the dominant discourse which officializes the State’s answers to the pandemic was identified.…”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…Since then it has become an escalating problem for homeowners, landscapers, businesses, and governmental officials throughout the southern coastal counties of Florida. …”
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THE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESOURCES OF THE UNION STATE OF RUSSIA AND BELARUS by K. P. Borishpolets

“…Two mutually complementary vectors in its development can be distinguished, the first one related to the actions of officials and leaders of partner countries, and the second one – to the practice of non-state actors in the form of public organizations, business communities, academics, and the media. …”
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In Captivity of the Body: Intersex(-uality) in the First Half of the 20th Century by Denisa Vídeňská

“… The paper focuses on the issue of intersexuality in the Czech medical discourse during the first half of the 20th century, when the term “intersex”, which is officially used today and distinct from intersexuality, did not yet exist. …”
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A proposta da Base Nacional Comum Curricular e o debate entre 1988 e 2015 by Ileizi Luciana Fiorelli Silva, Henrique Fernandes Alves Neto, Daniel Vitor Vicente

“…This methodology of the Ministry of Education created a channel of communication with the members of the Brazilian federation through the State Departments of Education, the National Board of Municipal Education Officials (UNDIME) and the National Council of Secretaries of Education (CONSED). …”
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Armenia: an Uneasy Choice Between Russia's New Initiatives and the EU Eastern Partnership by M. Y. Vardazaryan

“…The author draws attention to the fact that Armenia's involvement in the Customs Union avails it the opportunity to keep collaborating with the European Union, however, from a more powerful position, which we have already witnessed through the alterations in the tone of some European officials.…”
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Amerikan Belgelerinde Türkiye’nin İç Politikası: Ecevit ve Demirel Hükümetleri Dönemi (1974 - 1980) by Murat KASAPSARAÇOĞLU

“…In this context, American officials followed the military leaders closely in order to develop their relations in case of a military intervention…”
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Clarifications needed concerning the new Article 59 dealing with pleomorphic fungi by Walter Gams, Hans-Otto Baral, Walter M. Jaklitsch, Roland Kirschner, Marc Stadler

“…Two suggestions are made here that may help to alleviate some disadvantages of the new system. (1) Officially an epithet coined in a list-demoted genus that is older than the oldest one available in the list-accepted genus would have to be recombined in the accepted genus. …”
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Language shift in Aceh: The sociolinguistic situation of post-conflict society by Teuku Muhammad Ridha Al-Auwal, Robert Amery, Ian Green

“…Aceh had been in conflict with the Indonesian government for more than 3 decades before officially declaring peace in 2005. This study aims to shed light on the sociolinguistic situation in Aceh during the conflict and following the 2005 peace accord, as well as to provide a deeper understanding of the roots of Aceh’s rapid language shift. …”
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Review on the book: Ashmanov I. S. and Kaspersky N. I. (2021) Digital Hygiene, Piter, St. Petersburg, Russia (In Russian) by G. V. Osipov

“…In addition, reading the book will be useful for officials and civil servants who work in the field of innovative development and digitalization. …”
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From Abandoned Land to Economic Hub by Hanik Fitriani

“…The study employed a descriptive-analytic approach, utilizing qualitative methods, such as in-depth interviews, observations, and surveys, to gather data from traders, local officials, and residents. The findings suggest that revitalization has had a notable positive impact on the community's standard of living with increased income levels and improved social dynamics. …”
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PLAGIARISM, ITS ESSENCE AND MEASURES TO PREVENT AND HANDLE IT by V. I. LEVIN

“…As a result, we have a growing population of officials with academic degrees and titles but with no reference to science. …”
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Unveiling the dynamics of organizational politics and their consequences on job performance in Thai local administrations by Waiphot Kulachai

“…Data were collected from 204 local administration officials in Suphan Buri, Thailand, and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling through JAMOVI software. …”
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