Histoire Croisée by Bénédicte Zimmermann

“…During the Cold War the social sciences mainly addressed this issue through comparative studies which mirrored the logic of the world-historical confrontation. In this respect 1989 fostered not only a political turn but an epistemological one. …”
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Building Longitudinal Datasets From Diverse Historical Data in Australia by Janet McCalman

“…It has also preserved all service and pension data from both world wars. Through nominal linkage using volunteers and paid research staff, it has been possible over the past twenty years to build four cradle-to-grave datasets derived from administrative cohorts: poor white babies born in a charity hospital 1858–1900; Aboriginal Victorians from 1855 to 1988; convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land 1818-1853 and servicemen who embarked for World War I from the State of Victoria. …”
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The weight of African native-centric ecology in eco-desacralization by Ikechukwu Monday Osebor

“…Skepticism may have deepened the human understanding of the natural world, but it has also destroyed the environment. …”
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How far it is gone in the Soviet historiography from H. Lowmianski's study about the genesis of Lithuanian state by Edvardas Gudavičius

“…Lowmianski appeared and raised this problematic to the world level at once. However, the situation led to the misunderstanding of this excellent book. …”
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Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems—Lesson 3: Aquatic Ecosystems—Lakes, Springs & Rivers by Karen Blyler, Joy Jordan

“… The new Florida 4-H Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems: Leader’s Activity Guide helps leaders address the 4-H Science Initiative and is part of the Environmental Sciences Framework, OUR NATURAL WORLD. This framework includes the basic premise that aquatic/marine environments are important in children’s lives, particularly to those children in Florida. …”
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Comparative analysis of tourism indicators for Croatia and selected competitive countries by Maja Buljat

“…As an international trade service, inbound tourism has become one of the world's major trade categories.  Tourism in Croatia is considered an important investment driver and a generator of growth in the national economy.  …”
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Spectral Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function Simplification by Shubham Chitnis, Aditya Sole, Sharat Chandran

“…., metallic inks, varnishes, and paints) are widely used in real-world applications. Accurate <i>spectral</i> rendering relies on the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF). …”
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Louis H. Sullivan: that Object He Became by Dan Snyder

“…Sullivan constructed a world view based on a hierarchy of powers. Over this hierarchy he placed the emotion of sympathy. …”
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Pulmonary Nocardiosis: Review of Cases and an Update by Malini Shariff, Jayanthi Gunasekaran

“…Nocardiosis is encountered in parts of the world even where it is not endemic due to increased world travel. …”
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Analiza pojęcia światopoglądu ekologicznego by Jacek W. Czartoszewski

“…This problem can only be solved through awareness of man’s place in the world of the Absolute. This requires a high level of self-awareness. …”
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Words as the Measure of Measure for Measure: Shakespeare’s Use of Rhetoric in the Play by Jean-Marie Maguin

“…While it is true that rhetoric, conceived as the art of persuasion, is met under various forms and preferences in all ages, it is a less calculated pursuit in our world. Shakespeare and his contemporaries were systematically taught rhetoric in the grammar school and it offered therefore a more conscious resource than it does nowadays. …”
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Infância e errância: imagens da criança abandonada na ficção brasileira by Licia Soares de Souza

“…We observe this deviation in the del inquent children in Captains of the sand , by Jorge Amado, which, abandoned in the streets of Salvador, lose their world of purity looking for mechanisms of survival. …”
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Application of Taiwan’s Human Rights-Themed Cultural Assets and Spatial Information by Shuhui Lin

“…Cultural assets preserve the traces of people’s life history around the world. With an understanding of the historical context and meaning of cultural assets, people would cherish their value and then adopt appropriate cultural resource preservation strategies. …”
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Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…Although the dominant narratives in the world of academia are from the vantage points of primarily white males from the West (Europe and the United States), there is an alternative narrative that is being discussed in many parts of the world that is challenging the colonial perspectives of the West. …”
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Application of ecological and mathematical theory to cancer: New challenges by Yangjin Kim, Avner Friedman, Eugene Kashdan, Urszula Ledzewicz, Chae-Ok Yun

“…According to the World Health Organization, cancer is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. …”
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De (re)conto e (des)encanto: uma leitura de Fita verde no cabelo by Elvya Ribeiro Pereira

“…As the sub-title indicates - new old story - Rosa's narrative reframes traditional versions of Little Red Riding Hood, projecting the story amid the be-wilderment of the modern world, deconstructing certainties, shifting fantasies. …”
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Berkeley’s Best System: An Alternative Approach to Laws of Nature by Walter Ott

“…I argue that Hume’s predecessor, George Berkeley, offers a more sophisticated conception of laws, equally consistent with the absence of powers or necessary connections among events in the natural world. On this view, laws are not statements of regularities but the most general rules God follows in producing the world. …”
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The Problem Of Existence And Alienation In Conrad’s Lord Jim - Conrad’in Lord Jim’ İnde Varlik Ve Yabancilaşma Problemi by Cumhur Yılmaz Madran

“…Uncontrolled expanse of technology led to man’s estrangement from the world he himself had made or inherited, in a word, man’s alienation from himself, from the world and from other people. …”
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SAVE: Steps in Achieving Viable Energy—Youth Guide by Nathan Mitten, H.A. (Skip) Ingley, Jessica Kochert, Joy C. Jordan

“…Finally, the journey concludes with a closer look into the ways the world we live in is impacted, both positively and negatively by our energy use. …”
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Connecting ‘Souths’. The Construction of Academic Networks between Latin America and Africa by Bayle, Paola Adriana

“…It is believed that CLACSO developed this institutional policy in order to point out the assymetries in the World Academic System, constructed historically between academic centres and peripheries (North and South). …”
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