Garimpeiros de Ouro e Cooperativismo no século XXI. Exemplos nos rios Tapajós, Juma e Madeira no Sudoeste da Amazônia Brasileira by Maria Célia Coelho, Luiz Jardim Wanderley , Reinaldo Costa

“…Based mainly on fieldwork and economic regulation and spatial restructuring theories, we analyze how the "modernization" process triggered by industrial mining, hydroelectric and agribusiness affects the artisanal small miner in the southwest of the Brazilian Amazon, especially due to the hardening of the environmental and the mineral resources controls. …”
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Network Ripple Effects: How Twitter Deplatforming Flipped Authority Structure and Discourse of the Arizona Election Review Community by Michael Simeone, Steven R. Corman

“…Several significant changes are observed, including a drop in participation from accounts that were not deplatformed and a de-centralization of the Twitter network. Conspiracy theories remain in the discourse, but their themes become more diffuse, and their calls to action more abstract. …”
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Business Simulation Games in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Empirical Research by Nadia Faisal, Mehmood Chadhar, Anitra Goriss-Hunter, Andrew Stranieri

“…The review also summarises different issues concerning the integration of BSGs into the curriculum, learning theories used in the selected studies, and assessment methods used to evaluate student achievement in learning outcomes. …”
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An Interview-Based Study of Pioneering Experiences in Teaching and Learning Complex Systems in Higher Education by Joseph T. Lizier, Michael S. Harré, Melanie Mitchell, Simon DeDeo, Conor Finn, Kristian Lindgren, Amanda L. Lizier, Hiroki Sayama

“…Our discussions explored approaches to curriculum design, how theories/models/frameworks of teaching and learning informed decisions and experience, how diversity in student backgrounds was addressed, and assessment task design. …”
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Walking in the Brontë Dining-room as Literary Influence by Kate Lawson

“…Employing the materialist theories of Thomas Rickert, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, and Karen Barad, the essay explores how the complex web of the sisters’ everyday lived experiences could constitute literary influence. …”
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The Measurement of Green Finance Development Index and Its Poverty Reduction Effect: Dynamic Panel Analysis Based on Improved Entropy Method by Lili Jiang, Hui Wang, Aihua Tong, Zhifei Hu, Hongjun Duan, Xiaolei Zhang, Yifeng Wang

“…Based on the analysis of related theories about green finance and poverty alleviation, this paper selects 18 indicators from three dimensions of economic development, financial development, and social environmental development and uses the improved entropy method to measure the green finance development index of China’s 25 provinces and municipalities from 2004 to 2017. …”
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Erich Neumann – Der mystische Mensch by Véronique Liard

“…We will rely on C. G. Jung’s theories, which serve as a basis for Neumann’s reflections. …”
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Educational changes and barriers to change in the statements of teachers-innovators and non-innovators by Bartosz Atroszko

“…In order to explain the differences between the two groups of teachers, the article refers to the theories of W. Reckless and J.B. Rotter. …”
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‘An unbidden guest at your table’: Purity, danger and the house-fly in the middle-class home, c. 1870-1910 by Neil Davie

“…It will be argued that the growing hygienist focus on flies as airborne carriers of disease co-existed, particularly in the earlier part of the period, with older more benign, attitudes to the house-fly, linked to the theories of natural theology.…”
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Le méthaniseur et le paysage by Fabrice Raffin, Camille Dormoy

“…A definition of the landscape that therefore involves at the same time the actor-network theories and the sociological interactionist approach (Le Breton, 2012). …”
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Correlation Analysis of Sprint Performance and Reaction Time Based on Double Logarithm Model by Jing Zhang, Xin-Yu Lin, Su Zhang

“…The researchers used least squares estimation, multivariate analysis of variance, and other methods and theories to construct a double logarithmic model and a multivariate analysis of a variance model. …”
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Digital Texts in Practice by Christian Wittern

“…This requirement includes use of texts for reading, translating, annotating, quoting, and publishing, thus integrating with the whole of the scholarly workflow. At that time theories of electronic texts started to appear and the Text Encoding Initiative had already begun to create a common text model and interchange specification, based mainly on European languages. …”
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Neural Plasticity and Proliferation in the Generation of Antidepressant Effects: Hippocampal Implication by Fuencisla Pilar-Cuéllar, Rebeca Vidal, Alvaro Díaz, Elena Castro, Severiano dos Anjos, Jesús Pascual-Brazo, Raquel Linge, Veronica Vargas, Helena Blanco, Beatriz Martínez-Villayandre, Ángel Pazos, Elsa M. Valdizán

“…During the last two decades, emerging theories are providing new explanations about the neurobiology of depression and the mechanism of action of antidepressant strategies based on cellular changes at the CNS level. …”
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Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program: The Case of the Middle East by Selma Limam Mansar, Shashank Jariwala, Nawal Behih, Maahd Shahzad, Aysha Anggraini

“…The authors have developed a mobile application that implements three strategies drawn from proven theories of behavioral change. The application is localized to the cultural context of its proposed users. …”
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Ganglioneuroma of the External Auditory Canal and Middle Ear by Hesham Saleh Almofada, Michael Steven Timms, M. Anas Dababo

“…Ganglioneuroma maturing from neuroblastoma is one of the theories describing pathophysiology of the disease. …”
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English Slang in “Gap Year” Movies Series by Rahilla Fanny Fanny

“…The data were also analyzed based on Plag and Yule’s theories in terms of etymology, borrowing, coinage, and multiple processes. …”
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Cultural Resistance and Sharia-Based Ecology in the Fishing Community in Aceh by Zubir Zubir, Abdul Manaf, Noviandy Noviandy, Abdul Mugni

“…These data were analyzed using a sociological approach, social theories, power-knowledge relations, and habitus. This study found several important reasons why there could be damage to Aceh Timur Raya’s ecosystems. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF WOMEN WORKERS WITH DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GAINING THEIR ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND SECURING THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN by Bediha Şahin

“…After deciphering the interviews, women's narratives and the concepts of modernization and conflict theories were used to form thematic analysis units. …”
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Microwave Characterization of Metal Powder in Additive Manufacturing (AM) by Joseph Filbert, Aaron Barvincak, Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, Reza Zoughi

“…It was also found that the resin powder composites exhibited diamagnetic properties and could be accurately modeled using effective media theories which consider both the dielectric and magnetic properties. …”
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The potential of melatonin in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: Mitochondrial protection and cGAS-STING signaling pathway by Yuchun Cao, Xiaofang He, Zeyuan Liu, Liying Miao, Bin Zhu

“…However, there is a multitude of theories regarding how Mel exerts its immune-modulating functions, with no consensus reached as of yet. …”
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