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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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English Language Acculturation and Academic Achievement Among Junior Year Nursing Students [PDF]
, 2009 Efforts to alleviate the current nursing shortage have focused on recruitment and retention of diverse nursing students. Language acculturation has been identified in the literature as one predictor of academic achievement (Salamonson et al, 2008 ...
Lukrich, Leah
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, 2007 It is important for teachers to be aware of the cultural backgrounds of students and their family in order to provide culturally responsive instruction and counseling.
Lee, Mi-Soon
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research explores the adaptive strategies employed by Conversas (Christian women of Jewish origin) and Moriscas (Christian women of Muslim origin) in navigating adversity, particularly in their interactions with inquisitorial authorities in the early modern Crown of Aragon. This study analyses these women's efforts to uphold religious and
Ivana Arsić
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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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The Impact of Acculturation on Help-Seeking and Mental Health Among Refugees in Minnesota [PDF]
, 2020 The Impact of Acculturation on Help-Seeking and Mental Health Among Refugees in Minnesota Analynne Escobar, Depts. of Social Work and Psychology, with Dr.
Escobar, Analynne
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youths [PDF]
, 2010 Highlights the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Latino/Hispanic youths, who are among minority groups at higher risk, by gender and nativity; consequences; and causes, including food and built environments, media influences, and ...
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The Role of Ethnicity and Migration in Perinatal Inequalities: A Retrospective Cohort Study
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine ethnic disparities in perinatal outcomes and the role of migration factors. Design Retrospective cohort. Setting Two maternity services in South London, UK. Population or Sample Women birthing singleton infants between 24 and 43 weeks' gestation (2018–2023).
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