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African Proverbs

open access: yes, 1942
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Industrial Structure and Ecological Sustainability: Evidence From Small‐Scale Industries in Nordic Countries

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how industrial structure is associated with ecological sustainability in Nordic countries over the period 2001–2022. The analysis focuses on the share of small‐scale industries in the industrial system and examines its association with ecological sustainability, measured by the load capacity factor.
Ismail Demirdag   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring African Proverbs as a Learning Resource in the Contemporary Society

open access: yes, 2014
In sub-Saharan Africa (especially among the Yoruba ethnic group in Nigeria) one of the elements of indigenous education is the use of such cultural resources as taboos, riddles, proverbs, myths and folktales to provide a symbolic explanation of the ...
Aboluwodi, Akinjide
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Local realities, global discourses and decolonising the curriculum in a post‐92 UK context: Academic voices on enacting decolonial curriculum change

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored how lecturers in a post‐92 UK university conceptualise and enact decolonial curriculum principles within their teaching and programme design. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with academic staff across multiple disciplines, the research adopts a qualitative, phenomenologically informed approach to examine the interplay
Reece Sohdi
wiley   +1 more source

REGULATED WOMEN AND MANIPULATIVE LANGUAGE USE IN AFRICAN PROVERBS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE

open access: yes, 2016
This paper analyses African proverbs but with particular focus on Igbo proverbs as a discourse form. It investigates dominance relations using the discourse form of proverbs.
Ahamefula, Ndubuisi Ogbonna   +2 more
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Explainable hybrid stacking ensemble method for hard rock pillar stability prediction and engineering applications

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This research proposes an interpretable hybrid stacking ensemble framework, optimized by the Sparrow Search Algorithm, to enhance hard rock pillar stability prediction. By integrating six machine learning models—k‐nearest neighbors, support vector machines, random forests, Gradient Boosting Decision Tree, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, and Light Gradient ...
Ning Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Transdiagnostic Single‐Session Interventions for University Students Experiencing Disordered Eating: A Mixed‐Method Co‐Design Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Many university students encounter barriers to timely support for disordered eating. Brief, scalable digital single‐session interventions (SSIs) may provide an engaging and accessible transdiagnostic pathway for early intervention where there is increased distress before a diagnosis emerges.
Maya Jabs, Tracey D. Wade
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Validity of a Short Form of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire in Adolescents Diagnosed With an Eating Disorder

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to assess the structural validity and readability of a brief 7‐item version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (the EDE‐Q7) among adolescents. Method Latent variable analysis was used in a sample of 263 adolescents (age range = 13–17.99y) diagnosed with an eating disorder and recruited from treatment ...
Paul E. Jenkins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE AFRICAN PROVERB AND THE LIVING PRESENT

open access: yesProverbium, 2012
Modernity, the triptych upon which a corpus of Igbo sayings has been created, arose pari passu with the larger incidence of post-colonialism. As a phenomenon with a pervasive grip on the life and imagination of the African, post-colonialism has had its imprint on Igbo paremiology.
openaire   +1 more source

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