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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s: From the Ugandan Asian ‘Stateless Husbands’ to ‘Virginity Testing’

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979.
Antara Datta, Jinal Parekh
wiley   +1 more source

Airport Malaria Cluster in Certified Malaria-Free Country, Libya, 2024. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Alarbi AM, Elhaddad AB, Almehdawi NM, Saadawi WK, Aqeehal H, Elalem M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regulating privatized infrastructures and airport services [PDF]

For a World Bank Institute course on transport privatization, the authors cover basic issues associated with the regulation of privatized airport infrastructure and services: 1) Economic characteristics of airport.
Betancor, Ofelia, Rendeiro, Robert
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FINANCIALIZED GREEN STATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND THE URBANIZATION OF MOUNTAINS: Chongli’s Consumption‐based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

WCN25-4233 THE FITNESS PARADOX

Kidney International Reports
Swetha rajkumar, Dr Ravi Jangamani, Dr Mohammed fahad Khan, Dr Vishwanath Siddini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An explanatory composite metric for air cargo network robustness: incorporating pairwise synergistic effects. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhou H, Razavi S.
europepmc   +1 more source

FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

Interpretable Taxi-Out Time Prediction of Departure Flights Using Stacking Ensemble Learning and SHAP Analysis. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wu T, Mao Y, Huang J, Zeng X, Ma J, Jia X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
wiley   +1 more source