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Professional elevators to the Russian political elite

open access: yesЦифровая социология, 2021
The article identifies and analyses the main professions-suppliers of personnel to the authorities, reveals their role in the formation of the Russian managerial political elite, and also considers professional spheres and social groups from which ...
N. A. Yushkina
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Socjologia interpretatywna i metoda biograficzna: przemiana funkcji, antyesencjalistyczne wątpliwości oraz sprawa krytyki [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Interpretive Sociology and Biographical Method: Change of Function, Anti-Essentialist Reservations and the Problem of Critique Abstract: The article offers an introduction to a discussion on the epistemological and axiological assumptions of the ...
Czyżewski, Marek
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“Dead Lithium” Formation and Mitigation Strategies in Anode‐Free Li‐Metal Batteries

open access: yesBatteries &Supercaps, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2025.
Anode‐free lithium metal batteries, though promising due to their high energy density, face challenges from dead lithium formation. “Dead lithium”, disconnected from the anode, causes capacity loss, increased resistance, and safety risks. This review explores the origins of dead lithium, its impact on battery performance, and potential strategies for ...
Mozaffar Abdollahifar, Andrea Paolella
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Pandemic as a Biographical Turning Point? The Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Biographies of “Essential Workers”

open access: yesQualitative Sociology Review
This article aims to answer the question of the biographical meaning of the pandemic in the experiences of so-called “essential workers” who performed their duties in the first line of struggle with the consequences of the COVID-19 health crisis.
Adam Mrozowicki, Jacek Burski
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The Development of Evaluation Culture in Spain

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2009
This paper presents a retrospective explanation as to how evaluation culture has been slowly incorporated into politics and public institutions in Spain during the last three decades. Evaluation, quality, and excellence are relevant concepts embedded in
Rubén Arriazu Muñoz
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The Feminist Biographical Method in Psychological Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The feminist biographical method is an in-depth interpretive methodology that is useful for research in the field of psychology. I believe that this qualitative method is an excellent tool for analyzing individual narratives of participants lives in ...
Popadiuk, Natalee
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The development of the professionalism of adult educators: a biographical and learning perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
To investigate the development of the professionalism of adult educators, we compare individuals’ narratives of their professional work at different times in their biographies. Using data from a qualitative longitudinal study, the paper includes two case
Hof, Christiane, Maier-Gutheil, Cornelia
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Graphite Co‐Intercalation Chemistry in Sodium‐Ion Batteries

open access: yesBatteries &Supercaps, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2025.
Traditional intercalation chemistry in lithium‐ion batteries cannot allow sodium storage in graphite. The co‐intercalation chemistry changes the situation. It enables reversible and ultrafast sodium storage in graphite. Revisiting challenges and summarizing recent advances are of significant importance to exploit the full potential of graphite in ...
Linlong Lyu, Yuyang Yi, Zheng‐Long Xu
wiley   +1 more source

El método biográfico en las ciencias sociales. Acerca del carácter social y el estatuto de verdad de las experiencias de vida

open access: yesEMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales
Los estudios biográficos interpelaron a las ciencias sociales desde la década de 1920. Sin embargo, esta forma de observar y analizar los fenómenos sociales sufrió, entre la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la década de 1980, un desplazamiento del escenario ...
Martín Güelman
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Historical geography II: traces remain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The second report in this series turns to focus on the trace in relation to life-writing and biography in historical geography and beyond. Through attention to tracing journeys, located moments and listening to the presence of ghosts (Ogborn, 2005), this
Anderson J   +29 more
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