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The Interplay of Public Administration and Community Resilience During the COVID‐19 Pandemic—A Rapid Scoping Review

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This rapid scoping review examines the interplay between public administration and community resilience during the COVID‐19 pandemic, focusing on the type of research conducted, emerging themes in resilience studies, and key lessons learned. The findings show that research in the Global North has primarily examined resilience at the city level,
Daniela Gröschke
wiley   +1 more source

The Kadus of Burma

open access: yesBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1920
The pepole distinguished by the name of Kade, because they speak a language differing form those of their neighbours, live mostly in the Katha district of Upper Burma, and inhabit a tract of country lying roughly between 95° E., and 24° and 24° 30′N.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Tamil Hero and His Tribe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Short story about a Pakistani expatriate and his wife who move to Lumut in Burma and meet a neighbouring Tamil ...
Zaidi, Abbas
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Wages in the Global Apparel Supply Chain

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Through corporate codes of conduct, apparel companies seek to ensure that basic labor rights and standards are upheld in their global supply chains. Wages, a key subject in corporate codes, have received less attention in part due to the difficulty of accessing firm‐level wage data from suppliers.
Jinsun Bae, Sarosh Kuruvilla
wiley   +1 more source

Around the Table of the Golden Triangle: Food Connections and Community Networking from Burma to Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines how exotic cuisines become the mechanism glue different ethnic groups together and enhanced the quality of community life in the so-called Golden Triangle in the Longgang area of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chang, Shenglin Elijah, Wu, Chen Ting
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Testing Differently Substituted Quinoxaline‐2,3‐Dithiolate Ligands in Z‐Stereoretentive Olefin Metathesis Leading to Pheromone of Rice Yellow Stem Borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, EarlyView.
A set of Z‐stereoretentive olefin metathesis catalysts was tested in the synthesis of a pheromone of rice yellow stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)—one of the major rice pests in Asia. ABSTRACT Stereoselective olefin metathesis offers access to geometrically well‐defined C–C double bonds and is considered a promising new method for transforming plant ...
Maryana Nadirova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saxifraga rufescens var. rufescens (Saxifragaceae): A New Addition to the Flora of India

open access: yesFeddes Repertorium, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Saxifraga rufescens Balf.f., a species of Saxifragaceae, previously known from China and Myanmar, is now recorded from Nagaland, India. This study offers detailed morphological descriptions, habitat characteristics, field photographs, distributional data, and an analysis of its taxonomic relationships with closely related species, facilitating
Santanu Dey   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Victory in Burma: The Role of Canada and the Air Force [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In Victoria, BC this August 2005, the 60th anniversary of the end of the War against Japan (VJ Day) was celebrated at a number of events. Included were a march to the Cenotaph by Veterans, Service Units and Air Cadets on Sunday, August l4th; a reception ...
Brown, Atholl Sutherland
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Power dynamics and social enterprises: A case study of an international NGO

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Human Resource Development (HRD) scholarship and practice include attention to social justice and human rights, which are critical in international workspaces, including social enterprises. HRD principles could help such organizations better foster intercultural collaboration and respect, while promoting both economic prosperity and social ...
Jill Zarestky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

De colonizador a víctima: la memoria cultural de la Guerra en El Pacífico a través del Monumento a la Línea Ferroviaria Burma-Siam Pakan Baroe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article I will demonstrate how the Burma-Siam Pakan Baroe Railroad Monument embodies the development of the memory culture about the War in the Pacific in the Netherlands. I will explain why this was a contested war, and outline the ways in which
Breugelmans,Tamara
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