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Les questions de Diderot sur l’état de la Russie, les réponses de Catherine II et la problématique du despotisme éclairé

open access: yesAstérion
The conversations between Diderot and Catherine II of Russia are often viewed as a dialogue between two persons who embody two contrasting or at least parallel worlds: the philosophy of the Enlightenment and the pragmatism of the Russian autocrat.
Sergueï Karp
doaj   +1 more source

Governing public services in England and Wales: a move from the stakeholder model could further the democratic deficit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A great deal of attention is given to roles of both Chief Executives and members of the Senior Management Team in many organisations, yet the work of the governing board is frequently neglected.
Baxter, Jacqueline, Farrell, Catherine
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Genomic Contributors to Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Results of Exome Sequencing in 560 Probands and Cross Reference of Findings in an Independent Cohort

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a strong genetic contribution to the etiology of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This study evaluated genetic testing results and diagnostic yield for fetuses and children with CDH. This was a retrospective cohort study of exome sequencing (ES) performed at GeneDx for fetuses and children ≤ 18 years of age with CDH compared ...
Justin Blair   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Russian-Tunisian Relations at the Initial Stage: Catherine the Great’s Era in Russia and Hamuda Pasha in Tunisia

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
The article is devoted to history of the first contacts between the Russian Empire and Regency of Tunisia at the end of the 18th century. The research is based on works of the Russian, Tunisian and French historians.
Nejmeddine Kazdaghli
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«Russian Theme» in William Blake’s Works

open access: yesИзвестия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2020
The article is devoted to the factors and evidences of William Blake’s interest in Russia, Russian places and politicians. An analysis of Blake’s works, especially his prophetic poems, confirm that Russia, Russian territories, and in particular the ...
Vera V. Serdechnaya
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L’Illustre philosophe de la sœur de La Chapelle (1663): sainte Catherine ou Hypatie?

open access: yesRomanica Cracoviensia, 2022
L’Illustre philosophe by Sœur de La Chapelle (1663): Saint Catherine or Hypatia? The paper focuses on one of the five tragedies that were dedicated in the 17th century to the character of Saint ...
Barbara Marczuk-Szwed
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“Many Know Much but Do Not Know Themselves”: Self-Knowledge, Humility, and Perfection in the Medieval Affective Contemplative Tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Today, philosophers interested in self-knowledge usually look to the scholastic tradition, where the topic is addressed in a systematic and familiar way.
Van Dyke, Christina
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Recovering the lost Moravian history of William Blake's family [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper seeks to amend and extend Keri Davies’s essay on Blake’s mother published in Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly in 1999. There, he established that Blake’s mother Catherine’s true maiden name was Wright, and that Thomas Armitage, her first husband,
Davies, K, Schuchard, MK
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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

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