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Envisioning and Re-envisioning the Himalayas
It began at a Christmas party, probably in 2002. I was describing my travels in the Himalayas to a geographer colleague, and he mentioned their importance in regulating world climate patterns. That led to further conversations in the following years, and
Van Symons
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Climate Change and the PSO-HNS
Times have changed and seasons have changed. I remember with nostalgia the cool December mornings of my childhood, the predictable rains, the smell of clean air in open city spaces, and the sight of stars in the evening sky.
Anne Marie V. Espiritu
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Step into action: how reminders shape engagement in fitness apps
Abstract Regular exercise offers well‐documented health benefits, and mobile applications are increasingly used to promote physical activity. In this study, we conduct a large‐scale randomized controlled trial with 20,187 users of the WeWard app in France to evaluate the effectiveness of different message framings and intervention durations on app ...
Beatrice Braut +2 more
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G.H. von Wright's Biographical Sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein
ABSTRACT The article presents the history of Georg Henrik von Wright's well‐known biographical sketch of Ludwig Wittgenstein, which first appeared in English in 1955 and was later included in Norman Malcolm's Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir. It will be shown that von Wright, during the years 1954–1984, published as many as six versions of the ...
Bernt Österman
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Remembering Courtney Cazden, 1925–2025
ABSTRACT Here we remember and honor Courtney B. Cazden (1925–2025), whose scholarship, mentorship, and moral clarity profoundly shaped the study of language, literacy, and learning. Drawing on our shared experiences as colleagues, collaborators, students, and friends, we reflect on Courtney's enduring contributions to classroom discourse analysis ...
Kris D. Gutiérrez +5 more
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Losing Control: The Erosion of Disciplinary and Pastoral Power in Accounting Firms
ABSTRACT Accounting firms have traditionally operated as both elite and reinventive institutions that offer a structured and prestigious career path and enforce a deeply transformative socialization process for auditors. However, recent labor market shifts and evolving work preferences are challenging this regime of power, with significant implications
Oriane Couchoux +2 more
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Another Four Women: AfroCubana Entrepreneurs as Womanist Praxis
ABSTRACT This article is focused on four Black women entrepreneurs in Cuba's lucrative bed and breakfast home‐based tourism economy, asking: (1) what intersectional factors facilitated their entrepreneurial enterprises, (2) how they conceptualize success, and (3) how their narratives illuminate patterns involving gendered race in the country's ...
L. Kaifa Roland
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Christmas Island waste management system - Phase 2 final report 2011 [PDF]
The Shire of Christmas Island have been in need of an applicable waste management strategy which would reduce the volume of waste entering the landfill and adhere to current environmental legislations. RAUM int.
Tan, Justin
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Effects of Lottery Wins on Household Labor Supply
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the impact of lottery wins on household labor supply in the United Kingdom, using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We show that lottery wins do not have significant effects on hours of work of males, while female hours of work decrease in response to lottery wins.
Ignacio Belloc +2 more
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