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Map Room Conversations

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract In this introduction to the Special Section entitled ‘Map Room Conversations’ we explain the origins of the collection in a set of sessions co‐organised by the authors at the 2024 Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). The co‐authored papers in this collection reflect on these conversations, and the
Stephen Legg, Katherine Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Classification Methods in Context at Theological Libraries: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This case study explores issues of interoperability and shared collection management between two libraries – one community and one academic – located within the American Jewish University (AJU).
Noland, Chloe G.
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Out There No One Has a Right to Die

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
wiley   +1 more source

Hagiography

open access: yes, 2015
Jon Boorstin proposes three purposes for film production – voyeuristic, vicarious, and visceral (Boorstin). Scrutinized in light of Boorstin’s proposal, hagiographical films are most likely to have three purposes imbedded in three generic types ...
Yang, Sunggu
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Evaluating stories for diverse audiences [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The issues are similar in storytelling. These students of different races, sexes, and ages had very different reactions to the story variants they studied, reactions that depended on their cultural experiences as well as their individual viewpoints ...
Brown, Malore I.
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Nebezpečné „veřejné“ mínění lidu v 18. století v českých zemích (Dangerous Common Opinion of People in the Czech Lands in 18th Century )

open access: yesOstium, 2017
The article deals with the advent of the formation of public opinion in the Czech lands in the end of 18th century. Specific attention focuses on the reflection of the French Revolution and its effects on the Czech environment, especially on minds of ...
Kateřina Soukalová
doaj  

Selected Elements of Animated Nature Associated with the Birth of Jesus in the Bulgarian Oral Culture and Apocryphal Narratives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Translated by Katarzyna GucioThe article attempts to extract textual and extratextual planes on which representatives of fauna made their mark in the folklore of the South Slavs, mainly Bulgarians; in their oral literature, rituals, and beliefs ...
Krzeszewska, Karolina
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Women to grow up with: transnational feminism in empowering biographies for girls

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
This article examines the case study of Real-Life Legends: 50 Women to Grow Up with in Israel, a local anthology published in 2019 as part of the global trend of women’s biographical collections aimed at empowering girls.
Einat Lachover, Shai Rudin
doaj   +1 more source

How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice?

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Over 20 years ago, ecologists were introduced to the site occupancy model (SOM) for estimating occupancy rates from detection‐nondetection data. In the ensuing decades, the SOM and its hierarchical modeling extensions have become mainstays of quantitative ecology, and estimating occupancy rates has become one of the most common applications of ...
Benjamin R. Goldstein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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