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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
wiley   +1 more source

Bioinspired multi-scale core-spun yarn-based solar evaporator for ultra-efficient and durable high-salinity brine desalination. [PDF]

Fundam Res
Li A, He M, Zheng M, Liu H, Liu Y, Liu H, Yu J, Wang L, Qin X.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Countering FIMI by Digital Authoritarianisms: Audience Architecture and Reverse Language Engineering

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns on social media are currently both more accessible and more impactful than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) or European Union's (EU), offering their opponents superiority and efficiency on those platforms.
Michelangelo Conoscenti
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Controls as Technologies of Actorhood: Constructing the Responsible Supplier in Global Supply Chains Le contrôle de la durabilité comme technologie d'actorialité : façonner le fournisseur responsable dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement mondiales

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how accounting and control practices constitute and distribute agency and responsibility for sustainability in global supply chains. Drawing on a field study in the fashion industry, we describe the sustainability control practices used by a major buyer firm vis‐à‐vis its suppliers and trace their evolution from a ...
Martin Messner, Marek Reuter, Torkel Strömsten   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Denim Fabrics Woven with Dual Core-Spun Yarns

, 2019
Babaarslan, Osman, Sarioğlu, Esin, Çelik, Halil İbrahim, Avci, Münevver Artek   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Rapid construction of insect–plant interaction networks via multiplexed long‐fragment DNA metabarcoding and NGS

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Molecular identification of insect food webs can accurately reveal complex trophic interactions and serve as a foundation for understanding ecosystem functioning and advancing biodiversity conservation. This process typically involves DNA library construction, high‐throughput sequencing and subsequent steps, including data assembly, annotation,
Xiao‐man Zhang, Yu‐xuan Zheng, Shao‐jun Zhang, Cai‐qing Yang, Xin‐chun Li, Qian Jin, Jing Li, Liu‐sheng Chen, Ai‐bing Zhang, Jing‐ze Liu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

Aluminum-Foil/Polyester Core-Spun Yarns Conductive Fabric Enabling High Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Sun Y, Han X, Zhao K, Zhao W, He Z, He Z, Mo Y, Chu C, Natsuki T, Natsuki J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Supporting Children With a Chronic Disease and Their Parents When Admitted to Hospital: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Supports

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
Importance of psychosocial support. ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this scoping review was to identify, examine, and summarize available evidence regarding psychosocial supports provided to children with a chronic disease when admitted to hospital and their parents. Method The JBI methodology for conducting and reporting scoping reviews was followed.
Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, Nolan Lagrisolal, Una Chang, Matthew Christoffersen, K. Alix Hayden, Kathryn Birnie, Tammie Dewan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source