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[Review of] Oscar Hijuelos. The Mamba Kings Play Songs of Love [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Hijuelos\u27 novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner, earns it laurels through the author\u27s craftsmanship. Its unusual flashback structure, its characterizations of the two Castillo brothers, and its many pages of lyrical prose are praiseworthy.
Auser, Cortland P.
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Does education policy affect teachers' learning needs? An international comparison of trends in teachers' continuing professional learning needs in secondary schools in Australia, England, Japan and the Netherlands

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domesticating Human Capital

open access: yesEarly Modern Low Countries
This article investigates the consumption of knowledge in early modern Amsterdam. A dataset of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century probate inventories is employed to examine the synergies and inequalities between the skilled and educated middle classes ...
Lotte Kemps, Bas Spliet
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Art byzantin et peintres français au XIXe siècle sur le Mont Athos

open access: yesImages du Travail, Travail des Images, 2023
The article examines the interest, which arose around Byzantine art in France around the 1840s and which led to the discovery of Panselinos’ work on Mount Athos, but also of a tradition favoring a collective way of doing – this artistic tradition being ...
Katerina Seraïdari
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Rycotewood College: report from the Inspectorate (FEFC inspection report; 22/95 and 73/99) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The Further Education Funding Council has a legal duty to make sure further education in England is properly assessed. The FEFC’s inspectorate inspects and reports on each college of further education according to a four-year cycle. This record comprises

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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embodied eco-embroidery

open access: yesNordic Journal of Art and Research, 2023
The UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) addresses equal access to quality education, focusing on literacy, numeracy and the science-field STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), - seemingly forgetting the importance of ...
Janne Iren Robberstad   +1 more
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Merging Psychological, Social, and Rational Perspectives: A Study of the Determinants of Consumer Choices for Sustainable Furniture

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines consumer purchase intentions for a sofa produced through industrial symbiosis (IS), utilizing recycled textiles and fibers. As a high‐investment product, the IS sofa requires a significant financial commitment and involves complex decision‐making, an area less studied compared with other sustainable goods categories.
Rosa Maria Dangelico   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An introduction to Crafting Sustainability – exploring the interconnections between sustainability and craft

open access: yesNordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 2017
Sustainability has become a critical issue, calling for new conceptualizations of both problems and solutions. This special issue of the Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies,  explore the concept of “Crafting Sustainability”.
Roger Andre Søraa, Håkon Fyhn
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The Concept of the Luxury Branding in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Series Through Triadic Modes of Sign [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This thesis mainly deals with the iconisation of signs and naturalisation process in order to reveal the way Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is naturalised as a luxury product. This thesis also involves analysis of the luxury branding concept through the analysis
Gunawan, S. (Samuel), Paksi, T. (Tiyo)
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