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Usability of a gamified antibiotic resistance awareness mobile application: A qualitative evaluation

open access: yesIET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
The purpose of this study is to reveal the findings from the usability evaluation of an antibiotic resistance awareness app (SEDAR) app and present the necessary critical revisions made to improve the usability further. This study adopted guerrilla testing, observation, and retrospective probing methods to evaluate the usability of the SEDAR app ...
Ummul Hanan Mohamad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peace, Security, Globalisation & Cultural Diplomacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article argues for a positive, comprehensive conception of peace that goes beyond the mere absence of war and a more integrated conception of human security that encompasses a wider range of issues than threats of physical violence. Education is one
Ashok Natarajan
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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonizing heritage: Belgium's cultural diplomacy through museum decolonization and restitution of cultural artifacts [PDF]

open access: yes
openThis thesis explores the intersection of cultural diplomacy, decolonization of arts and museums and restitution of cultural artifacts in a post-colonial context, focusing on Belgium’s cultural diplomacy with its ex-colonies, the decolonization of its
GONFROID, ALESSIA THEODORA M
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Russia's Public Diplomacy in the Middle East

open access: yes, 2020
This chapter deals with different aspects of Russia’s public diplomacy in the Middle East. It reveals historical interactions with the Muslim world and indigenous populations of Muslims as a cultural identity and relational basis for cooperation. It also
Simons, Greg,, Morozov, Vladimir,
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A Socially Assistive Robot for Outpatient Eating Disorder Waiting‐List Support: A Mixed‐Methods Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluated Purrble, a socially assistive robot for emotion regulation, as a low‐intensity adjunct during waitlist periods in adult eating disorder services. Method Adults waiting for outpatient eating disorder treatment were randomised to four weeks of Purrble use or waitlist‐as‐usual.
Dimitri Chubinidze   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visibility without Recognition: Assessing the Effectiveness and Structural Limits of Catalonia's Paradiplomacy in Pursuit of Self-Determination

open access: yesJournal of Paradiplomacy and City Networks
This study explores why paradiplomacy has emerged as a central yet contested instrument in Catalonia's ongoing quest for self-secession from Spain. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the research applies Stéphane Paquin's theory of paradiplomacy ...
Gibran Muhammad Kafiil   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Cultural Diplomacy: China Cultural Centers in Europe (Hungary) and Africa (Morocco) [PDF]

open access: yes
openThis study analyzes the cultural diplomacy activities of Chinese cultural centers in Europe (Hungary) and Africa (Morocco) using a comparative case study approach.
CHEN, ZHISHAN
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula in Poland’s Cultural Diplomacy

open access: yesPoliteja
Recently, Poland’s relations with the monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – gain new dynamics.
Agnieszka Syliwoniuk-Wapowska
doaj   +1 more source

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