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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Automatic Dating of Medieval Charters from Denmark
Dating of medieval text sources is a central task common to the field of manuscript studies. It is a difficult process requiring expert philological and historical knowledge.
Sidsel Boldsen, Patrizia Paggio
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Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer +20 more
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A newly-available resource for historians of early New Zealand: The Marist Missionary Letters (1838-54) [PDF]
The 7000 pages of primary documents of the Lettres reçues d’Océanie constitute a vast new source for the study of the Pacific during the period 1838-54. Published in 2009 after sixteen years of transcription, the Lettres are the collected correspondence ...
Jennings, William
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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This immensely useful scholarly edition of the late medieval Icelandic manuscript AM 429 12mo, nicknamed Kirkjubæjarbók, is the third publication in the series of digital facsimiles published by Museum Tusculanum Press in collaboration with The ...
Jonas Wellendorf
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ABSTRACT Background The international mobility of nurses is a significant component of healthcare systems worldwide, resulting in the global recruitment and adaptation of culturally and linguistically diverse nurses into diverse work environments. CALD nurses face integration challenges, which can potentially compromise their well‐being and adjustment ...
Judith Yabal +3 more
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Matthias Egeler, "Celtic Influences in Germanic Religion" - A Survey
This immensely useful scholarly edition of the late medieval Icelandic manuscript AM 429 12mo, nicknamed Kirkjubæjarbók, is the third publication in the series of digital facsimiles published by Museum Tusculanum Press in collaboration with The ...
Karen Bek-Pedersen
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Livelli di rappresentazione del testo nell’edizione del De nomine di Orso Beneventano
This paper presents the methodological and technological rationale of the scholarly digital edition of the De nomine by Ursus Beneventanus (http://www.unipa.it/paolo.monella/ursus), a proof of concept of methodological innovations introduced by Tito ...
Paolo Monella
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Abstract While research on ecosystems and their orchestration has grown rapidly, we still know little about how individual strategic leaders may mobilize ecosystemic action in times of disruption. This article addresses this gap by drawing on an in‐depth case study of the Antwerp Square Mile, the world’s oldest and most renowned diamond trading ...
Bart De Keyser, Koen Vandenbempt
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