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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

REDEFINITION OF THE GREEK ELECTORAL DISTRICTS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A REGION-BUILDING ALGORITHM

European Journal of Geography, 2012
The main purpose of this paper is the formulation of a methodological approach for the definition of homogenous spatial clusters, taking into account both geographical and descriptive characteristics. The proposed methodology, is substantiated by SPiRAL
Yorgos N. PHOTIS
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Democratic differences: electoral institutions and compliance with GATT/WTO agreements [PDF]

, 2010
A growing body of literature argues that democracies are more likely to comply with international agreements than authoritarian states. However, substantial variation exists in the compliance behaviour of democracies. How can this variation be explained?
Rickard, Stephanie, Rickard, Stephanie J.   +1 more
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Number of electoral districts and territorial representation in the pr list system in Serbia 1992–2023

Političke Perspektive
Serbia has been applying a closed-list proportional system for ten consecutive parliamentary electoral cycles, with single at-large district that encompasses the entire territory of the country.
Dejan Bursać
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Czech Senate Electoral Districts

Politologický časopis - Czech Journal of Political Science, 2013
The members of the Czech Senate, the upper chamber of the Czech Parliament, are elected every six years through a two-round majority system in 81 single-seat electoral districts, with one-third of the chamber up for election every two years. District boundaries are set by a law which stipulates they must be modified by amendment if the number of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Effective methods for increasing levels of political self‐efficacy for girls and disadvantaged students in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study addresses the gap in rigorous evaluation of inclusive Citizenship Education methods in reducing gender and socioeconomic inequalities in political self‐efficacy. This article tests the effectiveness of two pedagogical approaches: counter‐narratives and think‐pair‐share.
Bryony Hoskins, Khuyen Dinh, Christian Christrup Kjeldsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chilean science teachers' conceptualisations of disability when teaching students with autism

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how Chilean secondary science teachers conceptualise disability when teaching students with autism in integrated classroom settings. Grounded in critical disability studies, the research employs a qualitative story‐completion method, using a fictional classroom scenario to prompt teachers to construct narratives that reveal
Alexis Gonzalez‐Donoso, Fabian Arroyo‐Rojas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source