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‘Mere Amateurs’? Elementary Teachers and the Making of Scientific Authority in the British Child Study Movement

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
wiley   +1 more source

Relating spatial perspective taking to the perception of other's affordances: providing a foundation for predicting the future behavior of others. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci, 2013
Creem-Regehr SH, Gagnon KT, Geuss MN, Stefanucci JK.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘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

AI-powered VM selection: Amplifying cloud performance with dragonfly algorithm. [PDF]

Heliyon
Rashmi S, Siwach V, Sehrawat H, Brar GS, Singla J, Jhanjhi NZ, Masud M, Shorfuzzaman M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit. [PDF]

PLoS Biol, 2015
Ebrahim SA, Dweck HK, Stökl J, Hofferberth JE, Trona F, Weniger K, Rybak J, Seki Y, Stensmyr MC, Sachse S, Hansson BS, Knaden M.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical solution and experimental investigation for hydro-acoustic analysis and noise reduction assessment of ship ducted propeller. [PDF]

Heliyon
Alizadeh V, Abbaspour M, Mohseni Arasteh A, Lari K, Torabi Azad M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A hypothetical neurological association between dehumanization and human rights abuses. [PDF]

J Law Biosci, 2015
Murrow GB, Murrow R.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
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