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Demystifying Non‐Western Administrative Traditions: An Empirical Comparison of Administrative Systems in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
wiley   +1 more source

Modern everyday nicknames in Sweden

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of the study is to examine the modern everyday use of nicknames. The study is based on two different types of material – questionnaires and interviews.
Gustavsson, Linnea
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Karelian Anthroponymic Heritage in Russian Zaonezhye

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This article analyses non-calendar Karelian anthroponyms identified in archival documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on the Zaonezhye Peninsula and testifying to the Karelian heritage of this marker for the culture of the Russian North.
Irma Ivanovna Mullonen
doaj   +1 more source

Family Names and Nicknames in the village of Český Rudolec

open access: yes, 2017
The subject of this thesis is surnames and nicknames of inhabitants of Český Rudolec. The basic material was obtained from a list of the names of local inhabitants.
VÁVRŮ, Vojtěch
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How AI and Digital Technologies Can Enhance Sustainable Livestock Manure Management: An Overview From Treatment to Distribution

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable livestock manure management sits at the nexus of climate, nutrient circularity and water quality. This review explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms are used across four management stages, that is, treatment, storage, valorisation and distribution, and figures out where integration fails to deliver ...
Zhan Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female Nicknames in Old Dubrovnik

open access: yes, 2003
Ženski nadimci nemaju samo identifikacijsku funkciju već pružaju i dodatne obavijesti o ženi, zadirući u pitanje njezina zanimanja, seksualne reputacije, izgleda, karakternih osobina, te iskazujući mišljenje društvene sredine u formi trajne stigme ...
Slavica Stojan, Stojan, Slavica
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Who gets redeployed? Inventor characteristics and resource redeployment decisions

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary While the literature highlights the benefits of internally redeploying resources, there is less empirical guidance on which resources are most likely to be redeployed. We examine the relationship between inventor characteristics and redeployment decisions, motivated by the tension between costs and benefits of keeping a ...
Kyungsoo Kim, Isin Guler, Samina Karim
wiley   +1 more source

Old Norse Nicknames

open access: yes, 2012
Nicknames, which occur in all cultures and time periods, play a vital role in highlighting identity, and provide a window into popular culture. The function of nicknames in the Middle Ages is peculiar, however, when men (as in medieval Iceland) would ...
Peterson, Paul, 1984-
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Perfluorohexanone for Clean Fire Suppression: Mechanisms, System Design, Applications, and Future Directions

open access: yesSafety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Driven by halon and high GWP agent phase out, perfluorohexanone is increasingly deployed in enclosures such as data centers, marine machinery spaces, and industrial process lines. This review summarizes application performance, discharge and distribution design, material compatibility, and byproduct control and maps practical gaps for large volume and ...
Zhilei Yu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
wiley   +1 more source

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