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Future L2 writing selves and EFL writing achievement: the mediating role of writing enjoyment and boredom. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Pan J, Chen H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Upper Secondary Students' Situational Engagement and Cognitive Prerequisites of Learning Through the Physically Active Academic Lessons Intervention: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Cluster Randomized Individual Crossover Trial. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc
Syväoja HJ, Takalo S, Kukko T, Salmela N, Hakonen H, Kulmala J, Lindfors H, Oksanen H, Räsänen P, Mäkitalo K, Tammelin TH.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Family Affair: War, Agency and Female Epistolary Networks in Renaissance Italy

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws on the largely unexplored epistolary archive of dozens of women who were born or married into military families in northern Italy around the time of the first phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1530). Building on recent work on early modern agency, patriarchy, networks and emotional communities, the article reconstructs and ...
Stephen Bowd
wiley   +1 more source

Professional Adaptation of Foreign Nurses Working in Iceland: A Focus Group Study Guided by the Cross-Cultural Adjustment Model. [PDF]

Nurs Open
Viejo WG, Bragadóttir H, Klinke ME.
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

Integrating Insights: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Nurses' Competencies in Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Decision-Making. [PDF]

Nurs Open
Sarıköse S, Sevim F, Alık Ş, Karaçay P, Yaşar Ö.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Non‐Career Ambassador Appointments: Transformations in Turkish Diplomacy during the 1920s and 1930s

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the early years of the Turkish Republic, the establishment of foreign missions, the assignment of new diplomats to these missions as well as the inheritance of experiences, diplomats, buildings and other assets from the Ottoman Empire were matters of major political concern.
Evren Küçük
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional vigilance under perceived continuous evaluation in foreign language classrooms: evidence from Chinese university students. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ding Z, Bu G, Fang Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source