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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing oral competence: Evidence-based strategies for developing foreign language speaking skills in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) learners. [PDF]

PLoS One
Olszak I, Borowicz A.
europepmc   +1 more source

TRANSNATIONAL GENTRIFICATION IN NISEKO, JAPAN: A Model of Displacement Led by Linked Migration

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Transnational gentrification scholarship has provided insights into how transnational migration reshapes urban areas, yet its analytical lens has rarely extended to peripheral rural contexts outside Euro‐American settings, where distinct actors and mechanisms may emerge.
Ni Yan, Keisuke Sakamoto, Shizhen Huang, David Matarrita‐Cascante, Noriko Akita, Song Han, Zhengxu Zhou, Takahiro Yamazaki, Makoto Yokohari   +8 more
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Localization Before Exploration: A Proposed Risk-Stratified Outpatient Framework for Occult Cutaneous Foreign Bodies. [PDF]

Cureus
Chen WG, Ho WT.
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WORKING THE GREY AREA: Street‑Level Refugee Housing Governance in Sweden

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how refugee housing provision under the Swedish dispersal programme produces uneven pathways to housing stability. Although residence‐permit‐holding refugees assigned to the municipalities are granted the right to housing, there are no stipulations regarding housing type, quality, or duration, resulting in significant ...
Nicolina Ewards Öberg
wiley   +1 more source

Writing self-efficacy, achievement emotions, and engagement among Chinese EFL learners: a variable- and person-centered investigation based on control-value theory. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Lei H, Zhan Q.
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Purging Minds Through Silencing Voices: Academic Freedom Under Islamic Republic of Iran's Security Apparatus Aftermath of Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This piece examines the systematic erosion of academic freedom and the institutionalized censorship and repression of academics in Iran following the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, where universities have been reshaped into extensions of the security state through ideological vetting, pervasive surveillance, and the purging of dissenting ...
Arash Beidollahkhani
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking potential: language mindsets, psychological well-being, and English achievement among Chinese higher vocational students. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Wei Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Engineering Apprenticeships: Youth Transitions, Industrial Capital and the Role of Working‐Class Households

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using biographical methods, the study explores the lives of 34 young people undertaking engineering apprenticeships in Teesside, Northeast England. It examines why working‐class youth in a deindustrialised region might be attracted to engineering, how they might secure apprenticeship, and the invaluable role households play in orchestrating ...
Anoop Nayak, Graham Gaunt
wiley   +1 more source

Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
wiley   +1 more source