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Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga, Ayyoob Sharifi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociological study of religiosity in post-atheist Kazakhstan. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Zabirova A, Seitakhmetova N, Zhandossova S, Nurov M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perspectives on Climate Change in Education for Sustainability: Linking Concepts and Skills for a Practical Ecological Transition

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge of malaria and preventive practices among Fulani pregnant women in the savannah Region of Northern Ghana. [PDF]

BMC Res Notes
Salifu Y, Nantomah B, Lasong J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Learning deficits and early school leaving: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India. [PDF]

PLoS One
Santhya KG, Haberland NA, Francis Zavier AJ.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Affirmative Action in Local Elite Colleges and Subject Choice

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women are largely underrepresented in STEM careers associated with higher labor market returns. This gender gap is even more stark in a context where societal biases are prevalent and female role models are lacking. This paper investigates the impact of an affirmative action (AA) policy implemented in an elite educational institution in India ...
Ritika Gupta
wiley   +1 more source

Social support detection from social media texts. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ahani Z, Shahiki Tash M, Balouchzahi F, Ramos L, Sidorov G, Gelbukh A, Monroy RL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan, Thangatur Sukumar Hariharan, Nabila Khan, S. Thejaswin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Experience of Deconversion Among Polish Catholic Adolescents: A Mixed-Methods Investigation. [PDF]

J Relig Health
Grupa M, Zarzycka B.
europepmc   +1 more source