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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

IJCM_396A: Efficacy of Hand Sanitizer in Reducing Hand Bacterial Count as Compared to Liquid Soap Among Sanitation Workers in Mangalore: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Hand hygiene of the people working plays an important role in the infection prevention practices of any Institute. Objective: To study the efficacy of liquid soap in comparison to alcohol based hand sanitizer in reducing the bacterial count ...
Prasanna Mithra, Vishwas Saralaya, Akanshu Jain, Sahana Ojha, Swapnil Dhaka, Srinidhi Govindarajan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embryotoxic Effects of Monosodium Methyl Arsenate (MSMA) on Gallus gallus: Morphological and Morphometric Evidence of Developmental Disruptions

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anthropogenic activities and the large volume of compounds released into the environment are sources of contamination for plants, animals, and humans. The herbicide monosodium methyl arsenate (MSMA) ranks among the best‐selling agricultural pesticides in Brazil.
Daniel Moreira Melo, Eduarda Scalfoni Tavares, Melyssa Kmecick, Juliana Castro Monteiro Pirovani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
wiley   +1 more source

CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
wiley   +1 more source

Green Hand Sanitizer Formulation for Sustainable Development

, 2021
We are currently suffering a global pandemic of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 or, in short, COVID-19. Hand washing and hand sanitizers are important tools decreasing the spread of germs.
Norkaitis, Marcus
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GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
wiley   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

SEIR Mathematical Model with the Use of Hand Sanitizers to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19 Disease

Cauchy: Jurnal Matematika Murni dan Aplikasi
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can spread through contact with contaminated surfaces. The use of hand sanitizer is claimed to reduce the risk of transmission.
Muhamad Ali Misri, Khelan Hussien Qadr, Muhammad Avif Rahmatullah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source