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Adolescence dropout risk predictors: Family structure, mental health, and self‐esteem
Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 120-136, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This study investigated the predictive roles of family structure, mental health, and self‐esteem in dropout risk among school‐going adolescents in the Ibadan Municipality of Oyo State, Nigeria. A quantitative research design approach was adopted.
Kehinde Clement Lawrence +1 more
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Unsettling subject English in the twenty‐first century
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper uses examples from Australia and England to explore subject English with regard to the multiple metaphors inherent in the terms ‘settling’ and ‘unsettling’. In doing so we are concerned with imagining a future for a subject English curriculum which dislodges it from its imperial, colonial roots. In the first instance, we outline the
Victoria Elliott, Larissa McLean Davies
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Information criminality - a phenomenon met within the informatics field [PDF]
Journal of Computing, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January 2010, 2010 The phenomenon described as "information criminality" has taken significant proportions in the last decade, fact that carried out towards an international legislative frame, by implementing judicial forms, which might stop its occurrences. As matter of fact, the information criminality represents an information technology aiming towards fraud and ...
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Tropical surface gold mining: A review of ecological impacts and restoration strategies
Land Degradation &Development, Volume 33, Issue 18, Page 3661-3674, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Surface gold mining severely degrades landscapes, causing deforestation, soil erosion and displacement, and toxic contamination. The prevalence of both large‐scale and artisanal, small‐scale surface gold mining in the tropics has risen over recent decades.
Shrabya Timsina +6 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper reports on the findings of a natural experiment based on a sample of 1123 children aged 4–8 from the provinces of Punjab in Pakistan, and Gujarat in India. It looks at the impact of attendance (or not) in early schooling on the cognitive and social–emotional development of young children.
Nadia Siddiqui +7 more
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Settlements in the presence of leniency programs: Costs and benefits
Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Over the last few decades, leniency programs have become important components of anti‐cartel policies in many jurisdictions. An extensive literature shows how such programs can destabilize cartels and even discourage their formation in the first place.
Matthew Strathearn +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the continued global prevalence of discourses of educational inclusion, young people across local, national and international contexts continue to be educated outside of mainstream schools. In England, a diverse market of providers—known as alternative provision (AP)—cater for many of these young people.
Jodie Pennacchia +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the body of literature on decarbonization management practices that use renewable resources and green technologies to meet zero‐carbon energy targets for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 to ‘Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts’.
Assunta Di Vaio +3 more
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DNA-Based Criminal Investigation: Problems and Prospects
Archiwum Kryminologii, 2008 Although DNA testing has developed into a useful and cost-effective instrument in the investigation of crime, there are still many controversies surrounding the method.
Albrecht Hans-Joerg
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