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The agency of a marmalade machine: Gender, class and mechanical gadgets in the British Kitchen, c.1870–1938

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
wiley   +1 more source

Knowing Receipt, Equitable Proprietary Rights, and Duties of Due Administration

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In Byers v Saudi National Bank (2023) the Supreme Court held that a claimant in knowing receipt must have had a ‘continuing equitable proprietary interest’ in the property received by the defendant. Such an interest is commonly understood to include a right to benefit from the property, yet successful claims in knowing receipt have often been made by ...
Lusina Ho, Charles Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking decarbonization of multilateral development banks' electricity generation investments.

Cell Rep Sustain
Egli F, Lehofer CM, Palmowski N, Büthe T, Steffen B, Schmidt TS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Research on the impact and heterogeneity of housing on the allocation of financial assets of households: Evidence from China. [PDF]

Heliyon
Wu L, Yu H.
europepmc   +1 more source

SCORING HIGH, PAYING UP, GATING IN: Middle‐class Formation and Asset Inequalities under Digital Capitalism in South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how modern class dynamics become intertwined with automated classifications and data‐driven regimes of value creation under digital capitalism by demonstrating how housing markets shape asset inequalities and middle‐class formation in South Africa.
Julien Migozzi
wiley   +1 more source

Covid -19 Pandemic in India and Impact of Microfinance Companies and Non Financial Banking Companies Microcredit Loans to Poor's Households through the Self Help Groups (SHG) in West Bengal State and also in India

, 2023
Bhattacharya PK, Bhattacharya R.
europepmc   +1 more source

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ‘ACCEPT’ URBAN SHRINKAGE? A Comparative Analysis of Discursive Pathways to Policy and Action on Shrinking Cities in the Netherlands and Finland

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Shrinking cities are increasingly drawing global attention, but urban shrinkage is seldom considered as an enduring structural condition necessitating a move beyond growth‐centric strategies. The focus often remains on mitigating symptoms rather than embracing the broader implications of long‐term decline. Understanding of what drives decision‐
Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius
wiley   +1 more source

Adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning in banking systems: a qualitative survey of board of directors. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Eskandarany A.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
wiley   +1 more source