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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of family support on the willingness and persistence of mobile assisted language learning: A multi-informant research incorporating teachers’ perspectives

open access: yesEducational Technology & Society
In the digital age, English language learning supported by mobile devices is becoming common. This research explores the impact of family support on student engagement and persistence in context of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
Ran Bao, Sile Liang and Baihe Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Pre‐Existing Nocturia Status Predicts Bladder Symptom Exacerbation Following COVID‐19 Vaccination in Women

open access: yes
The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
Hsien‐Che Ou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
wiley   +1 more source

Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Modern Transformation of Spatial Typology of Shopping Centers

open access: yesArchitecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Article focuses on the modern transformation of spatial typology of shopping centers, or malls. In light of an on-going crisis of brick-and-mortar shopping centers, accentuating visitor’s experience in their physical environment becomes a promising trend,
Borysenko Artem
doaj   +1 more source

Lures do not increase box‐trapping success of an endangered felid in South Texas

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We used a randomized design and linear regression to assess whether visual (compact disc [CD] and ribbon), and olfactory (musk and ocelot urine) lures would increase capture success of three mesocarnivores (ocelots [Leopardus pardalis], bobcats [Lynx rufus], and coyotes [Canis latrans]) with box traps baited with a live bird from December 2023 to April
Ashley M. Reeves   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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