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Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A social-ecological trap theory-informed investigation of dietary patterns in southwestern Madagascar. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Kelahan H, Wu SM, Randriamady H, Falinirina A, Rasoanirina M, Déclerque F, Solofoarimanana MY, Mahefa JC, Rimm EB, Fanzo J, Hartmann AC, Gibbons E, Todinanahary G, Haneuse S, Golden CD.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors on Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) Occupancy and Habitat Use in Monte Alén National Park, Equatorial Guinea. [PDF]

Am J Primatol
Guzmán-Santillán T, Mandujano S, Wright E, Fernández D, Avomo JON, Eyono FEM, Bray T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Literature on street vending regulation often emphasizes the challenges in enforcing legal frameworks due to unclear laws or insufficient state capacity. However, it tends to overlook diversity among vendors themselves along crucial parameters such as spatial location, community ties and processes of goods procurement.
Irene Farah
wiley   +1 more source

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Stewarding the hospital sink drain: a narrative review of practical approaches for controlling gram negative pathogens in low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Mmolai S, Gatonye T, Gopolang B, Tembo CV, Keatholetswe T, Coffin SE, Richard-Greenblatt M, Annavajhala MK, Hoar C, Bédard E, Moustafa A, Planet P, Strysko J.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

COMMON SENSE LAW: Making Right/s in the Liberal City

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article, co‐authored by encampment and university scholars, is concerned with how homeless persons challenge rightlessness. We do so by advancing a conceptual framework of common sense law, arguing that such contestations take place not only in courtrooms but also in the lived spaces of homelessness.
Ananya Roy, Jennifer Blake, Meghna Nair, Pamela Stephens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial heterogeneity and drivers of social vulnerability in chinese floodplains: a PCA-MGWR approach. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang L, Zhang Y, Zheng Q, Jin M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluation of Bait Attractiveness for <i>Vespa orientalis</i> and <i>Vespa crabro</i> (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Urban and Apiary Environment of Campania Region (Italy). [PDF]

Insects
Manuela M, Karen P, Serena M, Marco E, Claudia D, Paola M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source