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Dreaming and Living the Globalized World Through IELTS: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Test‐Takers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This case study investigated the lived experiences of 10 IELTS test‐takers from Bangladesh. It explored their motivations for taking the test as well as their test experiences during and after the test. It demonstrates how the participants sought to position themselves in the imagined community through renegotiating their identities to climb ...
Tazin Ahmed, M. Obaidul Hamid, Xiaofan Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking informal circularity through metanarratives: Tensions, insights and directions for management research

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the intersection of the informal and circular economies and its implications for business, management and organization (BMO) scholarship and practice. Informal circularity, practices of collecting, reusing, repairing, recycling and repurposing materials outside formal economic, legal and regulatory arrangements, constitutes
Tulin Dzhengiz, Ling Li, Vildan Tasli Karabulut, Maryline Kiptoo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of load-bearing parameters for anisotropic nodes and prefabricated wall panels in prefabricated shear wall structures. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhao J, Wang L, Ma T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mechanical Properties and Seismic Performance of Wood-Concrete Composite Blocks for Building Construction. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2019
Dominguez-Santos D, Mora-Melia D, Pincheira-Orellana G, Ballesteros-Pérez P, Retamal-Bravo C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Inter‐disciplinary perspectives on sustainability in machinery manufacturing

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Perspectives on economic, social and environmental sustainability in machinery manufacturing are changing. These are predominantly driven by increased consumer, firm and public knowledge on the importance of sustainability and the role that machinery manufacturers can play to achieve sustainability outcomes.
Oluwaseun E. Olabode, Eleni Zantidou, Olaide F. Olabode, Afolakemi A. Jedidiah, Simon Fletcher, Andrew Longstaff   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The one‐dimensional cutting stock problem with sequence‐dependent setups

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract The cutting stock problem (CSP) is a classic operations research problem with several applications in real‐world scenarios. It involves cutting large objects into smaller items to satisfy customer demands, minimizing the number of cut objects.
Eduardo M. Silva, Antônio A. Chaves, Mauricio G. C. Resende, Silvio A. de Araujo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical solution of seismic power-based equation of motion. [PDF]

Heliyon
Haque MF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Contestation Between the State, Oil and Fishers in Trinidad and Tobago: (Re)producing ‘Edge’ Populations on the Post‐Plantation Extraction Frontier

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Successive waves of extraction in the Caribbean—from plantation monocultures to oil and gas—have reshaped overlapping agrarian, coastal and marine environments, undermining the socio‐ecological foundations of small‐scale fisher livelihoods and generating ongoing conflict between the state, energy sector and fishing communities. Yet despite the
Merisa Thompson
wiley   +1 more source