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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur, Stephen Dunne, Sarah Birrell Ivory   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote teaching technology in the fi eld of Olympic education of students

Nauka v Olimpijskom Sporte, 2017
The article substantiates the distant pedagogical technology in the field of Olympic education and prove the effectiveness of its application on the basis of competence improvement, knowledge system development and introduction of students to the ideals ...
Иван Круглик, Юрий Курамшин   +1 more
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Transhumanism Without Transindividuation in the Age Without Epochality: Stiegler, Vice, and Radical Human Enhancement

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT At its core, transhumanism is utopic and apocalyptic: it tells us we will be saved through an imminent radical change of our being wrought by radical human enhancement (RHE) technologies. We are rushing, its supporters claim, towards a technological utopia so long as assorted techno‐phobes do not stand in the way.
Benjamin N. Parks
wiley   +1 more source

Physical Activity, Sleep and Sedentary Behaviour of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Family Caregivers and Service Providers During COVID‐19 Pandemic Recovery

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Guidelines outline recommended amounts of physical activity (PA), sleep and sedentary time for optimal health. Research suggests that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often do not meet recommendations and that engagement in healthy behaviours is impacted by those around them. The COVID‐19 pandemic amplified these concerns.
Laura C. Koch, Yona Lunsky, Kathleen Tremells, Tiziana Volpe, Anupam Thakur, Johanna Lake, Laura St. John   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

ORIGIN OF THE OLYMPIC IDEA IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA AND ITS REALIZATION AT THE END OF 19th AND BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY [PDF]

Sport Mont, 2008
Although the idea of revival of the Ancient Olympic Games had appeared in the works of the humanists starting from the 15th century, from Dover’s Olympic games - Cotswold games (1604); Leopold Frederic’s festivals similar to the Ancient Olympic Games ...
Slađana Mijatović, Violeta Šiljak
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Behaviour Support in Dentistry Core Outcomes (BeSiDe‐CO): A Core Outcome Set Development Study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To develop a Core Outcome Set suitable for adults and children for use in studies of Dental Behaviour Support (DBS) techniques, including non‐pharmacological DBS, sedation and General Anaesthesia research. Methods Two systematic reviews generated a preliminary list of candidate outcomes that were shared with Key Stakeholders (KSG ...
Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig, Isabel C. Olegário, Shaelynn Hsu, Maryam Al Zayer, Aisyah Binti Ahmad Fisal, Alison Dougall, Gareth B. Kitchen, Henry F. Duncan, Sarah Baker, Sharat Pani, Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni, Mandy Daly, The BeSiDe COS Collaboration, Tracey Scott, Carolyn Akintola, Éilish Burke, Steve Moore, Barbara Vallo, Jacobo Posse Limerese, Karin Alexandra Van Nes, Maiken Bagger, Olive Healy, Andrew Geddis‐Regan   +22 more
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Freely (Un)Equal

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender equality in the economy is a key issue on the political agenda. Western countries have long pursued policies promoting free competitive markets, with the EU focusing on harmonisation for market freedom. This study examines how economic freedom impacts gender equality using an instrumental variable approach. Results reveal mixed effects:
Matteo Migheli
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Mandated Non‐Financial Disclosure Affect Corporate Cash Holdings? Evidence From the CSR Disclosure Mandate in China

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether and how mandatory non‐financial disclosure affects corporate cash holdings. Using a panel data set of Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2005 to 2012 and exploiting the introduction of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure for a subset of firms as a quasi‐natural experiment, we find that firms subject to ...
Adrian Cheung, Tianpei Luo, Siwen Song
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