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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring atmospheric ammonia with remote sensing campaign: Part 1 – Characterisation of vertical ammonia concentration profile in the centre of The Netherlands [PDF]

, 2017
Ammonia (NH3) is difficult to monitor at atmospheric concentrations due its high solubility and reactivity and the strong spatial and temporal variations of its concentrations.
M. Haaima, Volten, H., A. Hensen, Erisman, J.W., Wichink Kruit, R.J., H. Volten, Swart, D., Haaima, M., Schaap, M., E. Dammers, M. Schaap, R.J. Wichink Kruit, J.W. Erisman, M. Palm, Hansen, A., Dammers, E., D. Swart, Palm, M., Hensen, A., Wichink Kruit, R. J., Erisman, J. W.   +20 more
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

International Climate Change Governance: Issues of Democracy, Institutions and the Media

, 2014
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1992 to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Pandey, Chandra Lal
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Modelling micro- and macrophysical contributors to the dissipation of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

, 2016
. The Arctic climate is changing; temperature changes in the Arctic are greater than at midlatitudes, and changing atmospheric conditions influence Arctic mixed-phase clouds, which are important for the Arctic surface energy budget.
Katharina Loewe, A. Ekman, M. Paukert, J. Sedlar, M. Tjernström, C. Hoose   +5 more
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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis, Yeishmary M. Soto Muñiz, Darius Ledbetter, Frederick Nelson, Kristina Fite, Bryan Guevara, Jordyn Hardy, Ariel Rawson, Natasha Woods, Maria Miriti   +9 more
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ROSA: The Italian Space Agency GPS Radio Occultation Receiver. Signal Tracking Characteristics and Terrestrial Measurement Campaign

, 2006
In the framework of an Italian Space Agency (ASI) contract, Alenia Spazio - LABEN developed a new GPS radio occultation receiver: the ROSA receiver. It will manage both "rise" and "set" occultation events, tracking signals coming from the stratosphere in
Zin, A., CORGNATI L, ZIN A, Notarpietro, Riccardo, Gabella, Marco, Perona, Giovanni Emilio, Corgnati, L.   +6 more
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Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Recent epidemics of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya have heightened the need to understand the seasonal and geographic range of transmission by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes.
Erin A Mordecai, Jeremy M Cohen, Michelle V Evans, Prithvi Gudapati, Leah R Johnson, Catherine A Lippi, Kerri Miazgowicz, Courtney C Murdock, Jason R Rohr, Sadie J Ryan, Van Savage, Marta S Shocket, Anna Stewart Ibarra, Matthew B Thomas, Daniel P Weikel   +14 more
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