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Effects of Asymmetric Auditory Deprivation in Sequential Cochlear Implant

open access: yesOtolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the influence of auditory deprivation on sequential cochlear implants in postlingual patients, comparing the ear with shorter deprivation (ESAD), longer deprivation (ELAD), and the bilateral condition (BIL). Study design Retrospective study. Setting A tertiary referral center.
Eduardo S. Farinazzo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier   +7 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

Subjectification and Chronotopes in Early‐Career TESOL Teachers' Professional Development in Japan

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents case studies of three early‐career secondary TESOL teachers in Japan, focusing on their professional development experiences. Their narratives were collected in two phases: (1) reflective reports submitted by the teachers during the fourth year of their teacher training, which included reflections on their previous L2 ...
Yoshiyuki Nakata   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

It's Not You, It's the System: Women Professors in TESOL and the Persistence of Gender Bias

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Although progress has been made with respect to the role and position of women in academia, overt and covert discrimination as well as structural and systemic bias persist. In this article, we report on research conducted with 14 women professors from 10 different countries to explore to what extent these issues affect women professors in ...
Sarah Mercer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proctoring in a Second Language: Exploring Fairness and Justice in Remote English Language Testing

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote proctoring is increasingly common in English language testing (Isbell & Kremmel, 2020), yet it often requires communication in the target language, unlike in‐person centers that may offer support in test‐takers' first language. Although prior studies have noted communication challenges in remote testing environments (Green & Lung, 2021;
Jieun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Competition and Regulation Since the Great Recession

open access: yes, 2019
In the first chapter of this work, "Commercial Bank Competition, Riegle-Neal, and Dodd-Frank," I employ a linear systems of equations technique to examine commercial banks competitiveness over the period since the passage of the Riegle-Neal Interstate ...
Slade Mendenhall
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source

Bowens, Beverly Quotes Transcript

open access: yes, 2021
Ms. Beverly Bowens Actually I didn\u27t do too much. I mean, I went to church. I did a lot in my work as a nurse. I was involved in multiculturalism in terms of recruiting nurses. There was a terrible shortage of nurses at one point.
Bowens, Beverly
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