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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
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The holy waters of En Four: Rituals, prayers, magic and mysticism
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesTravellers on the N4 highway just east of Pretoria can see evidence of a sacred spring next to the road with pilgrims moving around the landscape and collecting water.
Arno M. Meiring
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The ritualisation of food, home and national identity among polish migrants in London [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper a process of negotiating identity among Polish migrants will be discussed in relation to their food habits: consumption, preparation and celebration.
Rabikowska, M.
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Emotional nourishment begets academic coping during the primary to secondary school transition
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The transition from primary to secondary school is widely viewed as the most demanding in a child's educational journey. Despite a wealth of research on this transition, little is known about the children's ‘lived experience’ of it across different contexts.
Peter Wood +2 more
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South African Family PracticeBackground: South Africa is experiencing a devastating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, with approximately 7.8 million people living with HIV.
Lebogang E. Lekgema, Phillip Nhlanhla
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WOMEN ROLES IN WEDDINGS ETHNOGRAPHY OF WEDDING RITUALS AMONG RAJPUT IN PUNJAB PAKISTAN
EtnoAntropoZum, 2016 Among Rajputs wedding ceremony has its own procedures and events which are carried out through rituals. These rituals carry the symbolic meanings and symbolic representations for the people who practice and endorse them.
Atifa Durrani, Rana Nasir Ali Khan
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Psilocybin Production With Genetically Modified Aspergillus nidulans Under Pressurized Conditions
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.Shake flask cultures of psilocybin‐producing A. nidulans were investigated with respect to nitrogen source, rheology, power input, and oxygen availability, and subsequently scaled to a stirred tank reactor scale based on specific power input to develop and optimize a pressurized bioprocess.
Sophie Weiser +7 more
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Everything\u27s Zen: Review of The Body Artist by Don DeLillo [PDF]
, 2001 Reading the beginning of Don DeLillo’s latest book feels like groping through a room in the blinding morning light before you’ve had a cup of coffee.
Kuhlman, Martha
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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“This stinckyng idoll”: the origins of some English Mayday traditions [PDF]
This paper considers some of the traditions of the May Day festival, which might have had their roots in the Celtic celebrations of Bealtaine. Many pamphleteers and puritans expressed their displeasure at the performing of the rituals including the ...
Mackley, J S
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