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Binnendifferenzierte Sachtexte als Unterstützung für den Erwerb von domänenspezifischen Wissensbeständen und Konzepten: Executive Summary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Les textes dans les livres d’école sont souvent trop difficiles même pour des élèves de niveau moyen. Pour des apprenants plus faibles et des enfants pour qui l’allemand est une langue seconde, ces textes sont trop exigeants sur le plan linguistique ...
Engeli, Eva   +2 more
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Prisoners' Perceptions and Their Agency on Sustainability Transformation in Finland

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transformation is essential for our time, requiring the involvement of all citizens. Several prisons worldwide have developed various sustainable development (SD) programs for prisoners. However, it remains unclear how prisoners perceive SD, which can be a significant obstacle to their agency. This study explores the perceptions
Sirpa M. Manninen, Teija Makkonen
wiley   +1 more source

Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Geographic and Cultural Determinants of Bankruptcy [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the role of geography and culture in explaining bankruptcy. We adopt survival analyses to model the bankruptcy risk of a firm, allowing for time-varying covariates.
Christian Kaiser   +2 more
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Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

The language of Roman adultery

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis uses the language of adultery to examine the relationship between law and society in ancient Rome. In particular, questions will be asked about the ways in which this exchange functioned – do social norms determine law or vice versa? To begin, the lex Iulia de adulteriis coercendis will be contextualised within Augustus’ wider programme of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Quevedo en América. Bibliografía inconclusa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
La influencia de la obra de Quevedo en la literatura en lengua española ha sido una constante y llega hasta nuestros días. Ciñéndonos a la literatura hispanoamericana parece lógico encontrar esa influencia en escritores de la época colonial, pues pronto ...
García-Valdés, C.C. (Celsa Carmen)
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Political alignment in entrepreneurial teams: Homophily in venture formation and associations with startup success

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We examine political affiliation's role in venture team formation and success. Using data from Crunchbase and L2 on 1125 US‐based startups, we investigate political homophily in team assembly and its association with startup outcomes.
Balázs Kovács, Tim Sels
wiley   +1 more source

Ideological reflections of the health and sports cult in the early republican period sculptures in Turkey

open access: yesSculpture, Monuments and Open Space, EarlyView.
Abstract In the 19th and 20th centuries, countries such as Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, which wanted to create strong nations and restore the health of their people affected by wars, epidemics, and poverty, believed they could prove their power in the international arena.
Begüm Sönmez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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