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THE ANALOG CITY: Maintaining Everyday Life Through Repair and Jugaad
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban scholarship consistently discusses improvisation and heterogeneity as central to urban life in the global South. In this article, I bring together scholarship on urban improvisation and the digital world of smart cities to understand the city as analog.
Julia Corwin
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Essential oils have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional chemical sanitizers commonly used in the sanitization of fruits and vegetables.
Flávia dos Santos Costa +3 more
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
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GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
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Food Safety Promotion via Nanotechnology: An Argumentative Review on Nano-Sanitizers
Nano-sanitizers, which exploit the unique physicochemical properties of nanomaterials, are being increasingly investigated as innovative tools to promote food safety. In this argumentative review, we compare and contrast nano-sanitizers with conventional
Lok R. Pokhrel +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
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Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of ‘Made in Italy’
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Prato engage with the contested meaning of the Made in Italy production label. As Chinese‐run fashion firms have become central to Italy’s fast fashion sector, their growing visibility has raised public concerns about authenticity, national identity, and the perceived erosion of ...
Yintan Fan
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract As long‐read amplicon sequencing becomes routine for fungal metabarcoding, species‐level abundance estimation from ITS amplicons remains limited by naive best‐hit classification. Assigning each read to its single highest‐scoring reference misattributes reads among closely related species that share similar ITS sequences, and divides the reads ...
Aaron O'Brien +4 more
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Use of Non-Chlorine Sanitizers in Improving Quality and Safety of Marketed Fresh Salad Vegetables
The safety of vegetable food is compromised by various factors, including the inefficient or excessive use of sanitizers. Instances of individuals falling ill after consuming raw vegetables have been reported, with outbreaks of diseases caused by ...
Md. Abdul Khaleque +4 more
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Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I examine undergraduate student acceptance of the Bloomberg Terminal in two investment courses at an Australian university (N = 53). Drawing on Self‐Determination Theory and technology acceptance models, I validate the measures through confirmatory factor analysis and test six hypotheses using path analysis with bootstrapped standard errors ...
Xiao Tian
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