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COVID-19 Isolation Control Proposal via UAV and UGV for Crowded Indoor Environments: Assistive Robots in the Shopping Malls. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 Aslan MF +5 more
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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Media Usage and Consumption Practice in Shopping Malls Among Female Youth in Modern Thai Society
Mimbar, 2017 This paper presents the data derived from the longitudinal ethnographic study on media useage and consumption practice in shopping malls as everyday life practices among female youth in a modern society of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, which contributed
Kangwan Fongkaew
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Determinants of Shopping Behavior of Urban Consumers [PDF]
This study explores the influence of geo-demographic settings of commercial centers, customer attractions in shopping malls, and route to shopping of urban shoppers. The present research analyzes retailing patterns in urban areas in reference to customer
Rajagopal
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Breaking Barriers: Scaffolding Social‐Symbolic Work for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This study advances the understanding of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in non‐Western contexts by theorizing how social‐symbolic work facilitates empowerment despite entrenched institutional and cultural constraints. Drawing on a qualitative study into the establishment of Kuwait’s first women’s business incubator, we explore how female ...
Mohsen Abumuamar, Juliane Reinecke
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Political Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Armed groups operating in conflicts around the world publish statements of denial to dissociate themselves from acts of violence. Existing research argues that armed groups publish denial statements to avoid public backlash, favorably frame the conduct of their campaigns, and distance themselves from unsanctioned actions conducted by rank‐and ...
Ilayda B. Onder, Mark Berlin
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Theme Park Regionalization: A Comparison of Two Critical Cases
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract The growth ambitions of theme parks and zoos in recent years have sparked academic and policy attention regarding whether such amusement facilities should be viewed not just as isolated leisure objects, but also as contributors to regional economic development.
Patrick Witte, Martijn van den Hurk
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Emotional Outlet Malls: Exploring Retail Therapy [PDF]
, 2018 People turn to shopping as an emotional outlet. This article focuses on the concept of retail therapy highlighting the personal benefits, possible issues, and research development surrounding the topic.
Irwin, Courtney
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Generative AI and the Future of Musical Diversity
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract I argue that the current proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a new stage in a longer historical process of distancing humans from their unique individual psyches and of reducing participation and cultural diversity in music. The argument consists of six parts: (1) reiterating the uniqueness of individual psyches,
Dor Shilton
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Private Rights versus Public Power: The Role of State Action in Alaska Constitutional Jurisprudence [PDF]
, 1990 Linear approximations of nonlinear systems can be obtained by fitting a linear model to data from a nonlinear system, for example, using the prediction-error method.
Nordstrand, Scott J., Seyferth, Paul D.
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