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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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DiversityThe skate fauna in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SWA; 34–55° S) is represented by ~32 species, many of which share external features that have led to misidentifications and deficient fishery statistics.
Ezequiel Mabragaña +9 more
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Injuries in Synchronized Skating
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2006 Objective: The International Skating Union (ISU) is governing the winter sports of figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating and synchronized skating. In synchronized skating up to 16 skaters, mostly females, are skating together in unison, performing different formations on the ice. [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Dubravcic-Simunjak, S +4 more
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Unidirectional inline skates [PDF]
, 2010 Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references.In this thesis, I describe the design, manufacture, assembly, and testing of "1WSkates ...
Goldstein, Adam J., S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Participatory planning is widely used for the purpose of democratizing urban governance. Yet, the literature on post‐politics largely depicts participatory decision‐making contexts as spaces devoid of the ‘properly political’. Scholars critical of post‐politics find this lens paralyzing, as the approach may disregard political moments arising ...
Stephanie Loveless
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Revista de Antropologia, 2017 Lançando-se a skates e abismos: como abrir a antropologia para outras grafias| Vida e grafias: narrativas antropológicas, entre biografia e etnografia, organizado por Suely Kofes e Daniela ...
Daniela Feriani
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Practising Politics in a Disorderly Democracy
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Taking as its starting point Ron May's scholarship on Papua New Guinea as a “disorderly democracy,” this article examines how politics is practised in the PNG Parliament. Using a case study of the events of late 2020, when a vote of no confidence against the Marape government was mooted but eventually failed to materialise, it adopts a practice theory ...
Kerryn Baker
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The repulsive and feeding-deterrent effects of electropositive metals on juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) [PDF]
, 2009 Reducing shark bycatch and depredation (i.e., damage caused by sharks to gear, bait, and desired fish species) in pelagic longline fisheries targeting tunas and swordfish is a priority. Electropositive metals (i.e., a mixture of the lanthanide elements
Brill, Richard +6 more
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Evidence on physical activity (PA), sedentary time, and fitness in adolescents with impairments has been limited. We aimed to compare outcomes in Swedish adolescents with and without impairments and between impairment types. Methods This cross‐sectional study, from September to December 2019, comprised of adolescents from 34 mainstream ...
Karin Kjellenberg +6 more
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