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Context-sensitivity and context-productivity: notions of “practice” and “practicality” in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology
The text reconstructs the concepts of practice and practicality used in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis and examines their internal similarities and differences as well as similarities and differences to other practice theories.
Christian Meyer
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Public Policy and Social Good: Theory, Practice and Beyond

open access: yesAnnales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017
In this paper I argue that the most fundamental goal of any public policy is to assist the realization of social good. I take it that the idea of social good has developed differently in different political and moral traditions, and focus my analysis on ...
Rajesh C. Shukla
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Promoting Inclusivity in the Archive: A literature review reassessing tradition through theory and practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The call for social justice and rise of postmodernism in the second half of the 20th century forced the critical re-evaluation of the traditional archive and its presumed neutral role in the collection and creation of history.
Wetli, Autumn
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practicing Media—Mediating Practice | Conceptualizing the Doings and Sayings of Media Practices: Expressive Performance, Communicative Understanding, and Epistemic Discourse

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2020
It has become commonplace to speak of media practices as a nexus of doings and sayings. In our article, we scrutinize this fuzzy account and the forms of articulation it entails. We start by arguing that, to be recognized as social practices, activities—
Christian Pentzold, Manuel Menke
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Research models for financing social business: theory and practice

open access: yesHeliyon, 2019
In the establishment of social enterprises with further functioning, there exists the problem of accessing investments. Therefore, theoretical and managerial aspects of the models formation of financing social entrepreneurship in the global economy are ...
Nurkhodzha Akbulaev   +2 more
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Reconfigurations in sustainability transitions: a systematic and critical review

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2021
Two streams of literature have become especially prominent in understanding social change toward sustainability within the past decades: the research on socio-technical transitions and applications of social practice theory. The aim of this article is to
Senja Laakso   +3 more
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Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From educational innovation to social transformation: Theory and practice

open access: yesIntangible Capital, 2015
In this special issue "From educational innovation to social transformation: Theory and practice" we intend to fight against the disappointment and encourage optimism that often takes hold of the social partners, especially educational, with varied and ...
Carmen Álvarez
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Exploring the physical activity of Iranian migrant women in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2021
Purpose This article explores the role migration has on the physical activity of Iranian migrant women living in the United Kingdom. Method This qualitative study includes 22 first-generation Iranian migrant women, aged 24–64, residing in London.
Nasrin Soltani   +2 more
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