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Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Disguised Voice Using Probabilistic Neural Network

, 2015
Since voice disguise is the process of concealing one’s identity, it is being widely used for illegal purposes. This has caused a negative impact on the audio forensics, so it is important to identify whether the voice is disguised or not.
, Abin Mathew George, Eva George
core   +1 more source

The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

Phonetic manifestations of voice disguise

, 2016
In forensic practice, when there is the need to identify a speaker using a recording of his speech, forensic voice identification is applied. If the perpetrator is aware of the option of their speech being recorded, for instance in cases such as ...
Růžičková, Alžběta
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The clashing of in situ and pre‐cast technologies—Western trends and local traditions in concrete engineering shaping shell construction in 20th‐century Hungary

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic and acoustic analysis of voice disguise by impersonators

, 2015
Human voices are distinct and rich with information such as the age, gender, emotional state and identity of the speaker. Voice impersonators possess a great deal of flexibility over their voices which allows them to imitate various people or characters.
Talal Amin
core   +1 more source

Finding Voice: Drama, Reading, and Creating Person

, 2021
Authors often talk about “voice” in terms of characters, narrators, and individual writing styles. In theatre, however, voice is the physical manifestation of sound. This physical manifestation can frighten, comfort, disguise, reveal; it can infuse every
Knight, Shawn
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“Time‐Tripping” and Memory‐Making: A Grounded Theory of Grounded Theory

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This paper explores the development of grounded theory methodology through the lens of memory studies, introducing the concept of “time‐tripping” as a key generic social process. The paper identifies several sub‐processes of time‐tripping, including “reclaiming,” “resisting,” “retro‐casting,” and “landscaping,” which shape the methodological “imaginary.
Barry John Gibson, Robert Porter, Richard Ekins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“I'm a Good Guy Who Deserves Better, Yet Nobody Wants to Give me Better”: The Accounts of Nice Guys

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Within Western popular culture and online discourse, a “Nice Guy” is someone who enacts niceness for which they believe they are owed, deserving of, or entitled to something in return—especially the romantic or sexual attention of women. In this study, we examine the use of accounts in personal narratives told in an anonymous online discussion forum ...
Brooke Weinmann, Dennis D. Waskul
wiley   +1 more source

Tensions in Fostering Student Epistemic Agency Through Sensemaking in Elementary Science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent reforms in science education emphasize engaging students in authentic sensemaking practices. Central to this vision is positioning students as epistemic agents who generate questions, negotiate ideas, and co‐construct scientific understanding. Yet, classroom realities reveal persistent tensions in implementing these ideals, particularly
Christine Lee Bae, Erin Hogan, Kathryn N. Hayes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source