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Beyond the Binary of Formal and Informal: Negotiating Hybrid Land Control by Chinese Banana Entrepreneurs in Laos

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As transnational land investments continue to expand across the Global South, land governance in many settings is shifting from largely informal arrangements towards greater formalization. However, we know less about how entrepreneurs sustain and rework land control as host states tighten regulation and introduce new formal requirements and ...
Ben Fan, Xiaobo Hua, Yasuyuki Kono
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of low calcium bentonite on the strength development of recycled aggregate concrete. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Masood B, Sheikh TM, Raza A, Waqas RM, Elahi A, Kırgız MS, Nagaprasad N, Ramaswamy K, Muhammad S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Desired and Feared Identities and Their Role in Occupational Identity Regulation

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper extends theory by showing how occupational identity regulation operates jointly through both desired and feared identities which, in combination, enforce normative control. Taking a narrative identity perspective and drawing on an ethnographic and interview‐based study of veterinarians, we make three principal contributions to our ...
Sarah Page‐Jones, Andrew D. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of superabsorbent polymers on plastic shrinkage cracking and properties of fresh state mortars reinforced by polymeric fibres [PDF]

, 2019
Klemm, Agnieszka J., Rostami, Rohollah
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Experimental research on mechanical and microstructural characteristics of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Vadivel M, Selinaruby G, Padmapriya R, Perumal B.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regulating critical technologies: National security and intellectual property

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, claims of ‘national security’ have surged internationally to protect various security interests including public health, economic security and cybersecurity. National industrial strategies for building critical technologies challenge the scope of ‘national security’ in international intellectual property (IP) protection ...
Phoebe Li, Atilla Kasap
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative evaluation of sustainable asphalt binder modifiers for enhanced performance. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Saudy M, Guirguis M, ELBadawy S, AbouZeid M, Madkour T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mixed‐methods research in medical education: Lessons from a meta‐study of methodological practice

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Mixed‐methods research (MMR) intentionally combines (variously) theories, study designs, data collection, analyses and/or syntheses associated with more than one approach to research. Despite a rich literature on the theory and practice of MMR, the authors were concerned that much MMR in medical education fell short of the state ...
Jennifer Cleland, Anna MacLeod, Susan van Schalkwyk, Rachel H. Ellaway   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial on reducing sedentary behaviour and its effects on quality of life and wellbeing. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Norha J, Sjöros T, Garthwaite T, Laine S, Laitinen K, Houttu N, Vähä-Ypyä H, Sievänen H, Löyttyniemi E, Vasankari T, Knuuti J, Kalliokoski KK, Heinonen IHA.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source