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Pintu Terlarang a Disconcerting Spatial Interpretation of Urban Dystopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The main character of the film Pintu terlarang (The forbidden door), Gambir, attains success in the art world by making statues of pregnant women. Part of his creative process is to insert dead foetuses into the wombs of the statues.
Kristianto, B. (Bayu)
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Occupy Central: Towards A Geography of Presence

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2016
Occupy Central was a 79-day experiment in urban identity. Occupy – the Umbrella Revolution of 2014 – rearranged space on the streets of Hong Kong. This rearranging suggests a geography of presence.
Edward Irons
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Spatial hierarchy and emerging typologies inside world city network

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2015
The first part of the paper provides a new approach to measuring a spatial structure of world city network (WCN). Based upon the results of media- popular ‘global city rankings’ produced by several international think tanks, our calculation allowed to ...
Chubarov Ilya
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Pathways of change : shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This is an empirical paper that measures and interprets changes in intercity relations at the global scale in the period 2000-08. It draws on the network model devised by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research group to measure global ...
Bassens, David   +10 more
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The effectiveness of a monetary incentive offer on survey response rates and response completeness in a longitudinal study

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2017
Background Achieving adequate response rates is an ongoing challenge for longitudinal studies. The World Trade Center Health Registry is a longitudinal health study that periodically surveys a cohort of ~71,000 people exposed to the 9/11 terrorist ...
Shengchao Yu   +7 more
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Effect of Advanced Shoe Technology on the Evolution of Road Race Times in Male and Female Elite Runners

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021
The influence of advanced footwear technology (thickness of light midsole foam and rigid plate) on distance running performances was analyzed during an 8-year period.
Stéphane Bermon   +6 more
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Seek the welfare of the city: Christians as benefactors and citizens [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Reviewed Book: Winter, Bruce W. Seek the welfare of the city: Christians as benefactors and citizens. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Williams, Ritva H.
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Persistent mental and physical health impact of exposure to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2019
Background Asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression have each been linked to exposure to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks (9/11).
Hannah T. Jordan   +9 more
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International sport federations in the world city network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this article, we analyze the transnational urban geographies produced by international sport federations (ISFs) through their global, regional, and national headquarter locations. Data on the global urban presence of 35 major ISFs are examined through
Derudder, Ben   +2 more
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Łódź as an Arena of Grand Sports Events: Selected Examples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The paper presents Łódź as a city where major sports events are held. Several sports facilities are featured which make it possible to organize various kinds of events, including international ones.
Włodarczyk, Bogdan
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