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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Planning, equipment and evaluation of monuments from the World War II in Yugoslavia [PDF]

Arhitektura i Urbanizam, 2019
Monuments created in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century in Yugoslavia, to the glory of the struggle against the occupiers during the WWII, were once the gathering places of pioneers, youth, war veterans and their descendants.
Garača Vuk, Vukosav Svetlana, Bradić Milan, Tepavčević Jelena   +3 more
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Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Bioclimatic modeling of Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer distribution in connection with its possible polemochoral origin on the territory of Central Russia

Социально-экологические технологии, 2019
For the first time, the method of bioclimatic modeling was used to determine the boundaries of the range of occurrence of a potential polemochoral species Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer.
Korolkova Ekaterina O., Vasilkov Yaroslav E.   +1 more
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Critters in the Workplace: Bedbugs [PDF]

, 2019
Unfortunately, critter infestations do exist in the workplace and people tend not to want to talk about them. All kinds of workplaces have had problems or infestations: hotels, hospitals, office buildings, department stores, and TV studios, as well as ...
Brown, Nellie J
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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway, Eline van Remortel, Sophie B. Cowling, Divya Kumar, Hanna Mroczka, Emilija Rudzinskaite, Georgina Sturgeon, Sasha Woods, Daniel B. Hayhow   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private Lorraine J. Turnbull [PDF]

, 2019
Pvt. Lorraine Turnbull was one of the thousands of American women to enlist in the Marine Corps Women\u27s Reserve (MCWR) during the Second World War. Turnbull was one of the 500 women Marines selected out of a pool of 8,000 Women Reservists serving in ...
Beauchemin, Alyse, Hammick, Hailey
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The new resilience of emerging and developing countries: systemic interlocking, currency swaps and geoeconomics [PDF]

, 2015
The vulnerability/resilience nexus that defined the interaction between advanced and developing economies in the post-WWII era is undergoing a fundamental transformation.
Abdenur A., Ahuja A., Arora V. B., BCRA, BIS, Boorman J., Buelens C., Caldera Sánchez A., Destais C., Deutsche Bank, Gallagher K., Gray K., Halland H., Helleiner E., IMF, IMF, IMF, IMF, Kose A., Leung J., Lewis‐Bynoe D., Miyoshi T., Modi N., Oviedo E. D., People's Bank of China, People's Bank of China, People's Bank of China, People's Bank of China, SWFI, UNCTAD, UNCTAD, Wise C., Wise C., World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank   +36 more
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Critical Review of Brazil Disk Techniques for Tensile Strength Characterization With an Emphasis on High Explosive Materials

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mechanical properties are a critical performance metric for many high explosive (HE) materials and tensile strength properties are particularly important. Direct tensile measurements using dogbone shaped samples are the gold standard but they have the disadvantage that they are fairly large and require samples machined from billets.
Paul B. Mirkarimi
wiley   +1 more source

Loialitate în perioada extremelor: funcționarii publici din Basarabia în perioada celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial (1939-1945) [PDF]

Plural: History, Culture, Society, 2019
The article discusses the issue of loyalty in the Southeast European region of Bessarabia (today Republic of Moldova), which during World War II switched its political status from Romania to the USSR and back several times (1940, 1941, and 1944).
Suveica, Svetlana
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