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Rethinking Masdar and The Line Megaprojects: The Interplay of Economic, Social, Political, and Spatial Dimensions
Wydane 2025-06-01“…These interconnected forces influence the prioritization of large-scale developments, often reinforcing their persistence as dominant urban and infrastructural strategies despite well-documented uncertainties and risks. …”This study critically examines the rapid proliferation of megaprojects across the Arab region, with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, where large-scale developments are strategically deployed to reshape global economic influence and enhance geopolitical positioning. Megaprojec...
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Fighting typhoid fever: Modeling antibiotic resistance and antibiotic switching
Wydane 2025-06-01Dokumenty pełnotekstoweTyphoid fever continues to be a major public health concern, particularly in developing countries where the sanitation infrastructure is inadequate. The rise in resistance to typhoid drugs has made treatment increasingly challenging, resulting in longer recovery times and continued transmission of t...
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The Multi-Year Impact of Canada’s First Zero Textbook Cost Initiative
Wydane 2025-07-01“…The present study investigated the multi-year impact of KPU’s ZTC initiative on educational outcomes, through an analysis of institutional-level data encompassing 13,605 course sections across the four academic years between September 2018 and August 2022. …”Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) launched Canada’s first zero textbook cost (ZTC) program in 2018, aiming to alleviate the financial burden of expensive course materials for students. This initiative has since grown to encompass eight credentials and nearly 800 individual courses from which ov...
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Modeling the variables that influence substance consumption of people who experience homelessness in Colombia
Wydane 2025-07-01Dokumenty pełnotekstoweBackgroundHomelessness in Colombia is a critical social issue that is strongly associated with psychoactive substance use. This study aims to model the variables influencing substance use among individuals experiencing homelessness in Colombia, offering insights to inform public policy design.Method...
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Education and social determinants shaping HPV vaccine uptake: Insights from a nationwide cross-sectional study
Wydane 2025-12-01Dokumenty pełnotekstoweHPV is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI), often affecting young women. Although most infections are asymptomatic, high-risk types of HPV can cause multiple types of cancer, especially cervical cancer. Brazil’s 2014 national HPV vaccination campaign, targeting girls aged 11 to 13, improve...
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Successful Oral Health Interventions for Children Living in Vulnerable Circumstances – A Scoping Review
Wydane 2025-08-01Dokumenty pełnotekstowePromoting equal opportunities for young children’s oral health is a global health priority. Several interventions have been developed to address persistent oral health inequalities. However, the understanding of how these interventions improve children’s oral health remains limited. This scoping rev...
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The Meaning of Sexual Harassment in the Eye of the Beholder: 25 Years After the Enactment of Israel’s Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law
Wydane 2025-07-01Dokumenty pełnotekstoweThis study examines perceptions of sexual harassment in sports 25 years after the enactment of Israel’s prevention of sexual harassment law, building upon a 1999 study by Feigin and Negbi. Utilizing feminist and power relations theories, this research investigates how perceptions have evolved across...
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A dualidade da escola brasileira na primeira metade do século XX: registros do INEP
Wydane 2017-05-01“…The results show that it was possible to identify, in the collected data, the historical persistence of educational inequalities and the dual education system in Brazil since the origin of the Brazilian public school. …”Este artigo tem o objetivo de explicitar as explicações sobre a dualidade da escola brasileira formuladas pelos intelectuais/pesquisadores do Instituto Nacional de Estudos Pedagógicos - INEP, na primeira metade do século XX. Com este propósito foram analisados vinte e cinco trabalhos publicados na R...
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Endovenous laser ablation and drug treatment of acute great saphenous vein ascending thrombophlebitis: comparison of three approaches to the treatment of patients
Wydane 2023-12-01“…All hemorrhagic complication were minor according to World Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) and type 1 according to Academic Research Consortium (BARC) classifications.Conclusion. …”Aim. In patients with acute thrombophlebitis of the great saphenous vein and/or large tributaries, compare the effectiveness and safety of 1,5-month fondaparinux sodium therapy and endovenous laser ablation in the area of the saphenofemoral junction in combination with shortterm anticoagulation or w...
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Between accountability and agency: a comparative analysis of faculty performance evaluation policies in the UAE
Wydane 2025-12-01“…Nonetheless, notable deficiencies persist. Policies rarely stipulate aspirational targets, permit staff to identify requisite resources, or address the complexities of cross-departmental appointments, thereby constraining evaluative equity. …”This study interrogates faculty performance evaluation policies across UAE higher-education institutions using Saunders’ RUFDATA and Priestley’s educator-agency frameworks. RUFDATA proved a robust meta-evaluative lens, revealing that most policies align with established best practice: they articulat...
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Practicing the “Threefold Mystery”: Rethinking a Shingon Ritual from Dichotomy to Dialectic
Wydane 2024-01-01“…An example of this is the idea that tantric practice is simply a ritual technology, separate and autonomous from doctrinal formulation. This is a persisting academic trope, one that conceptualizes doctrine and practice dichotomously. …”After a century and a half of focus on Buddhist doctrine, academic attention is increasingly being paid to practice. What remains undertheorized, however, is the relation between the two. An example of this is the idea that tantric practice is simply a ritual technology, separate and autonomous from...
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Women, professorship and unequal opportunities
Wydane 2010-01-01“…The aim of this paper is to show that women are part of masculine culture, and as such, they are gender- determined and subordinated in the dominant male academic teaching profession. The problem of the slow progress of women in the academic profession is deeply social rooted and it is difficult to see clear mechanisms by which it is persistently maintained and operated. …”This text deals with the problem of unequal opportunities for women who are employed at higher education institutions, which have affinities in the scientific and teaching careers in institutions where they work. The aim of this paper is to show that women are part of masculine culture, and as such,...
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Artificial Intelligence as a Tool for Promoting Quality Higher Education
Wydane 2025-07-01“…Nevertheless, concerns persist regarding its impact on pedagogical effectiveness, curriculum integrity, and student engagement. …”Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly transforms teaching and learning in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). Its integration into academic environments has introduced innovative teaching methodologies, improved access to educational resources, and personalised learning experienc...
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The Kalhora Dynasty: A Period of Islamic Architecture, From the Early Throne to the Present.
Wydane 2024-12-01“… Since the architecture of the Kalhora period has long piqued the curiosity of academics, a number of works have been published examining the evolution of the style and its persistence in the region. …”Since the architecture of the Kalhora period has long piqued the curiosity of academics, a number of works have been published examining the evolution of the style and its persistence in the region. The Mughals were retreating from most parts of the subcontinent as disturbances began to appear on t...
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An economic evaluation of laparoscopy and open surgery in the treatment of tubal pregnancy
Wydane 1997-06-01Dokumenty pełnotekstoweBackground. Laparoscopy has generally replaced open surgery in the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. This study assesses the impact of the introduction of laparoscopy in the surgical treatment of tubal pregnancy on costs. Methods. Consecutive patients undergoing primary surgery for tubal pregnancy bet...
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Jonas, M. & Yacek, D. (2024). Al borde del asiento: Lo que hacen los mejores profesores para implicar e inspirar a sus alumnos [On the edge of their seats: What the best teachers d...
Wydane 2025-05-01“…The authors share the conviction that genuine commitment and engagement not only result in better academic results, but that they offer an incentive to develop virtues such as attention, diligence, persistence, and curiosity. …”What can we do so that students do not have to be in class and learn, but instead want to be in class and learn? Can we awaken, sustain, and strengthen their interest, so that they connect to learning in general and to a subject in particular and stay connected? Mark Jonas and Douglas Yacek argue th...
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Chronological History of the Geography Department in the First Half of the 20th Century, China
Wydane 2025-06-01“…Although research has yielded certain scholarly achievements, three notable limitations persist in current academic investigations. First, it places excessive emphasis on "establishment" events while neglecting dynamic processes, such as "disciplinary restructuring," "institutional reorganization," and "closure," thus failing to fully capture the complexity of academic department development. …”The first half of the 20th century was a critical period in the transformation of Chinese geography from tradition to modernity. The geography departments of higher education institutions, as the main organizations for research and teaching in Chinese geography at the time, reflected the development...
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Student Dropout at a Newly Established University
Wydane 2025-06-01“…In higher education the phenomenon of student dropout is defined as a departure of a student from a programme before obtaining an academic qualification. To address this situation many universities worldwide had developed and adopted various strategies to remedy the situation, however the challenge persist per year. …”In higher education the phenomenon of student dropout is defined as a departure of a student from a programme before obtaining an academic qualification. To address this situation many universities worldwide had developed and adopted various strategies to remedy the situation, however the challenge...
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Navigating Stakeholders Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
Wydane 2025-06-01“…This study examines attitudes toward AI among students, lecturers, and academic staff, considering factors such as gender, age, occupation, academic discipline, ethical concerns, and experience level. …”As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into higher education, understanding perceptions across different demographic groups is essential for its effective implementation. This study examines attitudes toward AI among students, lecturers, and academic staff, considering facto...
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Is the university an authoritarian institution? A theoretical exploration with Lacan, Fromm, and Rancière
Wydane 2025-07-01“…The first part of the article reconstructs Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic account of the university's authoritative structure and its transformation after 1968, focusing on how authority functions discursively within academic contexts. The second part draws on Erich Fromm's theory of the authoritarian character and combines his perspective with Lacan's framework to propose a heuristic model for identifying and analyzing authoritarian dynamics within present-day academic life. …”This article examines the ambivalent role of the contemporary university in the face of rising authoritarianism. While universities are commonly perceived as bastions of humanism, committed to ideals such as freedom, critical inquiry, and Bildung, this optimistic view may obscure the fact that autho...
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