Policy-focused Stance Detection in Parliamentary Debate Speeches by Gavin Abercrombie, Riza Batista-Navarro

“… Legislative debate transcripts provide citizens with information about the activities of their elected representatives, but are difficult for people to process. …”
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The functional structure of the academic year at higher education institutions in the United States of America and at South African technikons, with particular reference to the com... by Denys Rhoodie

“…The major thrust of the study was to ascertain at first-hand how the American academic calendar works in practice and whether it offers distinct advantages that could practically and in accordance with current legislation and policy be introduced in the academic calendar of South African technikons in general, and communications programmes in particular. …”
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Les nouvelles formes de l’agir politique en perspective, France-Espagne by Serge Buj

“…The Spanish legislative elections of June 26 and December 20, 2015, as well as the French presidential election of May 2017, lead to a certain number of questions around the political phenomena that have been developing for several years in Spain and France or, more broadly, in constituted states whose sovereignty is based on so-called « universal » suffrage and the exercise of power on delegation democracy, parliamentary democracy. …”
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Sports de nature et décentralisation by Ludovic Falaix

“…As for the critical inspection of the institutional documentation, our purpose is to disclose the legislators’ intents when having the sports practice territories accessible, induced by the registration of the territories, the sites and the itineraries (ESI) in the PDESI. …”
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Le débat juridique et religieux sur la sorcellerie en Libye by Mazek Ayoub

“…This article examines the criminalization of witchcraft in Libya, an act prohibited by Islamic law but long unregulated specifically by Libyan legislation. Until recently, witchcraft was treated as a fraud offense under Article 461 of the 1954 Penal Code. …”
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Raconter les Highland Clearances : Fluctuations mémorielles et instrumentalisationde la mémoire by Laurence GOURIEVIDIS

“…In Modern Scottish history, few events have had as much resonance and emotional charge as the Highland Clearances, i.e. the evictions of tenants and the social conflicts in northern Scotland and the Hebrides from the middle of the 18th century until 1886, when legislation put an end to large-scale removals by conferring security of tenure on crofters and considerably restricting landowning power. …”
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Reform of the House of Lords: a “parliamentary version of Waiting for Godot”? by Michael PARSONS

“…It has become much more assertive and has assumed a valuable role in preserving individual freedoms and scrutinising the constitutional implications of any proposed legislation. This poses something of a paradox in that it might be argued that the unelected upper chamber has been more concerned to preserve democratic rights than the elected House of Commons. …”
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Políticas de abastecimento sustentável da alimentação escolar: transição e estratégias de territorialização na metrópole de Paris by Morgane Retière, Paulo Eduardo Moruzzi Marques

“…Over the past years, legislative frameworks have multiplied concerning sustainable school food procurement as a means to bolster alternative agricultures (local, organic, family farming). …”
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Actitudes lingüísticas en tres comunidades hispano-lusas de fronteira: Miranda do Douro, Val do Ellas e Olivença by Xosé-Henrique Costas

“…The historical, cultural, sociolinguistics and legislative starting points were different in, but the results are very similar in two (Miranda and Olivenza) and very special in the other (Val do Ellas). …”
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Development of “green” and organic production in dairy cattle breeding by L. A. Ovsyanko, N. I. Pyzhikova, M. A. Fedorova

“…The purpose of this study is to justify the priority of technological development in the agricultural sector of the economy by comparing development trends in the global and domestic market of organic products considering the analysis of the formation of the legislative framework in this area of activity as well as identifying industry principles of the typical for dairy cattle breeding production. …”
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The role of institutional isomorphism in explaining the voluntary IFRS adoption by Begoña GIner, Paloma Merello, Miho Nakamura, Francisca Pardo

“…We confirm that both coercive and normative isomorphism associated with some legislative changes, together with mimetic isomorphism embedded in Japanese culture, lead firms to adopt IFRS rather than Japanese General Accepted Accounting Principles (J-GAAP). …”
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Dualism of Public Relations Regulation (Legal and Regulatory Regulation) by V. F. Popondopoulo

“…The need to renounce the traditional differentiation of the right to industry, including its division into so-called private and public law, is justified because it reflects external forms of expression of law, i.e. differentiation of legislation governing a variety of public relations, divided into private and public relations. …”
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Particulate Matter and Health Risk under a Changing Climate: Assessment for Portugal by Daniela Dias, Oxana Tchepel, Anabela Carvalho, Ana Isabel Miranda, Carlos Borrego

“…The pollution episodes with daily average PM10 concentration above the current legislated value (50 μg·m−3) would be responsible for 81% of attributable cases. …”
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THE ‘GOODS’ CONUNDRUM: THE QUESTION OF VALUE IN MOLDOVAN TRANSNATIONAL PARCEL-SENDING PRACTICES by Sanda Caracentev

“…Building on theoretical perspectives on remittances, value and sociality, this article shows that parcel-sending should be addressed in its socio-economic complexity beyond the financial and legislative implications of transporting ‘goods.’ Using ethnographic examples of Moldovan parcel-sending from two fieldworks based on semi-structured interviews and participant observation, the article discusses what parcel-senders and receivers consider ‘valuable’ about this practice, both in the context of everyday transnational life and the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Moldova. …”
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The urban regulation of rural land from the perspective of the new Law for the Promotion of Territorial Sustainability in Andalusia (Andalusian Land Law) by Federico Benjamín Galacho Jiménez, Sergio Reyes Corredera

“…It can, therefore sound clichéd to say that urban planning legislation has been mainly concerned with regulating urban and developable land, with residual or negative status being given to undevelopable or rural land. …”
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Au-delà de la relation « bourreau-victime » dans l’analyse d’une situation de harcèlement psychologique au travail by Michel Vézina, Julie Dussault

“…Legislation has been adopted in several countries to counter psychological harassment in the workplace. …”
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Strategies for Implementing Building Operability Certificate to Improve Performance of Building Management: A Case Study in Probolinggo City, Indonesia by Dwi Putranto Riau, null Rulinawaty, Dwi Siswahyudi, null Muhtarom

“…With the current building information system legislation, each region can issue Building Approval (PBG) and building operability certificate (SLF). …”
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Offering a Pattern of Ecotourism Management Pattern with an Emphasis on the Urban Ecological Textures (Case Study: District 9 of Isfahan’s Municipality) by Somayeh Hamsian Ettefagh, Hussein kalantari khalilabad, Muhammad Mire’ei

“…The main dimensions are urban texture management (with categories legislation, planning, management of resources and control and supervision), the ecological texture (with the categories: protection and development and improvement), ecotourism (with the economic, social, environmental and cultural categories).…”
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Les territoires de marge de la Syrie mandataire : le mouvement autonomiste de la Haute Jazîra, paradoxes et ambiguïtés d’une intégration « nationale » inachevée (1936-1939)... by Jordi Tejel Gorgas

“…However, in 1936, the clauses of the Franco-Syrian Treaty and the victory of the National Bloc at the legislative elections changed the whole picture due to the emergence of a local political movement. …”
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Nurses' experiences of home care: A qualitative study by Atefeh Shamsi, Ahmadreza Yazdannik, Nayereh Naseri

“…Conclusion: It is crucial to establish a foundation of academic programs, comprehensive legislation, political support, and financial models to develop home care services. …”
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