Defining persistent xenophobic behaviour in South Africa as a case of internalised colonialism by Tamunodein Princewill

“…Emerging is an exposure of the vicious cycle that exists between previously subjugated groupings extending maltreatment towards other groupings within their spheres of influence. The idea is that a socio-totem pole exists in which there will always be an ‘other’ for the historically ‘othered’.  …”
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Digital economy and education in China: globalisation and cyber sovereignty by M. Yu. Zakharov, A. V. Shishkova

“…Several potential spheres of influence on the international community have been highlighted: world-class standardisation; demand for Chinese education (including education in the field of public administration) in the global market for educational services; development of artificial intelligence due to national peculiarities of China (a huge volume of domestic data, the possibility of mass implementation of developments, financial capabilities of the country). …”
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The First Governor of Mecca: ʿAttāb b. Asīd, His Life and Political Activities by Ümit Eskin

“…Similarly, it classifies the Companions of the Prophet as the pioneers in their spheres of influence, particularly regarding their virtues. …”
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France in the Vienna System of International Relations (the First Half of The 19^th Century) by I. V. Ignatchenko

“…Leading French politicians defined quite clearly exclusive spheres of influence of France, and in 1832 the French troops invaded Central Italy, capturing the city of Ancona. …”
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Historical traditions of democracy in Ukraine by Stechyshyn A.

“…The main regulatory act regulating the procedure of direct people’s power is the Constitution of Ukraine, which regulates the main forms of expression of the will of the people and spheres of influence. With regard to mediated people’s power or representative democracy, it also has a long history and practice in the Ukrainian legal tradition, which is implemented primarily in the process of formation of local self-government bodies. …”
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Designing Health Recommender Systems to Promote Health Equity: A Socioecological Perspective by Caroline A Figueroa, Helma Torkamaan, Ananya Bhattacharjee, Hanna Hauptmann, Kathleen W Guan, Gayane Sedrakyan

“…HRS, an emerging and developing field, can play a unique role in the digital health field as they can offer relevant recommendations, not only based on what users themselves prefer and may be receptive to, but also using data about wider spheres of influence over human behavior, including peers, families, communities, and societies. …”
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The Republics of the Southern Caucasus on their way to the ‘Socialist federation’ (1917–1922) by L. S. Gatagova

“…The author notes that the struggle for spheres of influence between world powers also affected all the Transcaucasian republics, although with different results. …”
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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

“…While acknowledging the potential escalation of tensions between the USSR and Western nations led by the USA and Great Britain, they favored collaboration among the principal powers of the antiHitlerite coalition, grounded in an implicit understanding of their respective "spheres of influence." Although Soviet Foreign Office officials did not discount the possibility of the formation of a united Anglo-American front against the USSR, they believed that Soviet diplomacy should actively work to prevent such an outcome by capitalizing on the fissures between Washington and London.…”
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A Study Exploring Relationship between Risk Factors and Resilience among Youth by Fenny Leferty Kharpuri, Ramya Bhaskar

“…Youth live in a society serene of a number of social spheres that influence their belief, attitudes, and behavior where the effect of risk behavior among youth can be seen in them being reckless. …”
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Changing role of security alliances in the post-Cold War era by I. A. Istomin, A. V. Levchenko

“…That said, all major powers share interest in promoting and developing asymmetric alliances both as tools to deter potential opponents and leverages over junior partners amidst the struggle for spheres of influence. Secondly, the authors conclude that the key feature of the post-Cold War coalition-building is the so-called ritual alliance, when military and political commitments are included in the agenda of regional integration groupings as an addition to substantive issues of cooperation rather than the reverse. …”
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