Par-dessus l’épaule du maître. Approche matérielle de l’adaptabilité artisanale médiévale : l’exemple des « brocarts appliqués » savoyards by Ariane Pinto

“…Dated from the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, they display « tin-relief applied brocades » attempting to mimic precious silk fabrics enhanced with gold or silver threads and highly pursued by medieval elites. By comparing written sources and results from physico-chemical analyses for each step of the « chaîne opératoire », we highlighted the variability of practices and the adaptability of craftsmen. …”
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Dietro il silenzio, oltre il silenzio: la poesia di Andrea Zanzotto by Niva Lorenzini

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Sobre els primers testimonis memorialístics valencians: anotacions dietarístiques i cròniques locals by Vicent Josep Escartí Soriano

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EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PRACTICES AND PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF REFLECTIVE LEARNING by Athiyyah Inaayah, Rahmah Fithriani

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Social elevators in education: problems and solutions by S. I. Chernykh

“…The author dwells on the role of social elevators in combating inherited poverty and preservation of elites. Education is not the only one sphere of human activity that has the function of a social elevator, but it’s role is especially great at the present time. …”
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Spatial analysis of earthquake crisis management (Case study: Khuzestan province) by HOOMAYOON Molaei, Emamgholi Babadi

“…The research area of ​​Khuzestan province and the statistical population included elites in the field of urban planning in Khuzestan province who were selected by targeted sampling method. …”
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From the Capitol to the Heartland: Analyzing Congressional Rhetoric and the "Flyover Country" Narrative by Phillip Ardoin

“…The study reveals that "flyover" is employed to evoke a sense of victimhood and marginalization among rural constituents, highlighting perceived economic and cultural disenfranchisement by coastal elites. The findings underscore the adaptability of political language and its role in shaping and reflecting socio-political divides in the United States. …”
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Contemporary Nigeria and the Deficit of Deliberative Democracy: Exploring the Indigenous Value of Àgbájọ ọwọ́ as Collegiality by Ronald Olufemi Badru

“…Third, to address the problem of the research, it is argued that well-meaning, democratically conscious Nigerians should practically embrace the indigenous value of àgbájọ ọwọ́as collegiality to resist electoral choices/candidates of the noted politically influential elites. As one of the socio-moral values of an ideal Yoruba persona, or ọmọlúwàbí, àgbájọ ọwọ́ underscores the critical point that the realty of the common good properly derives from a rational collaboration of the members of a political collectivity. …”
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En tierra de nadie by María Gaviña Costero

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WHAT DRIVES THE CHANGES IN THE GULF OIL MONARCHIES? by N. Kjurchiski

“…As a consequence, validity of the theory of «monarchical exclusiveness» is called into question. The political elites in the monarchies recognize the need to depart from the status quo, although the phenomenon of the «king’s dilemma» is still present there. …”
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Écrivains espagnols d’expression française: une littérature exilée dans la langue de l’autre by Maria Carmen Molina Romero

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‘Hier können Sie den Schriftsteller Walser sprechen hören’. Autobiografische Reflexionen in Robert Walsers Prosa by Jens Hobus

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La radionovela de ciencia ficción española: ‘Historias para imaginar’ by Alfonso Merelo Solá

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La Défense / Zone B (1953-91): Light and Shadows of the French Welfare State by Pierre Chabard

“…Planned as early as 1958 by the Etablissement Public d’Aménagement de La Défense (EPAD, the first such agency in France), the business district of La Défense is a typical urban result of the French version of the welfare state: centralism, modernism, alliance between public and private elites. But with its vertical skyline, this district – called Zone A – constitutes only a small part of the operational sector of the EPAD; the other part, Zone B, coincides with the northern part of the city of Nanterre. …”
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Consensus Over Political Divisions: Polish Input in the Debate on Multiculturalism and Immigration to the European Union by Jerzy Ciechański

“…Meanwhile, in Poland, its deep political divisions notwithstanding, the mainstream elites of power and opinion have remained quite uniformly sceptical about the generally lax Western approach toward immigration, both regarding its ideological underpinnings and resulting policies. …”
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THE METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY OF MEANINGFUL UNITS OF THE OFFICIAL DISCOURSE OF THE REPUBLICS – THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – ON THE ISSUES OF FORMING ALLRUSSIAN CIVIC IDE... by D. Yu. Znamenskiy, E. P. Kazban

“…The authors emphasize the potential of content analysis as the main research method in this particular case, which is explained by the possibility of quantifying the degree of attention of the Republican authorities to the issue under consideration, as well as identifying the attitude of regional elites and the media to it. At the same time, there is a need to verify the results of content analysis using qualitative methods, such as an expert focus group interview. …”
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LONG-TERM FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN LOCAL HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS: CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS by A. I. Podberezkin

“…The methodology is based on the following assumptions: input information is accurate and complete; international relations constitute a system, scenarios for different levels of international relations development are hierarchically interdependent; the speed of development is different on various levels of international relations; various national capabilities affect the development; elites affect international relations; civil society affect international relations. …”
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The German Social Democratic Party Between Idealistic Pro-Europeanism And Domestic Ideological Priorities In The Post-Reunification Germany by Uğur Tekiner

“…To this end, this study rests on the field research that entails 16 semi-structured interviews with high-profile SPD political elites and archival research on key official party documents. …”
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Why Aceh-Indonesia Conflict Resolution can’t be Copy-Paste in Bangsamoro-Philippines Issue? by Sidik Jatmika, Nanang Sumanang, Ajeng Puspa Marlinda, Chalilla Raihan Nabilazka, Muhammad Indrawan Jatmika

“…The main objective is to identify similarities rational choice (survival, security, economy/welfare, prestige, and influence) especially how political elites would still feel enjoy to conduct those agreements in both regions. …”
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Du baromètre au piolet, cent cinquante ans de visions britanniques de la montagne by Michel Tailland

“…Secondary literature, tales of vivid experiences, personal adventures or early mountain guidebooks, all of them embody the new and essential vision of an unknown world then becoming a craze to European elites…”
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