Academic Articles & Research Papers

Exploring the views of people experiencing homelessness regarding their health and housing support, and their perspectives on deteriorating health and end of life support: a qualitative analysis.

Long-term exposure to extreme heat and cold and cognitive decline in older adults: Results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort.

Detection, characterization, and evolutionary inferences regarding a novel virus identified in Amblyomma dissimile Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Amazon, Pará, Brazil.

The status of cryptocurrency in Morocco

Cryptocurrency is a new economy of transacting value whose use case is undeniable. Its only requirement is to be human, and it is borderless. In Morocco, cryptocurrency is erasing borders and gaining popularity. However, the general public ...

Visible yet unseen: unpacking the (in)visibilities of food-delivery riders in public space

Food-delivery riders embody a constitutive paradox of platform-mediated labour. Although visible and physically exposed in public space, their labour is obscured, their subjectivities unacknowledged, and their presence marginalised. This ar...

A critical review of dark tourism studies

The topic of dark tourism emerged in the last three decades as tourism became more accessible. It allows forgotten history to be revised and transferred to the public. This study aims to restructure existing categorization regarding dark to...

The Study of Words Related to Nature and Natural Phenomena in Iranian Oykonyms: Their Use and Background

Introduction One of the most important tools for studying the history and culture of any nation or tribe is to recognize the language and linguistic materials of that nation. Linguistic data can be divided into written and unwritten or or...

Global oil price and stock markets in oil exporting and European countries: Evidence during the Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war

The relationship between oil price movements and stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical crisis like the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war is yet unexplored extensively. This study therefore examines the return-correlation...

Cellulose industry and the progress of eucalyptus silviculture on the agricultural border of maranhense Amazonia

This paper has as the main goal present the recent evolution of the eucalyptus silviculture over the agriculture border of Legal Amazon in the State of Maranhão. It’s considered the propagation of historical appropriation and commodificatio...

The Postmodern Challenge: Reconstructing Human Geography

In this paper, I argue in favour of regarding human geography as part of the social theory movement. By confronting the intellectual disarray in human geography, and addressing the challenge of postmodernism and deconstruction, the discipli...

Identification and structural analysis of the interactional effect of the change drivers on the field of education

Due to its wide range and importance, the education system has very important and complex elements that if we neglect to monitor their future variations, it can lead to undeniable and profound damages to the results that are expected to be ...

Introduction to Software Engineering

Practical Guidance on the Efficient Development of High-Quality Software Introduction to Software Engineering, Second Edition equips students with the fundamentals to prepare them for satisfying careers as software engineers regardless of f...

Volume Segmentation of Liver and Liver Tumor with Fusion of Multi-Branch Features

The overcomplete convolutional structure for biological images and volume segmentation is an excellent solution to the problem in which traditional codec methods cannot accurately segment the boundary regions. Although such methods perform ...

Research advances in Apert syndrome

Apert syndrome is one of the several genetic syndromes associated with craniosynostosis, a condition that includes premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures. There has been significant clinical variation among different sutural sy...

Design and Anthropology

In this review, I examine the recent turn to design in anthropology in three different configurations: anthropology of design, anthropology for design, and design for anthropology. Although these three configurations represent different cut...

Anthropological Linguistics

Abstract Anthropological linguistics is the subfield of linguistics (and anthropology) concerned with the place of language in its wider social and cultural context, its role in forging and sustaining cultural practices and social structure...

Marxism and Anthropology

This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists. Looking at the writings of Marx and Engels on primitive societies, the book evaluates their views in the light of present ...

Anthropology, by Comparison

Comparison has long been the backbone of the discipline of anthropology. But recent developments in anthropology, including critical self-reflection and new case studies sited in a globalized world, have pushed comparative work aside. For t...

Becoming a tobacco-free campus: A survey of student attitudes, opinions and behaviors

Introduction The effectiveness of tobacco-free campus policies in preventing and mitigating tobacco use relies on students’ perceptions, opinions, and adherence to clean-air restrictions. The purpose of this study was to gather data regardi...

Longitudinal outcomes of gender identity in children (LOGIC): a study protocol for a prospective longitudinal qualitative study of the experiences and well-being of families referred to the UK Gender Identity Development Service

Introduction Gender Identity Development Services (GIDS) worldwide have experienced a significant increase in referrals in recent years. However, little is currently known about the experiences of the children and young people (CYP) and the...