The discourse of international standard-setting: PISA tests and Norway, a critical discourse analysis by Paul Thomas

“…The study queries the legitimacy of an undemocratic organization’s growing encroachment and influence in shaping educational policy in an egalitarian country ruled by a Conservative coalition in the last six years.…”
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“Without regard to race”: Critical ideational development in modern American politics by King, D, Smith, R

“…This critical ideational development produced advantages for conservative coalition building and Republican electoral campaigns, thereby contributing to the Reagan Revolution and later polarization and gridlock, and it helped drive racial issues out of campaigns and into other venues, especially legislative, administrative, and judicial hearings. …”

IDENTITY: 'Team Australia': Reviewing Australian nationalism by Arjun Rajkhowa

“…This essay reviews different notions about and approaches to nationalism in Australia in the year 2014 as seen through media commentary generated by the incumbent conservative Coalition government’s declaration of new anti-terror initiatives (September-October 2014) and Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s use of the metaphor ‘Team Australia’. …”
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Polexit w świetle wyników badań opinii publicznej by Cezary Trosiak

“…Polexit in the Light of the Results of Public Opinion Polls In 2015, presidential and parliamentary elections took place in Poland and, as a result, the pro‑European parliamentary coalition of Platforma Obywatelska (Civic Platform) and Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish People’s Party) lost power after eight years of governing. The winning conservative coalition consisted of three parties: Law and Justice, Solidarity Poland and Jaroslaw Gowin’s Agreement party. …”
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Climate Change Beliefs Count: Relationships With Voting Outcomes at the 2010 Australian Federal Election by Rod McCrea, Zoe Leviston, Iain Walker, Tung-Kai Shyy

“…At an individual level, a hypothetical 10% change in climate change beliefs was associated with a 2.6% swing from a conservative Coalition and a 2.0% swing toward Labor and 1.7% toward the Greens party, both left on the political spectrum. …”
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Differential movement of adult and juvenile Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in Northeast Asia by Richard P. Reading, John Azua, Travis Garrett, David Kenny, Hansoo Lee, Woon Kee Paek, Nanette Reece, Purevsuren Tsolmonjav, Mary Jo Willis, Ganchimeg Wingard

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Reversed sexual size dimorphism: body size patterns in sexes of lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) in the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Onolragchaa Ganbold, Richard P. Reading, Ganchimeg J. Wingard, Woon Kee Paek, Purevsuren Tsolmonjav, Ariunbold Jargalsaikhan, Otgontsetseg Khuderchuluun, John Azua

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Cinereous Vulture Nesting Ecology in Ikh Nartyn Chuluu Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Richard P. Reading, Sukh Amgalanbaatar, David Kenny, Banzarjav Dashdemberel

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Comparative craniometric measurements of two sympatric species of Vulpes in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Tserendorj Munkhzul, Richard P. Reading, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, James D. Murdoch

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Ectoparasites on meso-carnivores in the desert-steppe of Mongolia by Tserendorj Munkhzul, James D. Murdoch, Richard P. Reading

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BALTIC ETHNOCRACIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EU: IN SEARCH OF CONSENSUS UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS by V. V. Vorotnikov

“…It is possible to nominally define the political situation in Lithuania as partisan consensus, whereas in Latvia and Estonia foreign political strategies complicated by unresolved domestic ethnic and language minorities problems are a battlegroud for ruling right-wing conservative coalitions and social-democratic oppositions. …”
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Public forest policy development in New Brunswick, Canada: multiple streams approach, advocacy coalition framework, and the role of science by William F. A. Anderson, David A. MacLean

“…The second, supported by the conservation coalition, largely made up of scientists and environmental groups, focused on adaptive management, an ecosystem approach, and greater public input. …”
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Using Random Forest to Classify Vegetation Communities in the Southern Area of Ikh Nart Nature Reserve in Mongolia by Nanette Reece, Ganchimeg Wingard, Bayart Mandakh, Richard P. Reading

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Diet composition of lesser kestrels in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Onolragchaa Ganbold, John Azua, Buyandelger Suuri, In-Hwan Paik, Otgontsetseg Khuderchuluun, Woon Kee Paek, Richard P. Reading

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Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica) Neonatal Kid Survival and Morphometric Measurements in Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia by Baatargal Otgonbayar, Suuri Buyandelger, Sukh Amgalanbaatar, Richard P. Reading

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Many voices, one wilderness : collaborative conservation in the greater Chicago region by Bates, Justin (Justin Timothy)

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Deep-Sea Mining With No Net Loss of Biodiversity—An Impossible Aim by Holly J. Niner, Jeff A. Ardron, Jeff A. Ardron, Elva G. Escobar, Matthew Gianni, Aline Jaeckel, Daniel O. B. Jones, Lisa A. Levin, Craig R. Smith, Torsten Thiele, Phillip J. Turner, Cindy L. Van Dover, Les Watling, Kristina M. Gjerde

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Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery by Amy R. Baco, Rebecca Ross, Franziska Althaus, Diva Amon, Amelia E. H. Bridges, Saskia Brix, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Ana Colaco, Marina Carreiro-Silva, Malcolm R. Clark, Cherisse Du Preez, Mari-Lise Franken, Matthew Gianni, Genoveva Gonzalez-Mirelis, Thomas Hourigan, Kerry Howell, Lisa A. Levin, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Tina N. Molodtsova, Nicole Morgan, Telmo Morato, Beatriz E. Mejia-Mercado, David O’Sullivan, Tabitha Pearman, David Price, Katleen Robert, Laura Robson, Ashley A. Rowden, James Taylor, Michelle Taylor, Lissette Victorero, Les Watling, Alan Williams, Joana R. Xavier, Chris Yesson

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Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary by H. E. M. Meier, H. E. M. Meier, M. Kniebusch, C. Dieterich, M. Gröger, E. Zorita, R. Elmgren, K. Myrberg, K. Myrberg, M. P. Ahola, A. Bartosova, E. Bonsdorff, F. Börgel, R. Capell, I. Carlén, T. Carlund, J. Carstensen, O. B. Christensen, V. Dierschke, C. Frauen, C. Frauen, M. Frederiksen, E. Gaget, E. Gaget, A. Galatius, J. J. Haapala, A. Halkka, G. Hugelius, G. Hugelius, B. Hünicke, J. Jaagus, M. Jüssi, J. Käyhkö, N. Kirchner, E. Kjellström, K. Kulinski, A. Lehmann, G. Lindström, W. May, P. A. Miller, P. A. Miller, V. Mohrholz, B. Müller-Karulis, D. Pavón-Jordán, M. Quante, M. Reckermann, A. Rutgersson, O. P. Savchuk, M. Stendel, L. Tuomi, M. Viitasalo, R. Weisse, W. Zhang

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