Youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of race and affluence on parents’ perspectives of youth participation by Amand L. Hardiman, Daniel J.M. Fleming, Travis E. Dorsch, Jordan A. Blazo, Tom Farrey, Jennifer Brown Lerner, Jon Solomon

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Philanthropic foundations and transnational activist networks: Ford and the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights by Gonzalez-Ocantos, E, Morcillo, A

“…For Ford, the Institute could play a key role in a fledging TAN, but only if it downplayed its emphasis on research and directly engaged activists. …”

Farmer perceptions of legumes and their functions in smallholder farming systems in east Africa by Tarirai Muoni, Andrew P Barnes, Ingrid Öborn, Christine A Watson, Göran Bergkvist, Maurice Shiluli, Alan J Duncan

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Who will provide security for the Arctic? by O. V. Aleksandrov

“…The author portrays the contemporary state of the Arctic region, indicates changes which happened in the region after the end of "the cold war", analyzes the role which regional and non-regional institutions can play in the security protection of the Arctic, and also focuses attention on the Russian approach to a problem of security of the Arctic.…”
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The sovereign minority: the qualified majority rule for constitutional amendments by Diego Pardo-Alvarez

“…To this end, the relationship between majority rule and the qualified majority is clarified and the link between qualified majority and constitutional supremacy is questioned. The institutional role played by the qualified majority rule of the constitutional amendment in parliament is then clarified in order to discredit the widespread justification of the qualified majority based on the notion of precommitment.…”
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A Brief Review of Chromatography in Croatia by Šime Ukić, Danijela Ašperger, Tomislav Bolanča

“…The development of chromatography in the Republic of Croatia and the role that three institutions have played in it—the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the University of Zagreb, the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, and the Central European Group for Separation Sciences—will be briefly discussed.…”
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the National Human Rights Commission, India, vis-à-vis the Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions by Ruchita Kaundal, Sanjeevi Shanthakumar

“… National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) play an important role in monitoring and promoting international human rights norms in a country. …”
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Institutional trust is a distinct construct related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal by Sekoul Krastev, Oren Krajden, Zoua M. Vang, Fernanda Pérez-Gay Juárez, Elizaveta Solomonova, Maya J. Goldenberg, Daniel Weinstock, Maxwell J. Smith, Esme Dervis, Dan Pilat, Ian Gold

“…Past research has brought to light instances of both interpersonal and institutional trust playing an important role in vaccine uptake. …”
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Entre classement et patrimonialisation : Les usages du patrimoine judéo-tunisien by Afef Mbarek

“…This work also attempts to study the roles that different actors (intra and extra-community, social and institutional) have played in the emergence of this component of Tunisian heritage.…”
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Museums and science centres as sites for deliberative democracy on climate change by Fiona Cameron, Ann Deslandes

“…In doing so, we reveal a cultural opportunity for cultural institutions to play a more expansive and explicit role in brokering social futures for communities confronted by climate change.…”
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Supervisor Support and Job Performance among Nurses in Public Hospitals by Novia Zahrah, Azelin Aziz, Siti Abdul Hamid

“…Thus, health care institutions must play a better role in coordinating and providing training for nursing supervisors in order for them to give their subordinates great support.…”
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Rural enterprises with a gender perspective. A theoretical review on its importance and the role of financial cooperatives in financing by Gabith Miriam Quispe Fernández, José Miguel Giner Pérez, Dante Ayaviri Nina

“…The results show that there is a restriction on credits directed to rural areas, which probably harms rural enterprises, so that financial cooperatives as part of popular and solidarity economy financial institutions can play an important role in obtaining sources. of financing for enterprises in rural environments, motivating the local development of their communities.…”
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The new theatre of the struggle for EU unity: Judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation confronts member state sovereignty by Lukić Maja

“…Most institutions that play crucial role in enforcement of EU law regulating judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation today had existed before the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty, which transformed the nature of European legislation in that area from intergovernmental to supranational. …”
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Editorial - Large Transport Infrastructure Projects: Improving Institutions and Decision Making by Bert van Wee, Bent Flyvbjerg

“…This book shows that for large infrastructure projects cost overruns and demand shortfalls are very common, and that institutional factors play an important role in this being the case. …”
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Business practices for sustaining performance of microfinance institutions: a literature review by Zuru, Nasiru Liman, Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin, Arshad, Darwina

“…Microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a significant role in the financial industry in developed and developing countries.These institutions are known for their social and economic contributions in many countries. …”
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How the EU is Becoming a Rule-of-Law-less Union of States by Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz

“…The EU through its institutions is playing the game according to the rules dictated by the smart autocrats.…”
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Huit initiatives bretonnes d’agriculture urbaine solidaire : quelles formes de justice et de démocratie alimentaire ? by Julien Noel, Catherine Darrot

“…Two indicators deal with the institutional role played by the public sector, two others deal with the degree of empowerment expected for the beneficiaries.…”
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The effect of institutional quality on foreign direct investment by Al Mustofa, Muhammad Ubaidillah, Sukmana, Raditya

“…The empirical results show that institutional quality plays a vital role in determining the flow of foreign investments. …”
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Nexus of Institutional Quality and Stock Market Development: Long-Run Relationships in Dynamic Heterogeneous Panel by Muhammad Saeed Meo, Ramzan Ali, Bilal Aziz Poswal, Mubbshar Ali

“…This study provides robust evidence that institutional quality plays a critical role in stock market development in any economy. …”
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Between a rock and a hard place: the shaping of employment in a global economy by Ursula Huws

“…Introducing this volume, this article discusses how employment practices are shaped in a global economy, asking to what extent national policies and institutions still play a role and the importance of other social, economic, political and cultural factors in determining how work is organised and the pay, conditions and job security of workers. …”
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