Just a Matter of Time? Women’s Career Advancement in Neo-Liberal Academia. An Analysis of Recruitment Trends in Italian Universities by Camilla Gaiaschi, Rosy Musumeci

“…The introduction, with the Gelmini reform, of the new fixed-term assistant professor has tightened female access to the tenure track. Moreover, female recruitment remained substantially unchanged over the period among associate and full professors, thus suggesting that the feminization of the academic staff is not due to an effective improvement of gender equality in recruitment, but also to demographic dynamics, such as the retirement of men who are concentrated in the older cohorts.…”
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Farmers’ choice for indigenous practices and implications for climate-smart agriculture in northern Ghana by Dramani Juah M-Buu File, Godwell Nhamo

“…The results showed that smallholder farmers' decisions to adopt indigenous practices for climate change adaptation were influenced by socio-demographic characteristics, access to farm capital, landscape and distance to farms, accessibility and reliability of practices, accessibility and cost of inputs, land tenure, access to extension services, and socio-cultural beliefs. …”
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Local Government Units in Indonesia: Demographic Attributes and Differences in Financial Condition by Rusmin Rusmin, Emita W. Astami, Glennda Scully

“…It utilises demographic attributes including scope of entity, location, tenure (date of entry), gender, human development index (HDI) and size of local governments to explain differences in the financial condition of Indonesia’s local government. …”
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Effect of Workplace Spirituality on Quality of Work Life of Nurse Cancer Survivors in South Korea by Juhyun Jin, Eunju Lee

“…Results: The average scores for all NWS and QNWL subdomains were medium. Age, nursing tenure, and the factors of NWS were positively correlated with QNWL, especially the harmony between the workplace and the individual (r = 0.65, P < 0. 001). …”
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Food-energy-water nexus in Iran over the last two centuries: A food secure future? by Farshad Amiraslani, Deirdre Dragovich

“…First, a series of inappropriate national laws regarding land tenure converted large holdings into small pieces of low-yielding lands. …”
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Strengthening Local Governance of Secondary Forest in Peru by Robin R. Sears, Manuel R. Guariguata, Peter Cronkleton, Cristina Miranda Beas

“…Natural forest regrowth is critical for restoring ecosystem services in degraded landscapes and providing forest resources. Those who control tenure and access rights to these secondary forest areas determine who benefits from economically charged off-farm opportunities such as finance for forest restoration, selling carbon credits, and receiving payment for ecosystem services. …”
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The Land Is Ours. Vulnerabilization and resistance in informal settlements in Puerto Rico: Lessons from the Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust by Line Algoed, María Hernández Torrales

“… Between 2002 and 2004, residents from seven informal settlements located along the Caño Martín Peña, a highly polluted channel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, established a community land trust to regularize land tenure and protect the historically marginalized barrios against the threat of displacement, as an unintended consequence of the ecological restoration of the channel. …”
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Reha Ortaçlı, a ‘Silent’ Actor of Architecture and His Unknown Apartment Blocks: Nihat Erim Apartment and Ortaçlı Apartment(s) by Umut ŞUMNU, Selim Sertel ÖZTÜRK

“…His graduation projects in the Academy of Fine Arts, his project proposals for several architectural competitions, and projects that were implemented during his tenure as a civil servant give us a detailed information about this period and the way his architectural style was formed. …”
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Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Household Farm Investment in Northern Ghana by Abdul-Hanan Abdallah, Michael Ayamga, Joseph Agebase Awuni

“…The results also revealed that LSLA by domestic and foreign entities dissipates investment in all levels of land- and yield-improving techniques, and even in the presence of a high perception of tenure security. Thus, the provision of legal ownership of land to farmers can provide insurance for investments in all land-improving techniques. …”
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Genre et foncier au Sénégal : étude de cas dans la Commune de Ross Béthio. by Serigne Abdou latif Sall

“…In a number of West African countries, the issue of gender and land tenure is an ongoing one, insofar as the same obstacles have been identified for vulnerable groups, women in particular. …”
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Fit-For-Purpose Cadaster Architecture for Moroccan Land-Use Planner: Proposal and Perception by Rissouni Youssef, Jamal ElHassan, Jamil Hicham, Al Ansari Rachid, El Mansouri Bouabid, Chao Jamal, Moumen Aniss

“…This research delves into these challenges by investigating the perspectives of diverse stakeholders crucial to successful cadastre implementation: land tenure specialists, public policymakers, spatial planners, and investors. …”
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Effective teaching in computational thinking: A bias-free alternative to the exclusive use of students’ evaluations of teaching (SETs) by Noemi V. Mendoza Diaz, Trinidad Sotomayor

“…The tenure system in the United States places significant importance on teaching effectiveness. …”
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Distribution of Plant Hormones and Their Precursors in Cambial Region Tissues of <i>Quercus myrsinifolia</i> and <i>Castanopsis cuspidata var.sieboldii</i> after Bending Stems or A... by Yoshio Kijidani, Taku Tsuyama, Yuji Tokumoto

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Urban Land and Development Management in a Challenged Developing World: An Overview of New Reflections by Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, Raymond T. Abdulai

“…Consistent with the literature, the paper establishes that most of the population growth and rising urbanisation are occurring in the developing world, particularly Africa and Asia, and although these phenomena have the tendency to increase economic density and promote both private and public investment in urban development, especially construction/housing and related infrastructure activities, there are and will be several problems with them. These include land tenure insecurity, lack of access to decent affordable housing and the threat of destruction to heritage sites. …”
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Study of Academic Bullying in educational departments; Case study (humanities and engineering departments) by zahra rashidi, shadi rouhani

“…It could be understood that assistant instructor women with tenure position in the university have experienced social bullying more than other types. …”
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Teaching dossier guidance for professional faculty: an evidence-based approach for demonstrating teaching effectiveness by Samantha Taylor, Sylvain Charlebois

“…This research delves into the challenging paradox facing university faculty: they are often hired with minimal formal teacher training yet must exhibit teaching effectiveness when seeking promotion or tenure. This issue becomes particularly salient for educators with non-traditional, professional backgrounds who must demonstrate pedagogical competence despite lacking conventional academic training. …”
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Examining the State of Pastoral Resources under Common Property Regime, and Pastoralists Accessibility in Drylands of Niger and Nigeria by Abdullahi Umar, Muhammmad Nuraddeen Danjuma

“…In Nigeria, encroachment of pastoral resources by farmers, private ranches and mining, scarce and decaying infrastructure, lack of tenure right to pastoral resources are some of the problem’s pastoralists face. …”
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Critical Synthesis Package: Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) by Jennifer Boardman

“…Conversely, the revised TACCT is still a relatively long survey to complete, there are no recommendations for when the instrument should be administered during a student's tenure, and it does not address any hidden curricula many students may encounter. …”
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Private Capital Formation Activities and Bank Credit Access Among Farmers in Zimbabwe by Blessing Ropafadzo Chigunhah, Ezekia Svotwa, Gerald Munyoro, Tendai J. Mabvure, Ignatius Govere

“…Policy should also address the land tenure issue to stimulate on-farm capital investments, and intensify knowledge enhancing agricultural extension services to improve agricultural production knowledge among farmers. …”
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BullVal$: An Integrated Decision-Support Tool for Predicting the Net Present Value of a Dairy Bull Based on Genetic Merit, Semen Production Potential, and Demographic Factors by Allison Q. Gorr, Victor E. Cabrera, James Meronek, Kent A. Weigel

“…We utilized a Markov Chain model to calculate the economic valuation of dairy bulls, incorporating key factors such as housing costs, collection and marketing expenses, and the bull’s probable tenure in the herd. Data from a leading AI company were used to establish baseline values. …”
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