Household and Neighbourhood Responses to House Burglary in Ibadan by Ayobami Abayomi Popoola, Moruf Alabi, Adeshina Ojo, Bamiji Adeleye

“…Neighbourhood responses to burglary include the use of gates, private security outfits and local vigilante groups. Individual households relied on burglary proof windows and door; broken bottles and wire fencing for protection. …”
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Xenophobia in South Africa: Problematising Ubuntu as an Ethical Response by Zama Mthombeni

“…This paper demonstrates, via media stories, how the media primarily portrays the organisation as vigilante that vex ubuntu and African unification. …”
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Catastrophic impact of 1947 partition of India on people's health by Tuba Tanveer, Nixon Mathur, Rakesh Sarwal

“…We suggest that the international scientific and research community should play the role of vigilante and fact finder to unearth the facets of mass human tragedy and its long-term consequences so that global consciousness is awakened, and help and aid flows when it is most needed.…”
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Hindutva Civilizationism in India: Unravelling the Human-Ecological Conditions by Alexandra McFadden

“…In order to conceptualize Hindutva civilizationism, I re-examine two well-known cases of Sangh Parivar environmental politics: (1) Hindutva geography and spatial violence; and (2) anti-meat and cow vigilante politics. Beyond serving as a discourse that ignites violence and far-right extremism, I showcase how the sounding board of ‘civilization’ encapsulates the relationship between sociopolitical and environmental far-right objectives, highlighting the ways that far-right civilizationism seeks to define human relationships with natural and built environments. …”
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De sines às tribos do Neón: Al Berto e o fim do mundo by Leonardo de Barros Sasaki

“…Buscaremos, portanto, destacar e discutir o ímpeto poético albertiano, que, de maneira tão ostensiva, tão densa e tão obsessiva, se lançou nos abismos do medo, no dizer dos apocalipses do sujeito e na atenção vigilante de um tempo de fins/fim dos tempos.…”
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Educación: la raíz del problema by Jaime Jaramillo Uribe

“…Pero si es justo que el país mantenga su conciencia vigilante alrededor de problemas tan vitales —pero no más vitales que los de la cultura— como el de su desarrollo industrial, su economía cafetera, sus formas constitucionales o la vivienda económica, ¿por qué no ha de mantenerla sobre el de la instrucción pública en todos sus aspectos y matices? …”
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Mitos e potencialidades da interdisciplinaridade: reflexões sobre um tema emergente by Altair Alberto Fávero, Carina Tonieto

“…Posteriormente, aponta-se o potencial crítico-criativo da interdisciplinaridade, que consiste na sua abertura vigilante a novos modos de pensar e fazer interdisciplinaridade, provocando rupturas, continuidades e inovações metodológicas e epistemológicas. …”
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Bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation with concomitant greater tuberosity fractures following seizures: A rare case report by Swapnil Anil Keny, Dhruv Paul, Shubhranshu Shekhar Mohanty, Umang Sheth

“…Background: Shoulder dislocation is an urgent condition, and every attempt should be made to reduce it in the emergency room. A thorough and vigilante clinical examination should be performed by the emergency room physician at the first instance itself. …”
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Discursos masculinos sobre el poder de las mujeres en Chile. Sujetos y subjetividades by Paulina Salinas Meruane, Susana Arancibia Carvajal

“…También hay discursos más progresistas en los varones, que se aventuran hacia un reconocimiento de las capacidades y roles que han ido asumiendo las mujeres en el espacio público, aunque se trata de un reconocimiento vigilante, ambivalente, mediatizado por una percepción de confianza/desconfianza, eficiencia/incompetencia, hacia lo que ellas son capaces de lograr.…”
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The people and the park : how a small Mexican community created one of the world's most successful marine preserves by Castañón, Laura (Laura Anne)

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Violent extremist group ecologies under stress by Cebrian, Manuel, Torres, Manuel R., Huerta, Ramon, Fowler, James H.

“…These fora are under constant scrutiny by security agencies, private vigilante groups, and hackers, who sometimes shut them down with cybernetic attacks. …”
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Predicting attackers of online shaming using ant colony optimization / Noor Shafiqa Fazlien Mohamad Fauzi by Mohamad Fauzi, Noor Shafiqa Fazlien

“…Online shaming is an act which involves persecution by the internet. It is a vigilante activity which is carried out through social media on the internet. …”
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Addressing urban security challenges in Nigeria through neighbourhood renewal: A reflection of Mokola World Bank slum upgrading pilot project by Tabiti, Tabiti S., Mohammed, Jinadu A., Japheth, Daramola

“…Efforts to address urban security challenges in Nigeria have been concentrated in legislative, law enforcement and the use of community vigilante groups. The study examines the potentiality of urban renewal scheme in reducing urban insecurity in Nigeria cities. …”
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Escrituras de familia: hacia una tradición no patriarcal by Nadia Cortés

“…Sin embargo, la instauración de un padre vigilante que permitirá una filosofía escrita requerirá de los hijos y de una figura femenina para instaurarse. …”
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Chaotic sparrow search algorithm with manta ray spiral foraging for engineering optimization by Chao Yang, Hong Yang, Donglin Zhu, YiWen Hu, Yu Zhang, HongYuan Ma, ZhiHong Huang

“…It is experimentally demonstrated that this hybrid strategy outperforms the population after random initialization in reducing ineffective sparrow individuals. In the vigilante update stage, the spiral foraging behaviour of the manta ray population in the integrated manta ray optimization algorithm, the sparrows search around the best food source, which enhances the sparrow search algorithm's ability to explore the optimal solution. …”
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An Evaluation of Relevance of Criminal Intelligence Management and Implications for Security and Public Safety in Benue State, Nigeria by Justine Tever Gberinyer, Ikechukwu Okoro, Eric Adishi

“…The participants were recruited from the Nigeria Police, DSS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and community vigilante groups in Makurdi, the State capital located in Makurdi L.G.A (Benue North-west Zone) and four other Local Government Areas , namely, Agatu (Benue South zone), Logo, Kwande, and Katsina-Ala (Benue North-east zone),where all manner of criminal activities, particularly armed robbery, banditry, kidnapping, herders attacks, farmers-herdsmen clashes, and cattle rustling take place on regular basis. …”
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Anti-Muslim Sentiments and Violence: A Major Threat to Ethnic Reconciliation and Ethnic Harmony in Post-War Sri Lanka by Athambawa Sarjoon, Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Nordin Hussin

“…The findings of the study reveal that, with the end of civil war, Muslims have become “another other” and also the target of ethno-religious hatred and violence from the vigilante right-wing ethno-nationalist forces that claim to be protecting the Sinhala-Buddhist nation, race, and culture in Sri Lanka. …”
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Concepções de administração e administrador em tempos de capitalismo flexível: uma abordagem crítica by Ana Cristina Batista-dos-Santos, José Arimatés de Oliveira

“…Por essa concepção, há a migração do histórico estereótipo do Administrador controlador e vigilante para a representação do Administrador como profissional performático. …”
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La difesa della città. La definizione dell’identità urbana assediata in tempo di guerra e in tempo di pace (Mantova, 1357-1397) The defense of the town. The definition of urban sie... by Isabella Lazzarini

“…La città padana, capitale della signoria gonzaghesca, viene assalita dalle truppe viscontee a tre riprese tra il 1357 e il 1397: in seguito a questi attacchi di grande violenza, i Gonzaga e la città maturano la consapevolezza che la sopravvivenza del piccolo stato dipende da una sua condizione di vigilante neutralità tra i poteri italiani. Tale consapevolezza si traduce nella costruzione di una identità politica “sotto assedio” che costituisce un tratto distintivo di lunga durata nella storia plurisecolare della città. …”
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Micro-hydropower systems for smallholder farmers in rural communities of Taraba state, Nigeria: Socioeconomic assessment of needs and perceptions (Part I) by Agwu E. Agwu, Dele Raheem, Mbika C. Muteba, Shanelle N. Foster

“…The results further indicate that provision of security and surveillance to prevent stealing and vandalism using community vigilante (57.81%) is a viable way of sustaining the investment, even as a majority (77.22%) of them agreed that corruption is a challenge that can affect the sustainability of off-grid water wheel generators in the communities if not addressed.…”
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