Reflections on Calgary’s Spatial Structure: An Urban Economist’s Critique of Municipal Planning in Calgary by Richard Arnott

“…Yet among larger Canadian metropolitan areas today, Calgary already has close to the most expensive housing, and the average journey-to-work time, close to 30 minutes, is as high today as it was in Los Angeles in 2000, when Los Angeles had a population 10 times larger. …”
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Poesiintresserade unga i Sverige by Anna Sigvardsson

“…The aim of this study is to map and develop knowledge of how keen readers of poetry became interested in the genre and use poetry today in their spare time. The material consists of 21 semi-­structured online interviews. …”
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Looking back thinking ahead towards the vernacular architecture of Gurage, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Kebede, Desalegn Amsalu, Dawit Yosef

“…Abstract In accordance with the culture and environment, vernacular architecture has provided suitable solutions. People are looking for more environmentally friendly structures in today's globalized world. …”
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Sfida o opportunità l'accoglienza dello straniero? by Cristina Bertolino

“… / 𝐴𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟, ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒. …”
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Design for Flexibility : A Human Systems Integration Approach / by Boy, Guy André, author 642959

“…Future highly digital sociotechnical systems should contrast with those stemming from technology-centered engineering that produces objects and machines with the immensely codified and rigid practices we know today. Most of the time, current technologies are designed and developed for normal situations, leaving users to manage abnormal and emergency situations themselves, sometimes under unforeseen, extreme and/or dangerous conditions. …”

Modification of events and characters as the representation of reality in Ukrainian painting of the postwar period by Олексій Роготченко

“…For a correct understanding of the visual arts of subsequent periods, it is necessary to investigate the period of military and post-war art of the painterly workshop, which is difficult in terms of perception. Time does not come back, but it gives an opportunity today, for a broader and deeper reading and understanding of those artistic processes, which until quite recently could not be mentioned.…”
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Sub-standard or Sub-legal? Distribution, Pharma Dossiers, and Fake-talk in India by Nishpriha Thakur

“…Based on interviews with Indian traders and officials, and an examination of how their work has changed over time in accordance with the regulatory shift to drug security, I show that in many instances the paperwork has come to be more important than the pill itself. …”
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Flanöör nõukogude provintsipealinnas. Üks vaatenurk Peeter Sauteri romaanile „Indigo”. The Flaneur in a Soviet Provincial Capital: A Perspective on Peeter Sauter’s Novel Indigo... by Ivo Heinloo

“…It has been thought that the flaneurs of today are skateboarders and teenagers passing time in shopping malls. …”
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Experience and Problems of Environmental Education, Education and Upbringing. Ecological Culture by Osmaev Movla

“…The problem of ecology in its relevance and significance has come to the fore, because today there is an unprecedented ecological crisis in the entire history of mankind. …”
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Alternative dispute resolution methods in turkish law and Mediation by O. Zh. Toikin

“…This issue is relevant for all countries of the world, which, to a greater or lesser extent, carry out transformations of civil justice systems for various periods of time. In this regard, it is obvious that today, both in developed and developing countries, significant experience has been formed and accumulated in reforming this area, which can form the basis of similar transformations in Turkey and significantly contribute to facilitating ongoing reforms by avoiding other people's mistakes and using mechanisms to obtain positive results.…”
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Designs of Antigen Structure and Composition for Improved Protein-Based Vaccine Efficacy by Kyle Saylor, Frank Gillam, Frank Gillam, Taylor Lohneis, Taylor Lohneis, Chenming Zhang

“…Today, vaccinologists have come to understand that the hallmark of any protective immune response is the antigen. …”
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SELLING CULTURE. LEGAL CHALLENGES ON ONLINE AUCTIONS by Loredana Florea

“…<br />Today online auctions have an exponential growth trend generating important commercial benefits such as: the rate, the opportunity to participate in several auctions at the same time or in a very short time, the ability to communicate effectively and quickly with bidders; products can be up-to-date on over-stock or fluctuating stocks with significant value for specialized collectors, products sold can be unique art objects of immeasurable value. …”
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To think of blue almonds by Goh, Sze Kei

“…Work is an integral part of life and there are many pleasures to be found in productive activity, but work has come to dominate our lives, and become a non-accomodating space towards the human need of spontaneity, autonomy and community. …”
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Passenger. by Ng, Yong Yi.

“…The enthralling part about being a passenger is that time has seem to come to a stop; we get partially disengaged from our surroundings, free from formal agenda and we get to enjoy the liberation of the liminal experience and dimension. …”
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Sustainability for humans and the humane from a pediatric point of view by Å. Victorin

“…Being a parent in our time is hard. Time has come for us to take active care of our natural rhythms, to stay healthy. …”
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A study on Singapore small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector of China. by Ching, Wei Chin, Choo, Chee Ming, Lin, Chuan Wei

“…However, continuous strong growth of SMEs within the domestic market cannot be sustained and the time has come for local SMEs to look beyond Singapore for trade and investment opportunities. …”
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Translation as Representation: Western Imagination of China from the Eighteenth Century to the Present by Yangyang Long

“…In doing so this article addresses how China has incrementally come to be translated and represented as a principal Other for Euro-America, and how their perceptions of, and writings about, China today echo and reinforce its translations and representations produced by the Defoe-Voltaire axis: the binary schema of demonization and romanticization. …”
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Translation as Representation: Western Imagination of China from the Eighteenth Century to the Present by Yangyang Long

“…In doing so this article addresses how China has incrementally come to be translated and represented as a principal Other for Euro-America, and how their perceptions of, and writings about, China today echo and reinforce its translations and representations produced by the Defoe-Voltaire axis: the binary schema of demonization and romanticization. …”
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Implementation of product sharing and search system on mobile platform (Part-I) by Fang, Shuwei

“…Mobile apps development business is booming today, with hundreds new apps come out every day. …”
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Preparation for Life/ Corporate Communications & International Relations Office, UiTM by UiTM, Jabatan Komunikasi Korporat & Perhubungan Antarabangsa

“…Physically and physiologically, a full grown tree is completely unlike the seed that it has come from. UiTM is similar to that tree. Careful nurturing, aided by the vision and foresight of our political leadership has enabled the university to enter into its golden era of maturity. …”
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