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Discursive Arguments Around Disasters in History: The Case of Chile

Sandoval, Vicente - In: International Journal of Disaster Response and … 1 (2018) 2, pp. 64-76

This article reviews existing narratives and perspectives to the history of Chilean disasters in order to explore … contrasted with contemporary notions in disaster and risk studies. In doing so, relevant Chilean disasters are devised to … highlight the way that such events have been understood in the context of Chile, that is, as ‘natural' disasters. Although …

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Does Bureaucracy Stifle Moral Agency?

Adewale, Adeyinka - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 4 (2017) 2, pp. 1-13

Bureaucracy has been around us since the earliest human societies and has been the cornerstone of ancient and modern civilisations. Literature documents its several merits and demerits but little attention has been given to its moral ramifications. This is essential in these critical times that...

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Seven Years of IJANTTI Articles

Tatnall, Arthur - In: International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and … 8 (2016) 1, pp. 1-26

The International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) is now in its eighth year, and this article provides a brief summary of the journal's content over its first seven years. It offers an historical view of how the articles have changed (or not changed) over...

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History as Method or Does Chronology Count?

Rose, Amy D. - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 7 (2016) 3, pp. 51-61

talks about history or historical research one of two things happen: People get excited and start telling her how fascinated … they are by a particular aspect of history or their eyes glaze over. In this article, the author is hoping for a different …

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What a Tangible Digital Installation for Museums Can Offer to Autistic Children and Their Teachers

Marchetti, Emanuela; Valente, Andrea - In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) 6 (2016) 2, pp. 29-45

authors to bridge history learning across museums and schools was re-contextualised and placed at the school's disposal, in a …

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“Like Hearing From Them in the Past”: The Cognitive-Affective Model of Historical Empathy in Videogame Play

Boltz, Liz Owens - In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 1-18

Historical empathy is a multidimensional construct that involves both the cognitive recognition of the perspectives of others as well as affective engagement with the lived experiences of people in the past. Actively engaging learners with diverse historical perspectives in activities like...

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Exploring Student Engagement in an Augmented Reality Learning Game

VanMeerten, Nicolaas; Varma, Keisha - In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 44-61

This article investigates the behaviors of middle school students during their participation in an AR game called Play the Past. The findings of this study show that engagement differed during discrete activities in the game environment and that there was a relationship between the roles that...

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Past-Blogging: Defining a Practice

Migowski da Silva, Ana Lúcia; Zago, Gabriela da Silva; … - In: International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge … 8 (2016) 2, pp. 39-52

cases in which content producers narrate past events by reenacting them or telling their history as if they were happening …

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A Prescriptive Stock Market Investment Strategy for the Restaurant Industry using an Artificial Neural Network Methodology

Weckman, Gary R.; Dravenstott, Ronald W.; Young II, … - In: International Journal of Business Analytics (IJBAN) 3 (2016) 1, pp. 1-21

Stock price forecasting is a classic problem facing analysts. Forecasting models have been developed for predicting individual stocks and stock indices around the world and in numerous industries. According to a literature review, these models have yet to be applied to the restaurant industry....

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A Study on Factors Influencing the Initial Public Offerings (IPO) in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), India: During 2007-2013

Dokku, Srinivasa Rao; Lakshmi, P. Adi; Jampala, Rajesh C. - In: International Journal of Corporate Finance and … 3 (2016) 1, pp. 22-35

This study has examined the IPO performance in India from 2007 to 2013. Results show that under-pricing exists in the first day of trading during the particular period, but results show that the degree of under-pricing is dramatically decreased in comparison with what is shown in previous...

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