Using a fugacity model to determine the degradation rate of typical polycyclic musks in the field: A case study in the North Canal River watershed of Beijing, China

Using the Republic of North Macedonia as a case study, this article analyzes the processes through which national sports teams’ losing performance acquires a broad social and political significance. I explore claims to sporting victory as a direct product of political forces in countries located at the bottom of the global hierarchy that participate in a wider system of coercive rule, frequently referred to as empire. I also analyze how public celebrations of claimed sporting victories are intertwined with nation-building efforts, especially toward the global legitimization of a particular version of national history and heritage. The North Macedonia case provides a fruitful lens through which we can better understand unfolding sociopolitical developments, whereby imaginings of the global interlock with local interests and needs, in the Balkans and beyond.

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The transformative power of European technology in resource exploitation: reflections on the oil presses and railways of colonial Nigeria

Global Environment ◽

10.3197/ge.2020.130303 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 555-582

Author(s):

Nkemjika Chimee

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovations ◽

Resource Exploitation ◽

Transformative Power ◽

The North ◽

Indigenous Production ◽

Impact Of Technology ◽

Transformative Impact ◽

North And South ◽

European Technology

Technological innovations, which in the nineteenth century were principally developed by European nations, were a crucial factor in transforming economies – not only those of the countries in which they originated, but also those of their colonies. This case study of Nigeria explores the way the British controlled the colony and subjugated the local people as a result of their superior technology. Upon taking over the territory, to aid the country's economic development, they began to construct railway lines to link major resource zones of the north and south. This facilitated the more efficient shipment of natural resources from these zones to the coastal ports for onward shipment to Britain. Indigenous production and the rendering of palm oil were transformed by the introduction of oil presses. The article examines the transformative impact of technology in resource exploitation, focusing specifically on railways and oil presses and their impact on Nigerian society.

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A general practice provider federation in a mixed health economy in England: a case study investigation

British Journal of General Practice ◽

10.3399/bjgp18x696929 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. bjgp18X696929

Author(s):

Jill Mitchell

Keyword(s):

General Practice ◽

Shared Vision ◽

Health Economy ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The North ◽

Common Strategy ◽

Common Purpose ◽

Collaborative Working ◽

The Impact

BackgroundThere is an emerging debate that general practice in its current format is out-dated and there is a requirement to move to a federated model of provision where groups of Practices come together. The emergence of federations has developed over the past 5 years but the factors that influence how federations develop and the impact of this new model is an under researched area.AimThe study explored the rationale around why a group of independent GP practices opted to pursue an alternative business venture and the benefits that this strategy offered.MethodA single organisational case study of a federation in the North of England was conducted between 2011–2016. Mixed methods data collection included individual and group semi-structured interviews and quantitative surveys.ResultsFederations promote collaborative working, relying on strategic coherence of multiple individual GP practices through a shared vision and common purpose. Findings revealed many complexities in implementing a common strategy across multiple independent businesses. The ability of the federation to gain legitimacy was two dimensional – externally and internally. The venture had mixed successes, but their approach to quality improvement proved innovative and demonstrated outcomes on a population basis. The study identified significant pressures that practices were experiencing and the need to seek alternative ways of working but there was no shared vision or inclination to relinquish individual practice autonomy.ConclusionOrganisational development support is critical to reform General Practice. Whether central funding through the GP Five Year Forward View will achieve the scale of change required is yet to be evidenced.

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An Integrated Tourism Model based on Local Identity for Ecological, Historical, and Cultural Tourism

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v3i7.1217 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Natapon Anusorntharangkul ◽

Yanin Rugwongwan

Keyword(s):

Environmental Design ◽

Cultural Tourism ◽

Marketing Strategies ◽

Point Of View ◽

Local Identity ◽

Design Elements ◽

Resources Management ◽

The North ◽

North Eastern

The objective of this paper is to study local identity and explore the potential for regional resources management and valuation of the historic environment a case study of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand, for guiding the tourism environmental design elements. The point of view has the goal creative integrate tourism model and product development from local identity embedded localism. This concept advocates the philosophy that tourism businesses must develop products and marketing strategies that not only address the needs of consumers but also safeguard the local identity.

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Scales and Units

10.1093/oso/9780190657543.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Kathryn M. de Luna

Keyword(s):

Language Change ◽

Historical Linguistics ◽

Bantu Languages ◽

The North ◽

First Case ◽

Linguistic Evidence ◽

River Region ◽

History Of ◽

Alternative Approaches

This chapter uses two case studies to explore how historians study language movement and change through comparative historical linguistics. The first case study stands as a short chapter in the larger history of the expansion of Bantu languages across eastern, central, and southern Africa. It focuses on the expansion of proto-Kafue, ca. 950–1250, from a linguistic homeland in the middle Kafue River region to lands beyond the Lukanga swamps to the north and the Zambezi River to the south. This expansion was made possible by a dramatic reconfiguration of ties of kinship. The second case study explores linguistic evidence for ridicule along the Lozi-Botatwe frontier in the mid- to late 19th century. Significantly, the units and scales of language movement and change in precolonial periods rendered visible through comparative historical linguistics bring to our attention alternative approaches to language change and movement in contemporary Africa.

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Ten Demi-Culverins for Aldeburgh: Whitehall, the Dunkirkers, and a Suffolk Fishing Community, 1625–1630

Journal of British Studies ◽

10.1017/jbr.2019.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 315-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thomas Cogswell

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

East Coast ◽

Central Government ◽

Fishing Community ◽

Close Attention ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

The Impact

AbstractHistorians have not paid close attention to the activities of freebooters operating out of Dunkirk in the late 1620s. This essay corrects that omission by first studying the threat from Dunkirk to England's east coast and then addressing how the central government, counties, and coastal towns responded. A surprisingly rich vein of manuscript material from Great Yarmouth and particularly from the Suffolk fishing community of Aldeburgh informs this case study of the impact of this conflict around the North Sea.

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