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Ict Use By Smallholder Farmers In Rural Mozambique: A Case Study Of Two Villages In Central Mozambique, Kathlee Freeman, Fridah Mubichi Dec 2017

Ict Use By Smallholder Farmers In Rural Mozambique: A Case Study Of Two Villages In Central Mozambique, Kathlee Freeman, Fridah Mubichi

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This study adds to the empirical evidence of information and communication technology (ICT) use by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study draws on qualitative data collected from eight focus groups segmented by gender and consisting of adult farmers in two villages in central Mozambique. Special attention was given to the types of ICTs that farmers have access to and the dissemination of agriculture information through various ICTs. Findings indicate that the characteristics of ICTs explain why cell phone and radio use is prevalent, while access to television remains limited. The type of information accessed also varied by ICT type, …

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Community, Regional Identity, And Civic Agriculture: A Structural Ritualization Analysis Of Rural Online Farmers' Market Sellers, Jason S. Ulsperger, Kristen Ulsperger Dec 2017

Community, Regional Identity, And Civic Agriculture: A Structural Ritualization Analysis Of Rural Online Farmers' Market Sellers, Jason S. Ulsperger, Kristen Ulsperger

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Despite the impact of “new agriculture,” a revival of farmers’ markets (FMs) occurred in recent years. Though urban environments have FMs, people often neglect to consider their existence and functions in rural areas. Moreover, a lack of research specifically related to rural, online markets exists. This article is an analysis of rural, online farmers’ market sellers in the Arkansas River Valley. It provides a brief history of FMs and review of literature associated with food, identity, and community. It also uses structural ritualization theory to explore community bonds, regional identity, and civic agriculture themes. Results suggest that online sellers rarely …

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Livestock-Livelihood Linkages In Uganda: The Benefits For Women And Rural Households?, Elizabeth Ransom, Carmen Bain, Iim Halimatusa'diyah Dec 2017

Livestock-Livelihood Linkages In Uganda: The Benefits For Women And Rural Households?, Elizabeth Ransom, Carmen Bain, Iim Halimatusa'diyah

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Livestock are an important component of rural households and gendered livelihood practices throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Widespread within the development literature is the belief in the livestock ladder, with poorer households often owning small stock and wealthier households owning large stock, with the assumption that poor households can utilize livestock to build their asset base and over time this would allow poorer households to expand from small stock to large stock, and in so doing climb the livestock ladder. There is also an assumption in the literature that women are more likely to oversee small stock. In addition, some well-known agricultural …

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Energy And The Rural Sociological Imagination, Thomas M. Beckley Dec 2017

Energy And The Rural Sociological Imagination, Thomas M. Beckley

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Energy is the lifeblood of any society. It drives a society’s material culture and the reproduction of that culture. It is essential for the production of food, shelter, clothing, and for transportation, trade, and communication. This article makes the case for a rural sociology of energy. Relative to the impact that energy issues have for rural places and people, energy, as a subject area, has been understudied by rural sociologists and is infrequently represented in the journals devoted to rural sociology and rural studies. Energy production and distribution activities such as coal mining, uranium mining, hydroelectric dams, wind farms, nuclear, …

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Effect Of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies On Globalization Of Nigerian Rural Areas, O. A. Lawal-Adebowale Dec 2017

Effect Of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies On Globalization Of Nigerian Rural Areas, O. A. Lawal-Adebowale

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The globalization of a country is today measured with respect to indices of globalization such as the Maastricht Globalization Index (MGI) and the Konjunkturforschungsstelle (KOF). These indices of national globalization often have an urban bias. This study however explores the extent to which these international measures include rural environments of the globalizing country. Application of the MGI/KOF indices for determination of the Nigerian rural environment inclusion in globalization showed that the country’s rural communities were mainly integrated technologically by virtue of telephony (communication technology) penetration of rural areas. An attempt to modify the MGI/KOF globalization indexes for rural inclusion showed …

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Heterogeneity Of Rural Consumer Perceptions Of Health Service Access Across Four Regions Of Victoria, Daniel Terry, Kaye Ervin, Alan Crouch, Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke Dec 2017

Heterogeneity Of Rural Consumer Perceptions Of Health Service Access Across Four Regions Of Victoria, Daniel Terry, Kaye Ervin, Alan Crouch, Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Access to a range of services, including health care, ranks among the key determinants of health and wellbeing. It varies with both health system supply factors and consumer demand characteristics. For rural populations, access to health services can be restricted for a variety of reasons, contributing to poorer health outcomes compared with metropolitan populations. Access to health care differs between communities, despite commonly being seen as homogenous in terms of lack of service and poor access. This article seeks to examine consumer perceptions of access to health service in four shires in rural Victoria and explore differences between rural areas. …

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Structure Or Relationship? Rethinking Family Influences On Juvenile Delinquency In Malaysia, Tan Bee Piang, Zuraini Jubail Osman, Noor Banu Mahadir Dec 2017

Structure Or Relationship? Rethinking Family Influences On Juvenile Delinquency In Malaysia, Tan Bee Piang, Zuraini Jubail Osman, Noor Banu Mahadir

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

A broken family structure and poor family relationship are seen as contributing to delinquent behavior in different ways. Despite Malaysian society being strongly focused on family values, there have been significant increases in the rates of both divorce and single-parent families. Thus, there is the question of whether these changes in family structure are a contributing factor to the increasing rate of juvenile delinquency seen in recent years. This study aims to examine the relative influences of family structure and family relationship on juvenile delinquent behavior in Malaysia. A sample of 196 juveniles from two rehabilitation centers in Malaysia participated …

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Reading Samuel Beckett’S Portrayal Of The Self From A Buddhist Perspective, Achala K. Dissanayake Dec 2017

Reading Samuel Beckett’S Portrayal Of The Self From A Buddhist Perspective, Achala K. Dissanayake

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

Samuel Beckett’s evocation of the self through the discussion of the intertwined themes of language, relativity/dependency, memory, time and change invites diverse perspectives from which the self could be read. Beckett, through the delineation of the self as constantly revising itself in relation to its memories and the larger social exterior, portrays the self as fragmented and impermanent. The delineation of the self in the plays Waiting for Godot (1956), Endgame (1958) and Krapp’s Last Tape (1958) as disintegrated, dependent and lacking in certitude, resonates with the Buddhist’s consideration of the self as a mental formulation.

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The Scope Of Colonial Writing In Enhancing Sri Lankan Cultural Diplomacy, Achala K. Dissanayake Dec 2017

The Scope Of Colonial Writing In Enhancing Sri Lankan Cultural Diplomacy, Achala K. Dissanayake

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

Culture is a necessary ingredient in the definition of a nation. Cultural diplomacy is the use of cultural values and norms by nations in the processes of strengthening, revising, or redefining their national identities both within the country and externally. Works of literature are among the many tools of cultural diplomacy. As a source of soft power widely used by countries in their relationships with foreign nations, cultural diplomacy has been criticized from a postcolonial perspective for contributing to the homogenization of cultures and nations. This paper argues that, where Sri Lankan cultural diplomacy is concerned, certain literary representations of …

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Implementasi Peraturan Daerah Nomor 3 Tahun 2013 Pasal 35tentang Standardisasi Dan Sertifikasi Profesi Usahaakomodasi Di Kabupaten Bogor, Muhammad Fuaddil, Rahmat Surjana, Diaz Pranita Dec 2017

Implementasi Peraturan Daerah Nomor 3 Tahun 2013 Pasal 35tentang Standardisasi Dan Sertifikasi Profesi Usahaakomodasi Di Kabupaten Bogor, Muhammad Fuaddil, Rahmat Surjana, Diaz Pranita

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

Indonesia is a country which is rich in natural and cultural importance in every region in Indonesia and the Regency of Bogor is one who has a wealth of it. Tourism in bogor Regency is one of the things that is important because it accounts for the third largest area of revenue. Bogor regency tourism has also become an effective tool inempowering and improving the economy of the community. The task of this final Work discusses the Implementation of local regulations No. 3 2013 article 35 concerning tourism. In the article mentioned that Standardization can be obtained by way of …

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Strategi Partnership Dalam Upaya Membangun Brand Valuecitilink{Studi Kasus : Program Boarding Pass True Value (Bptv)}, Nabhila Risvan Putri, Lintong Simandjuntak, Priyanto Priyanto Dec 2017

Strategi Partnership Dalam Upaya Membangun Brand Valuecitilink{Studi Kasus : Program Boarding Pass True Value (Bptv)}, Nabhila Risvan Putri, Lintong Simandjuntak, Priyanto Priyanto

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The purpose of this Project is to discuss (I) about the program of BPTV (II) explain the procedure of cooperation with merchant (III) and explain the obstacles faced by Citilink in BPTV program and its solution. The author also states which cities are available Citilink merchants, do not forget also the authors include the data of visitors who use the program BPTV. This program is a program of the Marketing Communication division, a sub-division of New Distribution Channel And Partnership (NDC). The method used in the manufacture and writing of this Final Project Task is a descriptive method through the …

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Proses Pelaksanaan Sistem Pre-Booking Tiket Garudaindonesia Travel Fair (Gatf) 10-12 Maret 2017 Di Jakarta Olehpt. Aero Globe Indonesia (Aerotravel) Gunung Sahari, Muhammad Ariq Syaukani, Chaidir Tasran, Diaz Pranita Dec 2017

Proses Pelaksanaan Sistem Pre-Booking Tiket Garudaindonesia Travel Fair (Gatf) 10-12 Maret 2017 Di Jakarta Olehpt. Aero Globe Indonesia (Aerotravel) Gunung Sahari, Muhammad Ariq Syaukani, Chaidir Tasran, Diaz Pranita

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is the result of thoughts and data collection the authors who have undergone work practices in PT Aero Globe Indonesia (Aerotravel) Gunung Sahari. At the end of this Paper discusses the Tasks regarding the process of implementation of the system of Pre-Booking tickets Garuda Travel Fair 10-12 March 2017 Jakarta conducted by PT. Aero Globe Indonesia (Aerotravel) Gunung Sahari. Starting from filling the form PreBooking tickets Garuda Travel Fair by the prospective purchaser of the ticket, the process of booking and ticket issued promo Lions Travel Fair 10-12 March 2017 by Ticketing Staff of PT …

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Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon (Tnuk), Abdurrachman Abdurrachman, Annisa Pratiwi Dec 2017

Pengelolaan Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon (Tnuk), Abdurrachman Abdurrachman, Annisa Pratiwi

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

This study aims to explain how the management of Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK). Data obtained by interview, observation during the Job Training, and literature study. The result of this research is the effort of management of Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK).

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Proses Reservasi Perjalanan Wisata Berlayar Menuju Pulaukomodo Melalui Kakabantrip Tour And Travel Service, Muhammad Noer Prakoso, Annisa Pratiwi Dec 2017

Proses Reservasi Perjalanan Wisata Berlayar Menuju Pulaukomodo Melalui Kakabantrip Tour And Travel Service, Muhammad Noer Prakoso, Annisa Pratiwi

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is to discuss (1) reservation process of sailing trip to Komodo Island (2) and to know what facilities, rights and obligations given Kakabantrip for tourists who follow sailing tour of komodo. Tourist Reservation Process conducted by Kakabantrip all of them aims to provide security and comfort to tourists. With the reservation process made by Kakabantrip who sending personal data of tourists, Kakabantrip can know the characteristics and needs of tourists so that the tourists can get the best service from Kakabantrip. The method used in the manufacture and writing of this Final assigmment is a …

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Bauran Promosi Paket Wisata Halal Korea Selatan Padacheria Halal Holiday Travel, Karina Mayza, Poeti Nazura Gulfira Dec 2017

Bauran Promosi Paket Wisata Halal Korea Selatan Padacheria Halal Holiday Travel, Karina Mayza, Poeti Nazura Gulfira

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Policy Studies

The focus of this study is about Promotional Mix "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" on Cheria Halal Holiday. The purpose of this study is to know promotional mix activities on Cheria Halal Holiday in marketing "Halal Tour Packages of South Korea" and their obstacles. South Korea became one of the countries that began to develop halal tourism. This is an opportunity for Cheria Halal Holiday to promote South Korea's halal tour packages. In this study using Qualitative Descriptive method by interviewing with resource person and direct observation at Cheria Halal Holiday office. The concepts used in writing are Tourism, …

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A Theoretical Analysis Of Non-Formal Education As A Social Movement For Change In Thailand, John Draper, Pennee Kantavong Dec 2017

A Theoretical Analysis Of Non-Formal Education As A Social Movement For Change In Thailand, John Draper, Pennee Kantavong

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

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On Migration Solutions And Interventions: An Afterthought, Dennis V. Blanco Dec 2017

On Migration Solutions And Interventions: An Afterthought, Dennis V. Blanco

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

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Skin Beauty As Erotic Capital And Production Of “Luckiness”: A Look At Menopausal Women Using Hormone Therapy Replacement For Skin Treatment In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Huynh Thi Xuan Tam, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Xiaochuan Wang, Thomas E. Guadamuz Dec 2017

Skin Beauty As Erotic Capital And Production Of “Luckiness”: A Look At Menopausal Women Using Hormone Therapy Replacement For Skin Treatment In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Huynh Thi Xuan Tam, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Xiaochuan Wang, Thomas E. Guadamuz

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

According to social and cultural constructs of aging and femininity, menopausal women‘s bodily transitions cause them to initiate hormone therapy replacement (HRT) to restore their youth and beauty. For example, they might take HRT to improve their wrinkled and sagging skin. A problem emerges, however, because there is little systematic research that explains the specific factors that motivate women to take HRT for the purpose of anti-aging skin treatment. This study aims to examine the intertwined social and cultural contexts influencing menopausal women’s choice of HRT in a dermatological hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Four dermatologists and 15 …

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John Lee Hancock, The Founder (2016), Alejandro Hazera Dec 2017

John Lee Hancock, The Founder (2016), Alejandro Hazera

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

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Sofia Coppola, Lost In Translation (2003), Masaaki Takemura Dec 2017

Sofia Coppola, Lost In Translation (2003), Masaaki Takemura

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

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Mark Peterson, Sustainable Enterprise: A Macromarketing Approach (2013), Canan Madran Dec 2017

Mark Peterson, Sustainable Enterprise: A Macromarketing Approach (2013), Canan Madran

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

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Nassimbeni And Sartor, Sourcing In China (2006), Degan Yu, Mehmet G. Yalcin Dec 2017

Nassimbeni And Sartor, Sourcing In China (2006), Degan Yu, Mehmet G. Yalcin

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

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Marketing And Poverty Alleviation: Synergizing Research, Education, And Outreach Through The Subsistence Marketplaces Approach, Madhubalan Viswanathan, Arun Sreekumar Dec 2017

Marketing And Poverty Alleviation: Synergizing Research, Education, And Outreach Through The Subsistence Marketplaces Approach, Madhubalan Viswanathan, Arun Sreekumar

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

In this article, we describe our journey through the creation and development of the stream of subsistence marketplaces, summarize our learning, and discuss implications at the intersection of the field of Marketing and poverty alleviation. Distinct from macro level economic research in impoverished contexts, or mid-level approaches, such as the base of the pyramid (BOP) approach in business strategy, this approach is rooted at the micro-level, enabling bottom up understanding of buyer and seller. The term, subsistence marketplaces, reflects understanding these contexts in their own right, not just as markets to sell to, but as individuals, communities, consumers, …

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Global Range And Eclectic Potpourri, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik Dec 2017

Global Range And Eclectic Potpourri, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

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Integrated Assessment Of Shallow-Aquifer Vulnerability To Multiple Contaminants And Drinking-Water Exposure Pathways In Holliston, Massachusetts, Birgit Claus Henn, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Allegra Denehy, Marcie Randall, Nichole Cordon, Bilin Basu, Brian Caccavale, Stefanie Covino, Ravi Hanumantha, Kevin Longo, Ariel Maiorano, Spring Pillsbury, Gabrielle Rigutto, Kelsey Shields, Marianne Sarkis, Timothy Downs Dec 2017

Integrated Assessment Of Shallow-Aquifer Vulnerability To Multiple Contaminants And Drinking-Water Exposure Pathways In Holliston, Massachusetts, Birgit Claus Henn, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Allegra Denehy, Marcie Randall, Nichole Cordon, Bilin Basu, Brian Caccavale, Stefanie Covino, Ravi Hanumantha, Kevin Longo, Ariel Maiorano, Spring Pillsbury, Gabrielle Rigutto, Kelsey Shields, Marianne Sarkis, Timothy Downs

Sustainability and Social Justice

Half of U.S. drinking water comes from aquifers, and very shallow ones (table) are especially vulnerable to anthropogenic contamination. We present the case of Holliston, a Boston, Massachusetts suburb that draws its drinking water from very shallow aquifers, and where metals and solvents have been reported in groundwater. Community concerns focus on water discolored by naturally occurring manganese (Mn), despite reports stating regulatory aesthetic compliance. Epidemiologic studies suggest Mn is a potentially toxic element (PTE) for children exposed by the drinking-water pathway at levels near the regulatory aesthetic level. We designed an integrated, community-based project: five sites were profiled for …

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Protected: Arsenic And Old Pelts: Deadly Pesticides In Museum Collections, Alice B. Kehoe, Marshall Joseph Becker Dec 2017

Protected: Arsenic And Old Pelts: Deadly Pesticides In Museum Collections, Alice B. Kehoe, Marshall Joseph Becker

Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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“Listen To What Your Jotería Is Saying”: Coverage Of The 2016 Orlando Shooting By English- And Spanish-Language Media, Julian A. Bugarín Quezada Dec 2017

“Listen To What Your Jotería Is Saying”: Coverage Of The 2016 Orlando Shooting By English- And Spanish-Language Media, Julian A. Bugarín Quezada

PSU McNair Scholars Online Journal

This study will focus on coverage of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting by multiple English- and Spanish-language media sources in the month following the attack. The study assesses the extent through which following the shooting, coverage of the event often ignored the victims’ and survivors’ queerness, Latinidad, or both. Did these actions diminish the intersectional experiences of queer Latinx people? Were stories of the victims and survivors of the shooting accurately represented? How did this event shape queerness, gender identity, and Latinidad in the year after the attack? Through the frameworks of Latino critical race theory and queer theory, this …

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Revolution And World War I Civil Rights?: Transnational Relations And Mexican Consul Records In Mexican American Educational History, 1910-1929, Victoria-María Macdonald, Gonzalo Guzmán Dec 2017

Revolution And World War I Civil Rights?: Transnational Relations And Mexican Consul Records In Mexican American Educational History, 1910-1929, Victoria-María Macdonald, Gonzalo Guzmán

Education's Histories

MacDonald and Guzmán demonstrate how the Mexican residents in the United States lobbied the Mexican government and Mexican consulates in the U.S. to secure their children's access to schooling from 1910-1929.

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Sympathetic Symbols, Social Movements, And School Desegregation, Marisela Martinez-Cola Dec 2017

Sympathetic Symbols, Social Movements, And School Desegregation, Marisela Martinez-Cola

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

An important theoretical contribution to the study of social movements involving legal mobilization is framing theory. Framing encourages an analysis of the parties involved and the tools used to make meaning of their cause. A scholarly gap emerges, however, when considering the race, gender, and class of the litigants and the social challenges they face. In this article, the author blends framing theory with controlling‐images theory to provide a conceptual tool of ‘the sympathetic symbol’ to analyse the effects of race, gender, and class. Next, the author introduces the legal and social histories of two school desegregation cases involving Chinese‐American …

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The Impacts Of Commercialization On Depth, Breadth, Scope, And Quality Of Outreach In Mozambique: A Case-Study, Courtney Johnson Dec 2017

The Impacts Of Commercialization On Depth, Breadth, Scope, And Quality Of Outreach In Mozambique: A Case-Study, Courtney Johnson

Student Research – Stevenson Center

In today’s microfinance, scholars and policy-makers across the world have emphasized the importance of financial sustainability, or the ability of a microfinance institution (MFI) to finance its operations. In order to reach financial sustainability, MFIs embrace commercialization, a process where an MFI undergoes restructuring in order to open up avenues to capital. Yet, scholars are concerned that this emphasizes on financial sustainability will cause the social good objective to suffer, a phenomenon known as “trade-off.” Indeed, studies have found that commercialization impacts MFI outreach in various ways. To my knowledge, no research has attempted to understand the impacts of commercialization …

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