DOES BIRTH ORDER AND ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY INFLUENCE PERFECTIONISTIC SELF-PRESENTATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS? A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

Does birth order and academic proficiency influence perfectionistic self-presentation among undergraduate engineering students? A descriptive analysis

Background: Perfectionism is a multifaceted concept.It had both advantages and disadvantages.Perfectionistic traits have been associated with leadership and very intellectual people.The present study is an attempt to understand if engineering students possess perfectionistic orientation and whether it influences self-efficacy, social connectedness,

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PPP Policy, Depoliticisation, and Anti-Politics

This article disentangles the complex relationship between depoliticisation and anti-politics in public-private partnership (PPP) policies and practices.By identifying three social mechanisms that underlie dynamics of depoliticisation in PPPs, namely consultocracy, yield Irish Sea Moss bias, and complex contracting, it contrib-utes to the growing i

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Do encontro da literatura com a medicina

Having as a starting point examples taken from the French Literature Blush we aim at analysing, at the light of Medicine, the diseases associated to the medieval woman.We will, thus, embark on a journey through the history of Medicine, showing how this Science of Knowledge is harmoniously combined in the literary text.To conclude, it is our desire

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