DECOLONIZING ISLAMIC STUDIES: A VIEW FROM THE SALAFIS SCHOOL OF THOUGHT by EMORDI PROMISE JUDE, OGHENERO KANO BENSON, CHUKWUKADIBIA CHIMAUZOM EZE, CYNTHIA UKA IYADE, AYINOR AZUBUIKE

“… This essay argues for a critical re-evaluation of Islamic studies, challenging the Eurocentric and Arab-centric biases that have historically shaped the field. We propose a de-colonial approach that dismantles assumptions of Arab supremacy and promotes a more inclusive understanding of Islam. …”
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A arquitetura histórica em Taquari - RS: a herança cultural da colonização açoriana expressa no patrimônio arquitetônico by André Vanderlei da Silva

“…O artigo está organizado da seguinte maneira: (a) inicia com análise de literatura básica sobre a história de Taquari-RS, sobre o conceito de patrimônio cultural e Educação Patrimonial e a arquitetura colonial luso-açoriana. (b) Discussão sobre os dados levantados a partir do inventário e diagnóstico das edificações. …”
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What are Sub-National Island Jurisdictions? by Steffen Eriksen, Bert Scholtens, Stephanie Werleman

“…They often are former colonies and may freely move towards independence. …”
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¿Apaches hostiles, apóstatas rebeldes o súbditos infidentes?: Estado Borbónico y clasificaciones etnopolíticas en la Nueva Vizcaya de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII by Sara Ortelli

“…Entre las categorías aplicadas por el discurso del poder colonial en la Nueva Vizcaya, apaches, apostatas e infidentes parecen definir a los mismos grupos, pero desde visiones diferentes de los problemas que aquejaban a la provincia. …”
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Effect of inoculating mixed starter cultures of Lactobacillus and Staphylococcus on bacterial communities and volatile flavor in fermented sausages by Yuxin Li, Zhixiang Cao, Zhihui Yu, Yingchun Zhu, Kaile Zhao

“…The objective of this study was to explore the effects of the inoculation of mixed starter cultures of Lactobacillus and Staphylococcus (labeled L-S) on microbial community and flavor in fermented sausages during the ripening process. Culture-dependent (colony count) and culture-independent (high-throughput sequencing) methods were employed to evaluate bacterial communities. …”
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Leaf Classification for Sustainable Agriculture and In-Depth Species Analysis by Sara Mumtaz, Shabbab Algamdi, Haifa F. Alhasson, Dina Abdulaziz Alhammadi, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu

“…We employ Scale Invariant feature transform (SIFT), wavelet transform, and particle gradient motion for feature extraction, followed by bee colony optimization to enhance the process. A Gaussian distribution-based classifier is subsequently utilized, achieving an accuracy of 92%, while a Random forest classifier applied to the Grapevine Leave Dataset resulted in an accuracy of 84.63%. …”
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Unlocking the Potential of Receptor-Based Approaches in Diabetes Treatment by Mohsina Patwekar, Faheem Patwekar, J. Pavan Kumar, P. Dharani Prasad, Nazia Malik, A. Venkata Badarinath, Prashanth Parupathi, Konatham Teja Kumar Reddy, Selvaraja Elumalai, Zainul Abedeen Ab Samad

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The Art and life of Alàgbà Fálétí – A Pic torial, Art and Artifacts Exhibition in Honor of Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí (1921- 2017) curated by Akinsola Adejuwon and Seyi Ogunjobi... by Akinsola Adejuwon

“…A life that spanned and recorded historical trajectories of early colonial, decolonisation, independent movement, First and Second World Wars, and Nigerian Civil War, Military and Civilian Rules experiences of Nigeria, is worth studying. …”
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Morphology and Formation of Chrysanthemum-like Pearlite in 100Mn13 Steel During Aging Treatment by Bo Liang, Jiaoyang Sun, Zhimin Ding, Rujin Tian, Feng Yan

“…Moreover, the lamellae in pearlite colonies with chrysanthemum-like morphology are distributed in an emanative way, where there are protrusions and branches at the growth frontier. …”
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Tryptanthrin exerts anti-breast cancer effects both in vitro and in vivo through modulating the inflammatory tumor microenvironment by Zeng Qingfang, Luo Cairong, Cho Junlae, Lai Donna, Shen Xiangchun, Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhou Wei

“…Human breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells were used to assess the antitumor effect of tryptanthrin in vitro. MTT assay and colony formation assay were carried out to monitor the antiproliferative effect of tryptanthrin (1.56~50.0 μmol L−1) on inhibiting the proliferation and colony formation of MCF-7 cells, respectively. …”
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GPR137-RAB8A activation promotes ovarian cancer development via the Hedgehog pathway by Chao Tang, Lin Li, Chongying Zhu, Qiang Xu, Zihao An, Shouying Xu, Chao Lin

“…Consistently, suppression of GPR137 inhibited human SK-OV-3 and A2780 OC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and colony formation, whereas overexpression of GPR137 in human OC HO8910 cell exerted the opposite effects on cell biological behaviors. …”
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NOX4 modulates breast cancer progression through cancer cell metabolic reprogramming and CD8+ T cell antitumor activity by Yingying Xiong, Yiming Weng, Shan Zhu, Jian Qin, Jia Feng, Xiaopeng Jing, Chao Luo, Wei Gong, Rui Sun, Min Peng

“…In vitro assays (cell proliferation, colony formation, wound healing, and Seahorse metabolic analyses) and in vivo orthotopic tumor studies assessed the impact of NOX4 loss. …”
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A concept of natural genome reconstruction. Part 2. Effect of extracellular double-stranded DNA fragments on hematopoietic stem cells by V. S. Ruzanova, S. G. Oshikhmina, A. S. Proskurina, G. S. Ritter, S. S. Kirikovich, E. V. Levites, Y. R. Efremov, T. V. Karamysheva, M. I. Meschaninova, A. L. Mamaev, O. S. Taranov, A. S. Bogachev, S. V. Sidorov, S. D. Nikonov, O. Y. Leplina, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh, N. A. Kolchanov, E. V. Dolgova, S. S. Bogachev

“…After treatment of bone marrow cells with hDNAgr, the number of CD34+ cells in the colonies increases to 3 % (humans as the model organism). …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Synergistic Effect of PRIMA‐1met and Oxaliplatin in Colorectal Cancer With Different p53 Status by Xiao‐lan Li, Jianbiao Zhou, Nicole Xin‐Ning Tang, Yi Chai, Meng Zhou, Ai‐di Gao, Zhong‐kai Lu, Han Min

“…We also employed wound healing assay and colony formation assay to determine the effect of L‐OHP, PRIMA‐1met and their combination. …”
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Unveiling the role of ASPP1 in cancer progression: pan-cancer bioinformatics and experimental validation in colorectal cancer by Keyuan Xiao, Xiang Li, Ihsan Ullah, Wenqing Hu, Kaiqiang Wang, Fan Yang, Chengyu Yang, Chunqi Feng, Liang Zong, Xinghua Li

“…In vitro assays with colorectal cancer cell lines revealed significantly lower ASPP1 expression levels compared to normal colon cells (HCM460), and ASPP1 overexpression experiments showed a marked reduction in colorectal cancer cell proliferation, colony formation, invasion, and migration abilities. …”
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Imperial Borderland? Fear and Rivalry in Representations in Print of the Landscape of Carolina and Louisiana 1660-1753 by Catherine ARMSTRONG

“…For the first half-century of settlement by Europeans, the colonies of Carolina and Louisiana were imperial borderlands. …”
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Estudios sobre afrodescendientes en Centroamérica. Saliendo del olvido by Carlos Agudelo

“…La primera parte del artículo se centra en la historia de los afrocentroamericanos, tanto en el periodo colonial como en los siglos XIX y XX durante los procesos de construcción nacional. …”
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Imaginary (Re)Vision: Politics and Poetics in Sam Watson’s The Kadaitcha Sung and Eric Willmot’s Below the Line by Estelle Castro

“…Ces romans aborigènes, récits de fin de monde situés sur le territoire australien, nous permettent d’examiner comment des mémoires, ontologies et épistémologies s’inscrivent dans le texte, en tissant une toile de relations extra-textuelles, remettant en cause et problématisant des sens d’appartenance nationale et personnelle, et établissant des liens avec un contexte plus vaste post-colonial, international ou pan-indigène…”
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Complejo industrial fronterizo, sexualidad y género by Camila Esguerra Muelle

“…Me propongo revisar cómo el largo horizonte colonial de género y sexualidad –en el marco de las relaciones coloniales entre América Latina y España reactualizadas mediante la migración, el desplazamiento, el exilio y el destierro– hace parte del funcionamiento del Complejo Industrial Fronterizo. …”
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Some-where over the rainbow by Lucia Saks

“…Apartheid may well be considered as the last 10- geocentric colonial structure (unless, that is, one wishes to included Bosnia under this unpleasant rubric) to finally collapse.1 Further its collapse may be considered the end of a state apparatus formed as an institutionalization of logocentric thinking (something unusual for Derrida who very rarely talks in terms of practices). …”
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