Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“…The stories of these «protogentrifiers » in many ways anticipate the arrival of an elite group (comprising prominent figures from politics, culture, entertainment, and finance) who, starting in the late 1990s, will invest significant funds to purchase and renovate farmhouses, transforming them into aesthetically valuable house that represent high social status, thus leading to a radical process of gentrification in the area. …”
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The role of esthetic education in the harmonic development of pre-school children by Helen V. Butina

“…And as a consequence of all other creative abilities: voices, movement, gestures, interests, consciousness, imagination, tastes of children that forms the basics of their culture and contributes to the intellectual and psychological development of children.…”
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An Intimate Relationship. The City, the River, and their Wor(l)ds. Echoes from New Orleans and Vicinity by Mario Maffi

“…Cet article s’intéresse à la manière dont la relation entre le fleuve Mississippi et la ville de la Nouvelle Orléans est une source d’inspiration (à la fois matérielle et métaphorique) pour la culture américaine de la fin du dix-neuvième et du début du vingtième siècle, en particulier pour des écrivains tels que Mark Twain et William Faulkner. …”
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Not by order, nor by dialogue: the metanoetic presence of the kingdom of God in a fluid new world and church by S. Joubert

“…As an ongoing process of personal metamorphosis, “metanoia” simultaneously facilitates new forms of “complexity leadership”, where religious leaders turn into sages who create fluid new structures to facilitate familial relationships and a new culture of respect in which believers are allowed to thrive in their Spirit-induced flow states. …”
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Hyperglycemia and Endothelial Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis: Lessons from Type 1 Diabetes by Steven Daniel Funk, Arif Yurdagul, A. Wayne Orr

“…However, the hyperglycemia that defines the diabetic condition independently affects atherogenesis in cell culture systems, animal models, and human patients. …”
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'n Kruiskulturele ondersoek na Christelike moraliteit onder universiteitstudente by A. le Roux

“…The moral values of students of two different culture groups at the University of the Free State were measured and compared. …”
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Réception télévisuelle et resocialisation des immigrants d’origine tunisienne à la société québécoise by Seima Souissi

“…Immigrants of Tunisian origin, more exposed to the French, American or Arab television products that are accessible in Tunisia, apprehend the contents of Quebec television in the light of their multiple television culture. They note that Quebec television stands out for its “Quebecocentrism”, while being strongly influenced by American standards.…”
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Edukacja dzieci do partnerstwa kobiet i mężczyzn jako sposób na przeciwdziałanie przemocy ze względu na płeć by Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska, Joanna Ostrouch-Kamińska

“…Gender-based violence is understood as violence motivated by gender stereotypes and prejudices resulting from normative expectations related to femininity and masculinity dominating in society and culture, and from unequal power relations between women and men. …”
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American Studies in Norway: Historic Ideals and Contemporary Challenges by Cassandra Falke

“…The article closes with three generalizations about the landscape of American studies teaching in Norway today related to America as a political imaginary, internationalization within American studies as a discipline, and the presumed relationship between American literature and lived experience of the culture. …”
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Genre et transgression du genre dans le récit de la Guerre des jeunes filles chez Cosmas de Prague by Adrien Quéret-Podesta

“…The episode of the Maiden’s War (in Czech Dívčí válka) is undoubtedly one of the most famous legends concerning the mythical past of the Czech state: this fictive conflict between maidens and men, which is said to have happened during the reign of Přemysl, the legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty which ruled over Bohemia from the end of the 9th century until 1306, had a great influence on the culture of this country. The first mention of the Maiden’s war appears in the ninth chapter of the first book of the Chronicle of the Czechs, a work which was written in Latin in 1125 by Cosmas of Prague, dean of the cathedral chapter of Prague, and which is also the oldest chronicle of this country: in his short narration of this event, the chronicler criticizes the customs of the maidens in the ancient (i.e. pagan) times and accuses them of being responsible for the conflict. …”
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Formation of professionaly significant qualities of students by means of foreign language by Natalia V. Ageyenko, Tatiana A. Fedorova

“…It is noted, in the present conditions of development of society it is necessary to develop spiritually rich personality possessing creativity,high professional culture, morality.The study of linguistic personality and especially his verbal behavior in a foreign language with the complex of methods of different sciences is the up-to-date task of scientific knowledge. the concept of a three-tier structure of linguistic personality, it is defined as the correlation between the three types of communication needs as well as the three sides of the communication process- communicative, interactive and perceptive, reflecting the nature of activities of a journalist and is closely related to its functions. …”
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The Third Migration by Daniel Talesnik

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Dimples as Desired Outcomes: Rethinking Their Role in Thread Lifting Procedures by Kyu-Ho Yi, MD, PhD, Deborah Chua, MBChB

“…With surgical dimple creation in demand, as dimples symbolize good luck in Chinese culture and beauty in Arabic traditions, thread lifts may offer a less invasive alternative for those seeking dimples without surgery. …”
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Projets et conception de l’entrée monumentale de la cathédrale Sainte-Marie d’Auch : les apports du De re aedificatoria d’Alberti by Sophie Fradier

“…By identifying the sources, both documentary and figurative, that characterize the artistic culture of this period, we can understand what kind of architectural language was being developed. …”
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L’Aventure olympique. Les architectures des Jeux d’hiver d’Albertville 1992 : des projets inaboutis ? by Marie Beauvalet-Boutouyrie

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Pater and Contemporary Visual Art by J.-B. Bullen

“…Several unpublished documents deal with his views on centrality of the visual arts in modern culture, his book reviews display a knowledge of the subject not seen elsewhere, and his ‘School of Giorgione’ was almost certainly a statement in support of the modern Aesthetic school of painting at the recently opened Grosvenor Gallery.…”
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Sorcellerie capitaliste et touristes pishtaco : les tensions occultes autour du tourisme d’ayahuasca chez les Shipibo de San Francisco (Amazonie péruvienne) by Doriane Slaghenauffi

“…These occult practices and interpretations can be seen, on the one hand, as forms of resilience adopted by Shipibo shamans in order to cope with and benefit from the current context of transition to capitalism, which is increasingly present within the communities, and, on the other hand, as manifestations of frustration and anxiety about the recuperation of local shamanism by global culture, symptomatic of the traditionally ambiguous links between gringos and Native Amazonians.…”
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Understanding Chinese Cities. Redesigning italian methods by Li Bao, Marco Trisciuoglio

“…That is also a way for the necessary renovation of typological and morphological studies into the architectural and urban worldwide culture towards much less rigid and much more flexible ideas of what a type is. …”
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Faire mémoire par le trait ou les tribulations latino-américaines de Charlie by Frédérique Langue

“…Political caricature appears to be the expression of a traumatic experience and a shared political culture through republican and democratic practices as well. …”
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Interaction of instructor and students in classroom of physical education by E. M. Batenko

“…The goal of physical education is to form a physical culture of personality. In the article questions and ways of the decision of interaction of the teacher and the student on employment of physical training are considered…”
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