Pour une ethno-trichologie tibétaine by Christian Bromberger

“…The author sketches the framework of a general ethno-trichology, and includes examples drawn from various cultural contexts. Symbolising belonging and ways of being, the treatment of hair on the head and body is a highly contentious subject (between generations, populations, and members of the same society who have opposing ideologies).…”
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Entrevista a Elena El Alam Hernández, Educadora musical y directora coral by ELENA EL ALAM HERNÁNDEZ

“…En ella sobresale su sello renovador como maestra de música y canto de varias generaciones, basado en su original visión del desarrollo cultural y la psiquis del ser humano desde las edades tempranas. …”
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Centenar de Stijl by Marija Nenadic

“…The movement started with theories in fine arts and architecture, but soon reached into literature, seeking to become a group that will offer universally applicable aesthetics that would function in all social and cultural zones.…”
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La entrevista de historia oral: ¿monólogo o conversación? by Graciela De Garay

“…Se abordan también sus peculiaridades y problemas en cuanto a la relación entrevistador-entrevistado y el contexto cultural que rodea la entrevista. Finalmente se presenta una definición que aporta importantes elementos para su caracterización metodológica.…”
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Calvyn, Servet en ons ... teologie, geskiedenis en die negende gebod by V. E. d'Assonville

“…However, even in works of a scientific nature, the religious, cultural, historical and juridical gap between the 16th and the 20th/21st centuries is not being reflected on sufficiently. …”
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Colonialité et occidentalocentrisme : quels enjeux pour la production des savoirs ? by Rachel Solomon Tsehaye, Henri Vieille-Grosjean

“…It provides a concept that may be enforced in the analysis of norms conflicts and social and cultural gaps. Il also constitutes an analytical grid of the hierarchy in the spread of knowledge and the subsistence of subaltern groups.…”
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Description of Enhanced-Efficiency Fertilizers for Use in Vegetable Production by Luther Carson, Monica Ozores-Hampton

“… In response to the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972 and the Florida Restoration Act of 1999, a series of best management practices (BMPs) was implemented to improve surface and ground water quality. BMPs are cultural practices that, when implemented as a plan, help reduce the environmental impact of production while maintaining yield and quality. …”
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Crianças que sofrem: representações da infância em livros distribuídos pelo PNBE by Rosa Maria Hessel Silveira, Marta Campos de Quadros

“…This article analyzes representations of childhood/child in Brazilian contemporary children's literature from the theoretical and methodological framework of cultural studies in education. As a part of a larger study that has sought to understand the factors involved in receiving books that make up the collections of the National Program Library in School (PNBE) – Early Years of Elementary School, this text discusses the representations of children suffering and the different origins of suffering according to three main themes: poverty and child l abor, difficulties in social interaction and children's fears. …”
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« Cent dromadaires et quelques arrangements » Notes sur la diya (prix du sang) et son application actuelle au Soudan et en Algérie by Yazid Ben Hounet

“…We will shed light on the invariants and specificities of its actual use and propose /offer some perspectives on cultures and practices of reconciliation in these two countries. …”
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La identidad colectiva y el proceso de modernización: entre coerciones universalistas y valores particularistas by H. C. F. Mansilla

“…Como se verá, éste parece ser el modelo humano de convivencia relativamente más razonable y exitoso en la época actual y el que asegura un mínimo de seguridad efectiva para el florecimiento de la identidad individual, grupal y cultural. …”
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“I’m Just a Cowboy”: Transnational Identities of the Borderlands in Tommy Lee Jones’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. by Matthew Carter

“…As a problematic in-between space of racial antagonisms, liminal identities, and violence, the borderlands of the American Southwest prove fertile grounds for scrutinising Anglo-America’s national frontier mythology and, therefore, its own sense of history and cultural identity. This article explores the extent to which the “contemporary” border Western, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005),challenges Hollywood’s cinematic hegemony in this regard. …”
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Discourse of Slavery: Freedom and the Negotiation of Power and Identity in Context by Lori Lee

“…The construction of narratives takes place within specific contexts, including temporal, cultural, geographical, historical, ideological, and physical. …”
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Le rappeur et les « petites grand-mères » by Teresa Fradique

“…Here cosmopolitanism is more than a lifestyle: it’s the action of a specialist on the move, a mediator who encourages people to change their status, their cultural context and, consequently, their views of the world.…”
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Régimes institutionnels de ressources et théorie de la régulation by Frédéric Varone, Stéphane Nahrath, Jean-David Gerber

“…This article postulates that an approach combining political science (policy analysis) and institutional economics (property rights theory) enables the identification of the most relevant regulatory dimensions that explain the (un)sustainable uses of natural and cultural resources. From this starting point, it develops an innovative theoretical framework, that of the institutional resource regime (IRR). …”
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The microbiology, epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical therapy of candidemia in burn patients hospitalized in Velayat Teaching Hospital, Rasht, northern Iran by Zahra Rafat, Davoud Roostaei, Mohammadreza Mobayen, Hamid Salehiniya, Parimah Pournasrolah

“…Materials and Methods: The blood samples of suspected patients were cultured and PCR-sequencing was performed. Antifungal susceptibility testing was done by the CLSI M27-A4 document. …”
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Réflexions sur un « style ethnique » : la céramique kali’na du littoral oriental des Guyanes by Gérard Collomb

“…Can ceramic styles characterization make it possible to establish a continuity between the archaeological cultures closest to the Contact and the current people on the Eastern coast of the Guyanas? …”
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Orquídeas del estado de Veracruz: Revisión by Víctor Hugo Villarreal-Ramírez, Brenda Mariana Hernández Mar, José Javier Hermosillo Nieto, Iván Grijalva Ramírez, Fabian Enríquez García

“…Esta monografía analiza en profundidad la diversidad, distribución, importancia ecológica, cultural y económica de las orquídeas en Veracruz, así como los retos y esfuerzos para su conservación en un contexto de cambios ambientales y sociales acelerados. …”
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Restauration écologique et processus de patrimonialisation des rivières dans l’Ouest de la France by Marie-Anne Germaine, Régis Barraud

“…River users defend the preservation of different heritages (natural heritage vs. cultural heritage, biodiversity vs. landscape …). From the example of river restoration projects which we have studied in north western France, we purpose to identify rivers heritage conservation’s values and process. …”
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Protocol to study toxic, immune, and suicidal phenotypes of killer yeast by Rianne C. Prins, Sonja Billerbeck

“…We detail procedures for yeast culturing, performing the assays, and data analysis.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Prins et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Memória coletiva de culturas do Nordeste by Domingos Sávio de Almeida Cordeiro

“…Considering Juazeiro do Norte, in the state of Ceará, as a field of empirical approach, this study is based on the notion that in order to know an area in a social, cultural, and geographical sense, it is necessary to know the experiences of its people. …”
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