THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN PEACE BUILDING: FOCUS ON PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA by TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LEMON BLESSINGS EBENEZER, KAJAN EMMANUEL MINDAT

“… Religion and peace have been almost mutual companions from time immemorial and in different cultures all over the world. This is simply because the vast majority of adherents and leaders of different religions still hold that true religion is a source and guarantor of individual and societal peace. …”
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Difficulties and Achievements: formation of Siberian Directorate of Military Educational Institutions of the Red Army (1919–1920) by I. V. Fedotova

“…Koritsky in the formation of a network of military schools in Siberia, and the influence of the Siberian Directorate of Military Educational Institutions on the development of military education in the region and the cultural level of the local population.…”
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What is Scirrhia? by P.W. Crous, A.W. Minnis, O.L. Pereira, A.C. Alfenas, R.F. Alfenas, A.Y. Rossman, J.Z. Groenewald

“…Given the extremely slow growth rate and difficulty in obtaining cultures of S. brasiliensis on various growth media, it appears that Scirrhia represents a genus of potentially obligate plant pathogens within Mycosphaerellaceae.…”
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Le Sénégal dans l’ère de l’information (1996-2006) by Olivier Sagna

“…Today, ICTs play an increasing role in the economy in terms of wealth creation, but the majority of people have been excluded from the benefit of those opportunities for economic, cultural and social reasons. This situation could only be changed by implementing strong public policies guided by social profitability to correct the pervasive effects of the market logic more sensitive to economic profitability.…”
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Not just skin – Object module and measure module in the composition of the architectural envelope by Paola Scala

“…The objective of this essay is to bring the attention of designers back to the importance of reflecting on the architectural quality of the envelope and its expressive capacity of facades, especially in consideration of the current historical moment in which environmental, cultural, and economic reasons increasingly urgently demand the transition from traditional construction techniques to dry assembly systems.   …”
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El doble personaje del planeta Venus en las religiones indígenas del Gran Nayar: mitología, ritual agrícola y sacrificio by Johannes Neurath

“…Rather, the periodic transformations of Morning and Evening Star corroborate a main cultural paradigm. The very particular way the antagonism between the two aspects of one astral deity is understood can be taken as a conceptual model explaining a whole range of religious practices and believes, from agricultural and rain-related ceremonies to ritual deer-hunt and sacrifice.…”
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Abuso e repressão: fibras do mesmo fio na infância das meninas de Helena Parente Cunha by Lílian Almeida de Oliveira Lima

“…Young and adult women are the main characters of her plots, but the girls also take part in the complaint about the pain and the oppression imposed by culturally - established patterns. In this article, short stories of the books Os provisórios , Cem mentiras de verdade and Falas e falares are discussed, analyzing the situations of abuse and repression to which children are su bjected, and the demarcations of gender present there. …”
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Svědectví „starých obrazů“: kulturní krajina ideální a reálná by Robert Šimůnek

“…It is dedicated to “images of the cultural landscape” as a whole, their role when they were created, their uses for the people that ordered them, and their role today (in this case primarily as a historical source). …”
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La solidarité écologique et la protection des atolls polynésiens by Agnès Michelot, Lucile Stahl

“…In addition, Polynesian societies are based on cultural values anchored in a very strong relationship with the land resulting from originally close interactions between local communities and their environment which the principle of ecological solidarity could help to enhance. …”
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Le genre comme fait de discours : pour une définition molle de la science-fiction by Matthieu Letourneux

“…By unfolding the superimposed definitions of gender, we can thus understand the set of cultural meanings that constitute it. Therefore, it makes little sense to try to impose a universal definition of a genre, since it is nothing more than the result of fragmentary definitions that are sedimented and evolve with new updates. …”
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Cesta pekelného notáře z Mexika do Kuksu by Pavel Štěpánek

“…It deals with the theatre person of the notary (notarius) Ficli-pucli who appears in a celebration occurred at the court of the Count Sporck in his residence at Kuks, a bath and cultural centre founded by himself. The analysis of the word proves that derivates from the name of the Mexican deity Huitzilopochtli, one of the most important of the Aztec Pantheon. …”
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Proceso de recolección y comercialización de hongos comestibles silvestres en el Valle de Toluca, México

“…In Mexico, human consumption of edible fungi has occurred since the time of the Pre Columbian cultures. Historians of the sixteenth century and beyond have described the use of fungi as well as the manner in which they were classified. …”
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Rurality from the perspective of its inhabitants: Analyzing participant responses to in-depth questionnaires, photographs and reflections from an ethnographic study in Southern Ecu... by Emilia Alonso-Marks, Iván Salazar-Tornez

“…Results have revealed how this three-part process was a powerful tool to give a voice to those who do not have one, to claim their rural spaces that define who they are as a community, and to state how to live true to their cultural heritage. In addition, these results have confirmed the contribution that qualitative studies make in the advancement of any type of quantitative study, especially in the area of international development.…”
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Preparing Pre-Service STEM Teachers in an Emerging Global Environment by Abah Joshua Abah, Iji Clement Onwu, Chinaka Taurayi Willard

“…The article canvases for novel approaches to preparing STEM teachers who are skilled and knowledgeable practitioners, culturally aware, know about world events and global dynamics, literate for the 21st century, collaborative team members, effective users of technology and media, and responsible and ethical citizens. …”
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BRICS Policy Agenda, Partnership and Cooperation by Siphamandla Zondi

“… In 2024, the BRICS diplomacy under the chairship of Russia is focused on partnership and cooperation in three key tracks - politics and security, the economy and finance, and cultural and humanitarian ties. Through some 250 events and meetings culminating in the BRICS Summit in Kazan in 22-24 October, the BRICS hopes to expand the range of activities it must undertake to make advances practically in policy areas in these three tracks. …”
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Successful Treatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome with the Addition of Linezolid by Hana Rac, Karine D. Bojikian, Jose Lucar, Katie E. Barber

“…Briefly after isolation of Streptococcus pyogenes from tissue cultures, the patient underwent two surgical debridement procedures and was changed to standard of care therapy. …”
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Reuniones, dispersiones. Notas sobre ideas literarias de Tomás Segovia by Juan Pascual Gay

“…Además, muchas veces, sin decirlo, deja entrever la tradición literaria y cultural a la que se adscribe y que permea su obra entera.…”
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Perceptions amongst medication users regarding South African patient package inserts (PPIs) of scheduled and over-the-counter (OTC) medications by Daleen Krige, Johann Cornelius de Wet

“…From the findings, certain recommendations are suggested to enhance the reader accessibility and cultural competence of such documents. If PPIs, as a health communication tool, can be seen to be valuable and easily comprehensible sources of medication information, they can fulfil a necessary role in health literacy, especially in a multicultural, developing country such as South Africa, one typified by huge class differences and where more than two-thirds of its households fall within the lower- to middle-income groups. …”
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Lecteur méfiant de science-fiction et développement de savoir-faire en lecture by Philippe Clermont

“…This article looks at cultural and didactic approaches to the study of utopias and extraordinary journeys from the classical period to more contemporary dystopias, as well as resistant texts and the paradigm of the reader subject. …”
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Le viol de Lucrèce de Britten : un livret d’opéra qui revisite les fondamentaux du genre by Pascal Terrien

“…After WWII opera was generally considered as the socio-cultural symbol of a civilisation that had failed when confronted to barbarism, except in Britain where the genre does not seem to have been questioned. …”
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