Preface by P.G.R. de Villiers, D.F. Tolmie

“…Researchers in the field of mysticism and spirituality from all over the globe offer contributions in honour of one of the bestknown scholars in the field, in recognition of his singular contribution to research on spirituality. …”
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EVIDENCE FOR DECISIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: Eyes on Africa by Nasreen Jessani, Laurenz Langer, Carina van Rooyen, Ruth Stewart

“… As Covid-19 sweeps across the globe, one of the biggest questions in many minds is ‘how will this crisis affect Africa?’ …”
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Lessons learnt from a scientific peer-review training programme designed to support research capacity and professional development in a global community by Ella August, Tamrat Endale, Julie M Buser, Kirby L Morris, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Yolanda R Smith

“…High-quality peer-reviewer training open to researchers across the globe has the potential to improve the published literature, however, this type of training is not widely available. …”
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Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward by Suresh Jain, Tanya Sharma

“…Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) created enormous pressure across the globe due to an increasing number of COVID-19 infected cases. …”
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Modeling of radiant heat exchange processes by T. V. Ryabova, A. B. Sulin, A. K. Rubtsov, S. S. Muraveinikov

“…It is proposed to use an imitation model with a black globe thermometer to analyze the processes of the room thermal regime formation. …”
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Condensed Tannins in Forage Legumes by Flávia van Cleef, Jose Dubeux

“… The use of tannin-containing forages has received attention from researchers around the globe because of potential benefits of condensed tannins to livestock health and nutrition as well as possibilities to reduce methane emission. …”
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Condensed Tannins in Forage Legumes by Flávia van Cleef, Jose Dubeux

“… The use of tannin-containing forages has received attention from researchers around the globe because of potential benefits of condensed tannins to livestock health and nutrition as well as possibilities to reduce methane emission. …”
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Intra Orbital Foreign Body; A Case Series by Krishnamurthy Ilango, Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar, Senthil Swetha, V. Senthilnathan

“…Intra-orbital foreign body (IOFB) refer to foreign objects that penetrate the ocular globe wall and become lodged in the eye. Intra-orbital foreign body vary in nature, anatomical location, size, and shape and sometimes might cause serious threats to vision, some foreign body can be left alone depending on their nature whether it is organic or non-organic, and their chemical nature. …”
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The ongoing challenge of violence against women and children in South Africa. Why are we deeper in crisis? by Shahana Rasool

“…The increased rates of reported GBV around the globe have ranged from 30% to 200%. We have seen high numbers of GBV reports in SA as well, with the GBV toll-free emergency hotline reporting 120 000 calls in the first three weeks of lockdown. …”
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Define cyberspace security by Binxing FANG

“…The booming development of the Internet brought unparalleled revolution to production and social life style,and the Internet itself has become the new driving force of economy in almost every country.However,It is embraced that not only development opportunities,but also enormous security challenges in the cyberspace.So as to enhance the healthiness of cyberspace and social form,every state and nation is actively promoting the construction of cyberspace security system and in-depth research of key technologies.A comprehensive view of cyberspace security development status was provided in the globe and in major areas,with systematic analysis on its core elements as well as the hierarchical model.…”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…Abstract A large body of literature is available quantifying microplastic contamination in freshwater and marine systems across the globe. “Microplastics” do not represent a single analyte. …”
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25-Gauge Vitrectomy in Open Eye Injury with Retained Foreign Body by G. Sborgia, N. Recchimurzo, A. Niro, L. Sborgia, A. Sborgia, G. Alessio

“…In this retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series, we performed 25-gauge vitrectomy on 10 patients affected by open globe injuries with retained foreign body, over 3 years. …”
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Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data by Nair, Bharath, Palomo, Ismael Rodríguez, Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, Sarah, Collins, Matthew James

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Fluid dynamics of planetary differentiation by Deguen, Renaud, Huguet, Ludovic, Landeau, Maylis, Lherm, Victor, Maller, Augustin, Wacheul, Jean-Baptiste

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The Impact of Urbanization on Lives of People in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City. by Byonanebye, Bright

“…Urbanization is an ongoing process all over the globe. People moving from rural to urban areas are the primary cause of urbanization, and history indicates that this movement of people is very hard to influence. …”
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Focused Overview of the 2024 Global Initiative for Asthma Guidelines by Farzana Hoque, Ravi Nayak

“…Asthma affects over 300 million people across the globe and involves chronic airway inflammation, reversible expiratory airflow limitation, and heightened airway responsiveness. …”
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Open Data Sources for Species Distribution Modelling: Biodiversity Information Systems and Spatial Datasets of Environmental Conditions Variables by Maxim Shashkov

“…Considerable advances in the digitization of scientific collections around the globe and development of other sources for species distribution data have made it possible for researchers to significantly augment their own data to develop more accurate models.…”
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Becoming "La Señorita de Inglés" in the U.S. Peace Corps: My Journey From Practitioner to Ph.D. by Nilofer K. Bharwani, Thomas J. Hodges

“…Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) serve in communities around the globe, promoting improved health, education, agriculture, and commerce. …”
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Thinking of the smart network development caused by collective motion:situational-section fitting network by Jiangxing WU, Yuxiang HU, Yufeng LI

“…Exploring the way of global coordinated controlling of internet resources for the consistency of user experience,is a difficult problem to be solved urgently in the development of smart network at present.Inspiration was got from the natural collective motion,and a coordinated fitting scheme of globe-domain resources based on node self perception,autonomous decision and automatic adjustment——situational-section fitting network (SiFiNet) was proposed.The basic concept of situational network was given,and the core mechanisms of scene perception modeling,scene fitting decision and service adaptive loading were discussed,which provided a possible solution for the development of smart network.…”
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Diaspora and Syncretism: Marriage Rites in Yorùbá Homeland and Abroad by Olanike Lawore

“…As Yorùbá people are found all over the globe, the marital rites are transferred from the original soil to the diaspora, the result of which is the syncretic practices that are associated with marital practices abroad. …”
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