« La bru Gemotsang s’est fait teindre en blond » by Françoise Robin

“…By examining a poem, “The Gemotsang Daughter-in-Law Got Her Hair Dyed Blonde” by Chen Metak (2012), we see how the apparently trivial theme of the dying of the hair of a young woman who goes into the city has a sideration effect on the inhabitants of a village. In the light of these evolutions as perceived by male writers, a few writings by female Tibetan intellectuals are also summoned, and these call for the traditional capillary norms imposed on women to be questioned, linking them with invisible but powerful symbols of subordination.…”
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Editorial: Integrative Solutions for the Future of Asia: Catalyzing Graduate Research for Sustainable Development by Angelito Bautista Jr

“…The selected works and research articles included here, which were presented during the Asian Graduate Studies Summit held in Chon Buri, Thailand, shed light on fresh graduate research that pursues sustainability, across different fields of study, as a roadmap for how to design bring forth a sustainable, balanced future for Asia. …”
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Place et rôle des interactions entre élèves en classe : une spécificité affirmée en EPS by Lucie Mougenot

“…This exploratory study, conducted by means of interviews, brings to light differences in the place and role of interactions according to the teachers and the disciplines.…”
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Post-producing the modern – Guidelines for an energy development as an architectural transition by Giuseppe Marsala, Giulia Renda

“… The city of Modern legacy and 20th-century built architecture are the fields of investigation for the architectural design’s statutes updating in the light of climate change and ecological transition; the energy transition theme, therefore, becomes an opportunity for a reflection on the fundamentals of design and its operational procedures for a necessary energy transition, which is capable of interpreting the new challenges of our ecosystem. …”
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Role of FTO in Adipocyte Development and Function: Recent Insights by Myrte Merkestein, Dyan Sellayah

“…The purpose of this mini review is to shed light on these new studies of FTO function in adipose tissue and present a clearer picture of its impact on obesity susceptibility.…”
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Multiple Exciton Generation in Nanostructures for Advanced Photovoltaic Cells by Nicholas Siemons, Alessio Serafini

“…It outlines the aims and barriers to progress in identifying further such nanostructures and also includes important developments concerning solar devices where nanostructures act as the light-absorbing component. It reports on both semiconductor and carbon structures, both monocomposite (of various dimensionalities) and heterogeneous. …”
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An Evaluation on Ottoman Prisons: The Example of Karesi Prison by Özgür YILDIZ

“…Karesi Prison was singled out as an example to illuminate the escapes, bribery and corruption that prevailed under the light of the documents of the archives.…”
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Les dialogues de Walter Pater avec Platon : le philosophe et l’amoureux by Anne-Florence Gillard-Estrada

“…This paper attempts to re-read Walter Pater’s first articles in the light of their Platonic intertextuality. Thanks to untranslated Greek excerpts, Pater aimed at legitimizing the Platonic discourse on love and on male beauty which was then being obliterated by Plato’s translator, Benjamin Jowett. …”
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Actions, Photos and Political Practice: Anthropological Contributions to the Social Production of Politics by Julieta Gaztañaga

“…Through the analysis presented in this article these studies are revisited in light of new research questions and focuses on the everyday practices of politics.…”
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Les enquêtes ethnobotaniques de Germaine Dieterlen (1903-1999) by Dominique Juhé-Beaulaton

“…These, studied as sources, highlight the history of the human sciences in a new light.…”
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Fractional Order Models of Industrial Pneumatic Controllers by Abolhassan Razminia, Dumitru Baleanu

“…Some fractional order dynamical models are developed for pressure and pneumatic systems with bellows-nozzle-flapper configuration. In the light of fractional calculus, a fractional order derivative-derivative (FrDD) controller and integral-derivative (FrID) are remodeled. …”
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Los intereses sectoriales de la vivienda social en Cuba by Adriana Rabinovich

“…The present contribution analyzes modalities for dealing with the tensions between technological and design-related criteria, as well as the role set aside for the public in collective housing policies and programmes since 1949. It sheds light on the statist model that has gradually given priority to quantity while defining quality via criteria for low-cost productivity. …”
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Shore, Megan, Religion and conflict resolution: Christianity and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Muhammed Haron

“…This may be attributed to the fact that religion has made a dramatic comeback into the public arena after decades of marginalization, and that it has gradually played a positive role in developmental affairs internationally. In the light of these developments, Megan Shore – who is a staff at the University of Western Ontario in Canada – decidedly paid attention to this area by giving particular attention to the way Christianity influenced the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the general outcomes in this postconflict nation-state. …”
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Finding Clara: Establishing the Biographical Details of Clara Peeters (ca. 1587–after 1636) by Jean Bastiaensen

“…This article is the first to shed light on the life of Antwerp painter Clara Peeters. …”
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L’Armure de François Ier : histoires d’un présent diplomatique by Juliette Allix

“…The history of this armour sheds light on the way the life of an object can alter its nature and enrich one’s reading of it; it also examines the status accorded from the modern period to the present to the particular cultural heritage constituted by military objects.…”
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Green Silver Nanoparticles: An Antibacterial Mechanism by Ekaterina O. Mikhailova

“…The toxicity of silver nanoparticles is considered in light of their further biomedical applications.…”
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El discurso anarquista en dos documentales sobre la Segunda República y la Guerra Civil realizados durante la Transición by Jaime Céspedes

“…The author studies these documentaries in their historical and ideological context and analyses their analogies and their differences in the light of their common aim: to oppose both to the Francoist version of the recent History of Spain and to the Communist version of this History.…”
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Estimates of the Replacement Costs of Commercial and Backyard Avocado Trees in South Florida by Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“…Crane, estimates how much it would cost to replace all commercial and residential backyard avocado trees in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Lee Counties, in light of the recent discovery of the redbay-laurel wilt disease complex, which can destroy both commercial and backyard avocado trees. …”
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What Former ICS Students Say About Their UTS Study Abroad Experience by Sabina Groeneveld

“…This contribution focuses on specific situations students have experienced as transformative in light of facilitating the development of soft skills such as Intercultural Engagement, Communication skills, Intercultural Refection, Independence, Resilience, Self-Management/Project-Management, Teamwork, Creative Inquiry, Research-led Analytical Skills, and Ethics. …”
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Reading Isaiah 58 in conversation with I.J. Mosala: an African liberationist approach by N. Mtshiselwa

“…Secondly, from both the liberative and the African philosophical – African liberationist – points of view, Isaiah 58 is re-read in light of the Southern African context. Finally, the author submits that, if read from an African liberationist perspective, the text of Isaiah 58 could contribute positively to socio-economic redress, particularly to poverty alleviation and, subsequently, to rebuilding relationships in Southern Africa. …”
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