Cosmopolitanism of Langsa Society during Colonial Era by Sumiyati Sumiyati, Singgih Tri Sulistiyono, Yety Rochwulaningsih, Ichwan Azhari

“…This is partly because the native people of Langsa, in their lifestyle, tend to follow the ulama(religious scholars) rather than the umara (secular leaders). As a cosmopolitan city, Langsa has also become a meeting place for modernist thoughts. …”
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A comparative analysis of height trend and nutrition among 1983 to 2005 birth cohort of Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria by Ade Stephen Alabi, Peace Eyitayo Olagunju, Adeola Alabi, Joshua Abidemi Owa, Yetunde Elizabeth Owa, Abosede Mary Ayoola, Dare Ezekiel Babatunde, Oluwatoyin Ezekiel Olasehinde, Titilayo Temitope Adeoye

“…This study seeks to add to the current data on secular height trend, by analyzing the trend in height, gender specific differences in height trend and relationship between socionutritional factors and increase in height trend among 1983–2005 birth cohort in the Ilorin metropolis. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…The influence and the use of spiritual advisors fundamental hesychast texts "Philokalia" in secular name and in the empyreal world alike are researched. …”
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Juvenile Justice in Comparative Perspective: A Study of Indonesian State Law and Islamic Law by Adrian Hadiputra, Muhammad Azil Maskur, Ridwan Arifin, Ikram Amrullah, Hibatullah Maajid

“…The Indonesian legal framework, which follows a secular approach, offers specific regulations for juvenile justice under the Juvenile Justice System Law (No. 11 of 2012). …”
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The library of Troškūnai monastery by Arvydas Pacevičius

“…The Troškūnai (now in the district of Anykščiai in East Lithuania) cloister's Library of bernardines was founded in 1696 and secularized in 1864 following Tsarist repressions. …”
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Abortion Laws in Indonesia and Islam: A Clash of Morality, Religion, and Rights by Salsabila Triandani, Windiahsari Windiahsari, Ali Masyhar, Aprila Niravita

“…By comparing these legal frameworks, this study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of abortion law in Indonesia within both secular and religious contexts. …”
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Johann Franz Count von Würben and His Diary Entries from 1662 by Martin Bakeš, Jiří Kubeš

“…First they dedicate attention to the diarist Count von Würben, reconstructing both his life story and his important secular career the initiation of which was facilitated by his relocation from Moravia to Prague and his marriage to the daughter of the Oberstburggraf Bernhard Ignaz von Martinitz. …”
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Development of National Procedural Law in the Second Half of the XIX – Early XX Centuries by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…It has been concluded that national procedural law during that period was characterized by the preservation and strengthening of certain features of the medieval process (secular nature, rationality, phasing), by the separation of procedural law from the substantive, by the formation of procedural branches of law, by the codification of procedural legislation, by the separation of administrative proceedings from criminal and civil proceedings; the functions and competence of the authorities and their officials were differentiated.…”
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The origin and development of procedural rules in Ancient Greece by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…Instead of unwritten customs, which were interpreted by representatives of the ruling elite, secular law begins to be applied and enshrined in writing. …”
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Mapping the Legal and Philosophical Aspects of Human Rights Education in Religious Studies Towards a Curriculum Restructuring by Dean Collin Langeveldt, Doniwen Pietersen

“…It is recommended that South Africa’s religious curriculum be inclusive, requiring deep understanding and engaging content, to balance secular and religious education and uphold human rights. …”
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Protest Wave and Countermeasures of Fear: Lebanese Act of a Global Drama by A. V. Sarabiev

“…The author stresses that from the very beginning socio-economic demands of protestors addressed to the executive power (particularly, to grapple with the rising income inequality) were accompanied by calls for democratization on the secular principles and elimination of political confessionalism. …”
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La disciplina escolar como vigilancia heteronormativa. Etnografía del castigo en una secundaria de Iztapalapa by Daniel Dionisio Hernández Rosete Martínez, Ana Francisca Juárez Hernández

“…In addition, we found that the school institution promotes the adoption of sexist codes that denote a Judeo-Christian moral character, clearly distant from secular education. …”
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Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Mortality Attributable to Particulate Matter Pollution in China and the U.S. by Xiaoxue Liu, Maigeng Zhou, Chuanhua Yu, Zhi-Jiang Zhang

“…We aimed to assess and compare secular trends in type 2 diabetes mortality attributable to particulate matter pollution in China and U.S. …”
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Bar Instability and Formation Timescale across Toomre’s Q Parameter and Central Mass Concentration: Slow Bar Formation or True Stability by T. Worrakitpoonpon

“…Of importance is that, as suggested by cosmological simulations, disk galaxies have a limited time of ~8 Gyr in the Universe’s timeline to evolve secularly, starting when they became physically and kinematically steady to prompt the bar instability. …”
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Finalmente, los sonidos del siglo XIX mexicano ya no son tan lejanos: ¿qué implica escuchar de nuevo el Te Deum laudamus (1835) de José Antonio Gómez? by John G. Lazos

“…Gómez se jugaba, durante los inicios del México independiente, su futuro dentro de la iglesia más importante del país y por extensión, en el ámbito secular. Casi doscientos años después, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa interpretó en septiembre de 2022, con gran éxito, su Te Deum laudamus.…”
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Tres reflexiones sobre la sexualidad y los derechos humanos en el ámbito de la Iglesia católica by Juan Guillermo Figueroa Perea

“…Lejos de tratarse de una diferente aproximación ideológica respecto a los códi-gos seculares vigentes en la sociedad, la hipótesis del texto es que se trata de un tipo denegligencia pastoral, una vez que se contextualizan los criterios normativos vigentesen esta institución. …”
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Hélène Cabanes-Gracia (1919-2010), Itinerari d’una ensenhaira occitana by Philippe Canales

“…We will also note her participation in the founding of the MLCR (Secular Movement of Regional Cultures) and the liaison work that she organized around her friend Raoul Bayou, then deputy for Hérault (and former member of the Antonin Perbosc Group) with a view to table a bill in favor of the teaching of regional languages.This fight does not end when she retires. …”
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Role of Barystatic Sea Level Change in Global Mass Conservation and Its Excitation to Length‐Of‐Day Variations by Qiqi Shi, Yonghong Zhou, Cancan Xu, Xueqing Xu

“…Abstract Barystatic sea level stores excess water mass from the atmosphere and land to maintain global mass conservations within the Earth system. Besides the secular contribution to global sea‐level rise, changes in barystatic sea level also play an important role in mass‐induced length‐of‐day (LOD) variations over a few years or shorter periods. …”
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The Role of Rituals and Ceremonies in the Identity Struggle of a Society that Has Lost Its Language: the Example of Lithuanian Tatars by Mehmet Aça

“…Rituals  that connect the past to the present and the present to the future can be either reli­ gious or secular. Rituals contribute to the raising of group consciousness in the participants; they determine social status and roles; they offer ready patterns of behaviour by showing how the individual will behave in society; they connect individuals to the past with an emotional bond. …”
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La cultura insurreccional del republicanismo catalán restauracionista: muerte y conmemoración de los militares republicanos Ramón Ferrándiz y Manuel Bellés, 1884-1910 by Àlex Pocino Pérez

“…Tal codificación histórica tendría como objetivo presentar a los republicanos como herederos de una lucha secular, y al régimen restauracionista como reaccionario y criminal, contra el cual era legítimo sublevarse. …”
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