Muerte, muertos y “llanto” palero by Ana Stela de Almeida Cunha

“…As emphasized by Bruner (1993) or Hallam and Ingold (2007), these dynamics stem from a process of natural development, under constant construction, in the lives of religious people and ‘believers’.…”
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Early Modern Exemplars: Reading Strategies and the Assertion of Readerly Identity and Authority in the Life-writing of Mary Ward, Dionys Fitzherbert and Elizabeth Isham by Martin Thompson

“…Focusing primarily on the paratexts attached to life narratives of Mary Ward (1585-1645), Dionys Fitzherbert (c.1580-c.1642) and Elizabeth Isham (1609-1654), it identifies – across the Reformation confessional divide – common semantic and grammatical patterns which demonstrate that these texts advocated and illustrated particular reading strategies that encouraged their audiences too to see their own lives as texts to be read. It argues that Mary Ward’s Ignatian-inspired texts in particular represent a radical reimagining of the exemplary function of women’s lives. …”
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“In truth, I was really a pioneer”: Female Entrepreneurship and Selfhood Formation in Bethlehem's Diasporic Merchant Community, 1900–1940 by Eibhlin Priestley

“… This article explores girlhood, marriage, and female entrepreneurship in Bethlehem’s diasporic merchant families in the early twentieth century, focusing on the lives of two women whose transition from girlhood to womanhood overlapped with their diasporic experiences in the Americas. …”
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Exploring shifts in values among urban Senegalese: The impact of global crises on social and cultural norms. by Yachiyo Tobita, Mandiaye Diagne, Joseph Bassama, Moussa Ndong, Mor Gueye, Kiyokazu Ujiie

“…The COVID-19 pandemic triggered social and economic stagnation worldwide, significantly impacting people's lives. In addition, the Russia-Ukraine war that began in 2022 resulted in rising food prices globally, severely affecting low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Can Humanity Thrive Beyond the Galaxy? by Sayaka WAKAYAMA, Teruhiko WAKAYAMA

“…For example, when humans begin living and reproducing in space habitats or on other planets in the solar system, are there risks that future generations may suffer from adverse mutations induced by space radiation, or that embryos and fetuses will develop abnormally in gravitational environments that differ from that of Earth? …”
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Nacionalización y nacionalismo cotidiano: una panorámica by Claudio Hernández Burgos, Odilón Caldeira Neto

“…In particular, greater attention has been paid to the construction of national identities “from below” and to the multiple ways in which, in their daily lives, individuals reproduce, contest, or re-signify nationality. …”
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Contextual information needs of people in life transitions struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder by Dawei Wu, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Yan Zhang, Shijie Song

“…Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a severe chronic mental health issue that significantly impacts people’s everyday lives. This study aims to reveal the contextual information needs of the people living with OCD during life transitions and how these needs dynamically evolve across various transitional stages. …”
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دور شبکات التواصل الاجتماعى (الفیس بوک) فى الوعى المعلوماتى بادارة الأزمات والکوارث : دراسة استکشافیة تحلیلیة... by د. نها محمد عثمان Mohamed Othman

“…The concept of crisis or catastrophe is one of the most widely heldconcepts in contemporary society, where it touches one way or another allaspects of life, from crises and disasters facing the individual, governments andinstitutions, to crises and international disasters.The world of crises and disasters is a living and interactive world, a worldwith its phases, its characteristics and its causes. …”
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Stability of Virus Infection Models with Antibodies and Chronically Infected Cells by Mustafa A. Obaid, A. M. Elaiw

“…One main feature of these models is that it includes both short-lived infected cells and chronically infected cells. …”
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ATP Synthase: The Right Size Base Model for Nanomotors in Nanomedicine by Zulfiqar Ahmad, James L. Cox

“…Many such biological nanomotors are found and operate in living systems which could be used for therapeutic purposes. …”
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Modelling and Laboratory Studies on the Adhesion Fatigue Performance for Thin-Film Asphalt and Aggregate System by Dongsheng Wang, Junyan Yi, Decheng Feng

“…Generally the increased stress amplitude and test temperature could induce greater damage and lead to less fatigue lives for adhesion test system.…”
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The concept of Prana Tattva in the Kaushitaki Brahmana Upanishad by Shilpi Verma, Manorama Nikhra

“…This energy is not merely associated with respiration but represents a form of consciousness that sustains the existence of all living beings. Prana is described as the consciousness linked to Brahman, the ultimate reality, and is regarded as a manifestation of that supreme truth, appearing as the individual soul (jivatma) within living beings. …”
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Generation Z Identification of the Concept of Authority and the Process of the Management of Media Messages in the Catholic Church by Zbigniew Widera, Wiktor Widera, Grzegorz Polok

“…The growing importance of the influence of the media on the Catholic faithful calls for an answer to the question of to what extent the church’s activity in initiating messages of faith is subordinated to the logic and pragmatics of the media, which change the forms of the presence of religion in the lives of Catholics and the contexts in which it is positioned? …”
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“It’s not what I saw, it’s not what I thought”: by Lindsey Dodd

“…At various moments of their adult lives, each experienced a disruptive form of dissociation with their (personal) history as lived and experienced in comparison with (national) History as researched and recounted. …”
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ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation using immunoadsorption columns: First experiences in South Africa by Z A Barday

“…Glycosorb ABO IA is an effective technique in enabling ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants to be performed successfully in a South African setting. …”
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La correspondance de Charlotte Brontë : coulisses du style et de l’écriture by Charlotte Borie

“…These may allow them to give vent to self-expression, to deliver a testimony of their lives, to speak for themselves when their job places them in a position of mouthpiece for other, fictitious, people’s lives. …”
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YOUTHS PROTEST IN NIGERIA: THE ENDSARS IN PERSPECTIVE by Felix Ikalewumi

“…However, where neglected, unskilled and lacked the requisite social security in the event of poor governance, low education, poor investment environment and other essential qualities of lives, youths becomeliability, threat and object of national instability to their country. …”
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Quando as tecnologias embaralham nossas vidas: as nanotecnologias by Marcos Nalli

“…Despite the obvious scientific and technological advances, the use of nanostructured products can be highly beneficial or harmful to any living being. There are risks, but there are also promises ... …”
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Evaluating the effects of guide plans on the mental health of villagers (Case study: Central district of Darab County) by Hamid Heidary mokarrar, Hamid reza Nasimi, Zohreh Ramezanpour

“…Various developmental proceedings of conducting guide plans have been considered as one of the main prerequisites for social welfare by providing a basis for comprehensive development and improvement of living conditions in the rural areas and promoting the mental health of villagers. …”
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Sujeição e agência em situações de violência contra as mulheres: trajetórias de superação e ressignificação by Érika Nunes de Medeiros Ferreira Borges, Eliane Gonçalves

“…In this paper we analyze some aspects related to the problem of violence against women from a qualitative research completed recently (2016) with women living in Goiânia, Goiás, who have gone through contexts of violence triggered by their partners – boyfriends or husbands. …”
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