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

“…The recent expansion within early modern studies of the application of the generic label “life-writing” has led to the recognition of the literary and cultural value of an array of previously undervalued texts, particularly those written by women. …”
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Pre-Modern Bosom Serpents and Hippocrates' <i>Epidemiae</i> 5: 86: A Comparative and Contextual Folklore Approach by Davide Ermacora

“…A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving variant of the well-known narrative and experiential theme of snakes or other animals getting into the human body (motif B784, tale-type ATU 285B*). …”
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems Discourse and Inclusionality: An Afro-centric Quest for Recognition in a Globalised World by Munyaradzi Felix Murove

“…Secondly, against this broader background, the argument for the indigenisation of knowledge in Africa goes hand-in-hand with the promotion of the intellectualisation of knowledge that is often regarded by Western scholarship as ‘primitive’, and thus redundant, in the face of modernity. …”
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Vivre de paysage dans le Morvan ou l’impensé de la gestion forestière morvandelle by Damien Marage

“…This coupling of subject and object which is specific to the Western definition of the landscape could be replaced by a vision derived from Chinese thought. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR OF CITIZENS ON GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by LAMBE EMMANUEL OYEWOLE, HASSAN SEYID ISHOLA, BASHIR OLADIMEJI ABDULRAZAQ

“…The research found out that, Nigeria democracy is unique to western democracy therefore results to varying outcomes. …”
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REDESIGNING ISLAMIC TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR MUSLIM MINORITIES IN THE WEST by Fatimatuzzahro, Risanda

“…In the context of Islam in Western countries, leadership faced many challenges during the early years of the 21st century. …”
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Parenthood in the context of time and temporarinesses of human existence by L. I. Mosyenko, E. A.Tsvetukhina

“…The article is devoted to the existential measurement of child shortage social norm and socio and cultural foundations of this modern phenomenon. Relying on ideas M. …”
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Consumer Attitudes towards Femvertising in Russia and Türkiye: A Netnographic Study by Iana Aleksandrova, Tuba Çevik Ergin

“…These findings enrich the literature on gender-focused advertising, emphasizing the importance of cultural sensitivity and adherence to authentic femvertising principles when employing femvertising strategies across diverse cultural landscapes.…”
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Integrating Islamic Values in English Learning through Islamic Stories: Students’ Perspective by Lutfi Aprilia Rahmatika, Lidiyatul Izzah Izzah

“…Most of them agreed that the learning was fun, enjoyable, helped them to understand English better, enriched their vocabularies and made them able to differentiate between Western and Islamic cultures and apply all good lessons in their daily live. …”
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Adapting a Database of Text Messages to a Mobile-Based Weight Loss Program: The Case of the Middle East by Selma Limam Mansar, Shashank Jariwala, Nawal Behih, Maahd Shahzad, Aysha Anggraini

“…The increase can be attributed to several reasons, including sedentary lifestyles imposed by a harsh climate and the introduction of Western fast food. Mobile technologies have been used and studied as a technology to support individuals’ weight loss. …”
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Suppression of Human Tenon Fibroblast Cell Proliferation by Lentivirus-Mediated VEGF Small Hairpin RNA by Zhongqiu Li, Wen Hua, Xuedong Li, Wei Wang

“…Subsequently, VEGF mRNA and protein expression were analyzed using quantitative RT-PCR and western blotting, respectively, and the effects of VEGF knockdown were analyzed. …”
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Ganoderma lucidum Polysaccharide (GLP) Inhibited the Progression of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma via the miR-188/BCL9/β-Catenin Pathway by Zhigang Zeng, Kaiyan Xiao

“…Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells (HSC-3) were cultured in vitro and were treated with different concentrations of GLP. …”
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Comparing Non-European Literatures – Dances of Mori Ōgai’s The Dancing Princess and Sabahattin Ali’s Madonna in a Fur Coat to the Music of Goethe by Devrim Çetin Güven

“…Comparative literature explores the influences of older “texts” on newer ones, through a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and multilingual perspective. …”
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De la Mer du Nord à la Méditerranée, l’imaginaire maritime des Victoriens by Béatrice Laurent

“…From the end of the 18th century, the sea is construed in the Western imagination as the original universe, whose therapeutic virtues are being discovered. …”
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Gauguin, Buffalo Bill, and the Cowboy Hat by Nancy Mowll Mathews

“…His adoption of the long hair and cowboy hat, made internationally famous by Buffalo Bill, gives us a key to understanding how he wove together the French and American cultural notions of primitivism, sexuality, leadership, and the avant-garde. …”
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Does Turkey have a Central Asian Project? by Ali Emre Sucu, O. I. Iskandarov, R. B. Mahmudov, D. N. Chernov

“…Additionally, we evaluate Turkey's interest in non-Western organizations such as the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to transform Turkish foreign policy priorities in recent years. …”
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The Missionary-Colonial Forms of Marriages and Sexualities Within African Pentecostalism: A Sankofa-De-Colonial Perspective by Themba Shingange

“…In Africa, marriage and sexuality had cultural, spiritual, and religious intersectionality. …”
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The physical activity and sedentary behavior among pregnant women in Macao: A cross-sectional study. by Ka Chon Mok, Ming Liu, Xin Wang

“…<h4>Objective</h4>The current investigation sought to elucidate the prevalence and contributing factors of sedentary behavior among pregnant women in Macao, a densely populated region characterized by a distinctive fusion of Eastern and Western cultures and a thriving global economy.<h4>Methods</h4>Through a cross-sectional study design, a total of 306 expectant mothers were recruited via various social media platforms and completed a sociodemographic questionnaire alongside the Chinese version of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire.…”
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Effects of 0.01 mM strontium on human periodontal ligament stem cell osteogenic differentiation via the Wnt/-catenin signaling pathway by Tongke Sun, Dan Ma, Yang Song, Jing Hu, Ziqing Yang, Xu Wang, Jun Zhang

“…Methods hPDLSCs were harvested from extracted premolars and characterized by flow cytometry, then cultured and treated with various Sr 2+ concentrations. …”
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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…During Antiquity, the sector excavated at 45 rue de Thillois was located in the western districts of Durocortorum, 45 m north of the decumanus maximus, 600 m west of the forum and about 400 m from the Vesle river. …”
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