DESCARTES’ ONTOLOGY AND THE IDEA OF NATURE CONTROL by Česlovas Kalenda

“… The idea of nature control in Western civilisation is not only connected with ecological-climatic conditions as well as with social conditions but also with the nature of people and the properties of thinking, which are only typical to the human brain’s functional asymmetry. …”
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Solitary Cecal Diverticulitis: An Unusual Cause of Acute Right Iliac Fossa Pain—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nikolaos Mudatsakis, Marinos Nikolaou, Konstantinos Krithinakis, Michail Matalliotakis, Nikolaos Politis, Emmanouil Andreadakis

“…Solitary cecal diverticulitis is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in the Western world. Its clinical presentation, in most cases, mimics acute appendicitis. …”
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Activisme culturel au Centre Georges-Pompidou. Le photoreportage exposé (1977-1997) by Assia Quesnel

“…As for contemporary art, the institution was a place that activated photo-reportage especially in the decision to defend young artists, to show an interest in non-Western countries, and the commissioning of reportages.…”
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Honda Seiroku, « Père des parcs du Japon » by Sylvie Brosseau

“…He is part of the enlightened elite of the Meiji period – the time when the western techniques were introduced. In 1893, he became a teacher and modernised the forestry management in Japan. …”
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«Kept to distribute 44 copies of proclamations...»: about the biography of Omsk revolutionary Nadezhda Terekhova (Belonogova) by M. M. Stelmak

“…Terekhova (Belonogova) political figure of Omsk social-democratic, a teacher, an active participant in the socio-political movement in Western Siberia. Despite the very significant contribution to the activities of the RSDLP, the biography of this revolutionary is not reflected in historiography, her name was not included in the official Soviet historiography, although many associates, and sometimes opponents in their memoirs mentioned it, even after several decades. …”
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The Location of Hotels and Their Exposure to Hurricanes in Cuba—Implication for Tourism Development in the Context of Climate Change by Ricardo Remond-Noa, Antonio Torres-Reyes, Felipe Matos-Pupo, Maite Echarri-Chávez, Antonio Bouta-Numbo, Lisbet Crespo-García, María Belén Gómez-Martín

“…The results indicate that although the whole Cuban archipelago is exposed to hurricanes, the tourist regions in Cuba’s western provinces have a greater chance of being affected than those located in the center, east, and south. …”
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Pathologic Fractures: A Neglected Clinical Feature of Parathyroid Adenoma by Hassan Abshirini, Iran Rashidi, Nader Saki

“…The pattern of clinical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) has changed dramatically from a severe disease to an asymptomatic condition in Western countries. The story is completely different in Eastern countries. …”
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The impact of economic sanctions on the country's economy by S. Alikhani, I. P. Khominich

“…Russia and Iran have been under sanctions from Western countries and their allies for many years and are experiencing economic problems in this regard. …”
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Influence of industrial production of Russian regions on foreign trade indicators by S. S. Krasnykh

“…The chosen topic is relevant due to the fact that today’s sanctions policy of various Western countries is restricting exports and imports of many types of products, which can serve as a threat to the economic security of the Russian Federation. …”
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"Under Ben Bulben" : la montagne chez W.B. Yeats ou la rencontre du moi et du Soi by Michel Dufour

“…By focusing on “Under Ben Bulben”, Yeats’s concluding poem, and by comparing various mountains in Yeats’s work – Oriental and Western, Italian and Irish – this article analyses the mountain as the place where the ego encounters a wider psychological dimension, the (Jungian) Self. …”
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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SITUATION OF HOUSEHOLDS IN POLAND – ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS

“…Families in Poland run households with significantly lower disposable income compared to families in Western European countries. The level of family consumption in Poland in recent years is approaching the EU average, while the level of financial savings is still five times lower than the average. …”
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«La política es winka, la historia es mapuche». Alleanze, conflitti e trasformazioni all’interno della pratica politica mapuche by Olivia Casagrande

“…Also as a consequence of these tensions, the current Mapuche movement is based on the ideas of self-determination and recovery of the ancestral territory, constituting as a particular "cosmopolitics" that seems to distance itself both from the Western political conception, and from the previous alliance with the Chilean left. …”
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A Rare Case of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Masquerading as a Forehead Hematoma by Kimberly Sanders, Ashley Thomas, Carmen Isache, Anwer Siddiqi

“…With increasing rates of metabolic syndrome and obesity, it is not surprising that NASH is quickly becoming a leading cause of chronic liver disease and HCC in the western hemisphere (Wang and Malhi, 2018). Metastasis is usually found in advanced stages of the disease, owing to its poor prognosis. …”
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Rethinking Representation and Animation by Erik Solfeldt, Anna Naglaya

“… Archaeological interpretations of prehistoric humanoid figurines, made and used by the hunter-gatherers of the Stone Ages, have traditionally relied on Western concepts of hylomorphism and iconology. Consequently, these figurines are depicted as finished and static objects of art, often separated from their archaeological contexts. …”
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Swinging between two poles. Henri Nouwen’s unique metaphor for spiritual transformation by G. Marchinkowski

“…When Nouwen considers the path to spiritual wholeness, he begins with an analysis of the typical Western lifestyle. Thereafter, he searches for an “antidote” to the sense of alienation he discovers. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Bank of Russia’s measures to ensure the stability of the stock market in the face of toughening sanctions by A. V. Berdyshev, F. N. Ilmukov

“…The study identifies the key features of the development of the Russian stock market in 2021 prior to the imposition of unprecedented sanctions against the Russian Federation by Western countries. The authors point out that the blow of sanctions caused chaos in the Russian stock market, which required the Bank of Russia to immediately take measures aimed at stabilizing the situation. …”
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Tree Beings in Tibet: Contemporary Popular Concepts of klu and gnyan as a Result of Ecological Change by Jakub Kocurek

“…The findings from the fieldwork are compared with the idea of tree beings found in ritual texts studied by Western scholars. The difference between these two sources are striking: popular traditions associate trees mainly with klu, whereas the ritual texts with gnyan. …”
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Technology, energy, and time – Experimental paths for the design of appropriate technology by Annapaola Vacanti, Carmelo Leonardi

“… Exploring the intertwining of technology, energy, and time from the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis, the paper investigates how the relentless pursuit of efficiency and productivity has shaped Western societies, increasing energy overconsumption and exacerbating environmental emergencies. …”
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Morality and religion in African thought by P. J. Nel

“…These discourses reflect the ambivalence between those scholars seeking to define African morality within the parameters of a conventionalised, Western, religious episteme, and those pursuing an “Africanist” (Afrocentric) explanation which embraces an authentic mode of African knowledge construction within indigenous communities. …”
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President De Klerk and ethos by Johann Cornelius de Wet

“…In fact, given the principles of (Western) democratic politics, no South African State President or Prime Minister has ever reached out with so much apparent good will to the vast majority of South Africans. …”
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