From James Bond with love: tourism and tourists in the Bond saga by Marie-Hélène Chevrier, Chloé Huvet

“…In this article, we highlight how the Bond saga reflects the evolution of the core tourism practices and representations in Western societies from the 1960s to the present day.…”
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« Au-delà d’un simple divertissement » : les effets symboliques de la pratique des jeux de ficelle chez les Inuit by Céline Petit

“…String figure-making as performed in “Eskimo” (Inuit) societies was more particularly analyzed as a prime example of the “magical” or “religious” significance that could be attributed to such a practice in non-western contexts. Building both on the study of classical ethnography relating to different groups of the “Inuit area,” and on fieldwork carried out in Inuit communities of the eastern Canadian Arctic in the 2000s-2010s, this paper examines the forms of the ritual or symbolic efficacy ascribed to string figure-making in pre-Christian Inuit societies. …”
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The practice of military defense work on the preparation of combat reserves for the Red Army in 1941–1943 on the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk National District by E. V. Leshukova

“…The article analyzes the practice of military defense work in the early years of the Great Patriotic War on the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk National Okrug, the largest rear area in Western Siberia. The main attention is paid to the study of the activities of the Party and Soviet authorities involved in organizing activities aimed at providing the army with trained manpower reserves. …”
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Cornsilk Fly, Euxesta stigmatias Loew (Insecta: Diptera: Otitidae) by John L. Capinera

“… The cornsilk fly, Euxesta stigmatias Loew, is found in tropical and subtropical areas of the western hemisphere. It occurs throughout the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central and South America south to Bolivia and Paraguay, and in Florida. …”
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The Value of Gambling and its Research by Pauliina Raento

“…It is a prominent part of culture and a major financial contributor to society in Finland  nd many other countries where governments own, license and regulate gambling enterprises. Most people in Western societies have some experience of   ambling, and many buy a lottery ticket, play slot machines, or bet on sports as a regular part of their leisure. …”
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Terrestrial Isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from the Slovenian Karst by Ferenc Vilisics, Aleš Lapanje

“…Previous investigations of the terrestrial isopod species distribution in the neighbouring northern Italian area showed higher species diversity than in Slovenian western area close to the Italian borderline. This is the reason why a higher terrestrial isopod species diversity is expected during further sampling experiments in Slovenian territory near the Italian border. …”
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Osmanlı Diplomasisinde Mihmandar Geleneği by Mustafa CAN

“…This tradition, seen in both western and eastern diplomacy, was applied in the Ottoman State within the framework of Ottoman state traditions and diplomacy. …”
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Terrestrial Amphipods or "Lawn Shrimp," (Crustacea: Amphipoda) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…They were first reported in the Western Hemisphere in 1918 when at least one species was found in California (Mallis 1990). …”
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Editorial by I.D. Mothoagae

“…These hermeneutical lenses function as theoretical tools to analyse and grapple with the question of the strategies used by Western missionaries. The reception and transmission of the Bible in Africa was not an innocent enterprise. …”
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LATE-DEVONIAN SAKHARA DUNITE-CLINOPIROXENITE-GABBRO COMPLEX (EAST MAGNITOGORSK ZONE, SOUTH URALS): PETROLOGICAL-MINERALOGICAL FEATURES AND GEODYNAMIC SETTING by T.N. Surin

“…The location of massifs of the complex is an additional argument in favor of a western dip (in the present-day coordinates) of a subduction paleozone at the moment of its formation. …”
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Obesity and Gastrointestinal Diseases by Ai Fujimoto, Shu Hoteya, Toshiro Iizuka, Osamu Ogawa, Toshifumi Mitani, Yuichiro Kuroki, Akira Matsui, Masanori Nakamura, Daisuke Kikuchi, Satoshi Yamashita, Tsukasa Furuhata, Akihiro Yamada, Noriko Nishida, Koji Arase, Mitsuyo Hashimoto, Yoshinori Igarashi, Mitsuru Kaise

“…The prevalence of obesity in the Japanese population has been increasing dramatically in step with the Westernization of lifestyles and food ways. Our study demonstrated significant associations between obesity and a number of gastrointestinal disorders in a large sample population in Japan. …”
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Impact of Sanction Shock on Iran's Stock Market Index by Reza Tehrani, Mahmood Mokhtarband, Menal Aboodeh

“…The imposition of Western economic sanctions against Iran has had varying effects on the country's financial markets, with the capital market being one of the sectors not immune to the shockwaves of these sanctions. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Ontology Scientisma and Religious Philosophy in XX Cen-tury Сравнительный анализ онтологии сциентизма и религиозной философии в ХХ веке Порівняльний аналіз... by D. Yu. Snit'ko

“…Тhis article considered the ontological aspects of philosophy by XX century’s western scientism and religious metaphysics. Specially attention concentrated of the empirical and metaphysical components of the seontological paradigms, and also of the problem of ontological relativity and relations with the anthropological investigations.…”
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A dataset of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei structure and functioning in four sites along the French coast over a period of 18 months by Lacoste, Elise, Ouisse, Vincent, Desroy, Nicolas, Allano, Lionel, Auby, Isabelle, Bajjouk, Touria, Bourdier, Constance, Caisey, Xavier, De Casamajor, Marie-Noelle, Cimiterra, Nicolas, Cordier, Céline, Curd, Amélia, Derrien, Lauriane, Droual, Gabin, Dubois, Stanislas, Foucault, Elodie, Foveau, Aurélie, Gaffet, Jean-Dominique, Ganthy, Florian, Gionaroli, Camille, Ignacio-Cifre, Rachel, Liabot, Pierre-Olivier, Messiaen, Gregory, Meteigner, Claire, Monnier, Benjamin, Van Paemelen, Robin, Pasquier, Marine, Rigouin, Loic, Rollet, Claire, Royer, Aurélien, Soissons, Laura, Tancray, Aurélien, Blanchet-Aurigny, Aline

“…The dataset includes 103 sampling events divided among four sites and spread across three distinct marine biogeographic regions (i.e. the English Channel, Bay of Biscay and Western Mediterranean), and up to five seasons, depending on the site. …”
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DYNAMICS BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY, LEADERSHIP AND LIFE GOALS: by G.E. Dames

“…The life narrative research methodology was applied to explore the ultimate life goals and spiritual transformation in the life narratives of seven school principals in Roman Catholic private schools in Gauteng and two public schools in the Western Cape. …”
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SCOPE OF APPLICABILITY OF THE COMPETENCE APPROACH IN EDUCATION by Oleg R. Kayumov

“…They are caused by extrasystemic (regardless of pedagogy) genesis of the concept of «competence », which is rather cost estimation category in the labor market and is not a constructive parameter, at least in the intermediate stages of mid-term assessment in higher education institution. An attempt to use Western descriptors (in the framework of the «Bologna obligations») in Russia proved to be inefficient due to the significant disparities in education systems, which have different civilizational roots. …”
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Schwann Cells Accelerate Osteogenesis via the Mif/CD74/FOXO1 Signaling Pathway In Vitro by Jun-Qin Li, Hui-Jie Jiang, Xiu-Yun Su, Li Feng, Na-Zhi Zhan, Shan-Shan Li, Zi-Jie Chen, Bo-Han Chang, Peng-Zhen Cheng, Liu Yang, Guo-Xian Pei

“…Lentiviruses were constructed to alter the expression of Mif (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) in Schwann cells. Western blot (WB) analysis was employed to detect the protein expression. …”
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When "new" crops are not really new: California Indigenous communities and research and commercialization of elderberry by Sonja Brodt, Sabine Talaugon, Gwenael Engelskirchen

“…The article “Native blue elderberry in hedgerows bridges revenue and conservation goals” focuses on the commercial potential of western blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea) plantings, primarily on private farmland in California. …”
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De l’« efficacité » symbolique des interdits à leur fonctionnalité écologique by Hélène Artaud

“…During the last few decades, environmental emergencies as well as mixed results of existing conservation systems, urges researchers and managers of protected areas to look up other forms of resource management models in non-Western cultures. Some cultural features, until recently devoid of rationality (considered “pre-logical” or “illogical”), are suddenly invested with a new intelligibility. …”
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Dov’è la libertà? by Onofrio Romano

“…Although neo-liberalism appears only in the early seventies in Chile, it is possible to recognize its genealogy and function already in the twenties of the twentieth century, within very different political contexts: here it is characterized by a braking action against the universalization of the modern process of emancipation, promised by the re-distributive logic of centricity adopted by the socialist regulatory alternative. Western countries neoliberalism of the 80s, however, shows as a way out from an exhausted modernity. …”
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