Reconstruction of Islamic Economic Theory: From Revelation to Methodology by Bayu Taufiq Possumah, Abdul Ghafar Ismail

“…The study aims to rediscover the original source (Al Qur’an) of Islamic economic theory in context of the influence of mainstream theories on contemporary Islamic economics studies. This study reveals the original axiomatic foundations of the Islamic systemwith defined characteristics and features asthe source of Qur’anomic or economic theory.Moreover, amethodology is proposed to reconstructthe Islamic economic theory in four phas- esincluding; the classification of Al Quran verses pertinent to economic affairs, exegesis-based understanding of theories, chronology, andmicro-macro socio-economic context.The novelty ofthisstudy isthe combination ofthe science of exegesis and economics.The findings of thisstudy are expected to differentiate pure Islamic economics studiesfrom those influenced by secular economic thinking.…”
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Combating Anti-Feminism and Building Strategies for Gender Equality by Mariana Fagundes-Ausani

“…The research highlights the complex interplay between digital platforms, feminist ideology, and grassroots activism in shaping contemporary gender equality movements, contributing to our understanding of how digital feminist media navigate online activism challenges while fostering community and driving social change. …”
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Complex Spherical Fuzzy Decision Support System Based on Entropy Measure and Power Operator by Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Qiyas, Thongchi Botmart, Saleem Abdullah, Neelam Khan

“…The uncertainties included in the information are dealt with in contemporary studies of the fuzzy set and its extensions by membership grades, which are a subset of real numbers that lose some relevant information and hence alter the decision results. …”
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Popular culture and the 'crisis of masculinity' by Jennifer Lemon

“… The eighties and nineties have wit nessed a renewed and unpre cedented Interest in men and mas culinity due to the emergence of the alleged contemporary 'crisis of masculinity'. This has been most preva lent in popular culture representations, which appear on the sur face to offer the modern man a whole range of 'new' roles and rela tionships, freeing him from patria chal entrapment and the dicates and demands of the traditional male sex role. …”
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Crimillegal Orders: Revisiting Organized Crime’s Political Power by Markus Schultze-Kraft

“…The article concludes by presenting some ideas about how the concept of crimillegality could be usefully adopted in the fields of peace building and the mitigation of non-armed conflict violence in Latin America and other parts of the contemporary world.…”
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Facade decoration in the architecture of Dragiša Brašovan and Milan Zloković by Novaković Aleksa

“…In terms of facade design during the interwar period, the activity of Belgrade architects was imbued with layered influences of eclectic and contemporary expression. In line with this, many of the leading architects of this period, including Dragiša Brašovan (1887-1965) and Milan Zloković (1898-1965), incorporated facade plastic and sculptural decoration into their works. …”
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Forms of global governence by M. V. Kharkevich

“…Global governance as a concept defines the meaning of contemporary world politics both as a discipline and as reality. …”
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“It all starts with urgency…” Engaging with the local ekklesia of Thessalonica as a window and mirror en route to sustained missionary impact by S. Joubert

“…Hence, the challenge to us as contemporary believers is to creatively, yet urgently, synchronise our own theological agendas, as well as our ecclesial practices and missional activities, with these normative textual mirrors and windows. …”
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Here We Go Again by Kate Ngai

“…This interdisciplinary approach offers new insights into both cyclical and persona studies contributing to our understanding of contemporary fan practices in the evolving media landscape. …”
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The Transition from Yorùbá Metaphysics to Islamic Aesthetics in Ọláńrewájú Adépọ̀jù’s Poetry by Stephen Toyin Ogundipe

“… This paper explores the poetry of Ọlánrewájú Ade ́ ṕ ọ̀jù, a major contemporary Yorùbá poet, based in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria. …”
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The possibilities of lung perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by V.Yu. Kundin, M.V. Satyr, I.V. Noverko, A.V. Khokhlov

“…The place of lung perfusion scintigraphy in the contemporary diagnostic protocols has been determined. …”
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Was there really a siege of Kaffa by the Mongols in 1346 the first biological war? And what was the aftermath? by Christensen Carsten Sander

“…Even though such a theory is consistent with the technology of those times and in a way with contemporary notions about the dangers and necessary caution in the treatment of such diseases, the report has a number of weaknesses in terms of practical implementation. …”
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Esthetic Rehabilitation with Direct Composite Veneering: A Report of 2 Cases by Kyatham Sowmya, K. S. Dwijendra, V. Pranitha, Konda Karthik Roy

“…Composite resin restorations have become an integral part of contemporary restorative dentistry and can be called “star of minimal invasion” due to its conservative concepts. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN CURBING RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS AND TERRORISM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by OLAITAN OYEDELE OLAOBA, DANIEL DAMILARE ADEYINKA

“…People wonder why religion which used to be the cohesive factor and core of national unity, peaceful co-existence and national development, has become a tool for political manipulation, violence, destruction of lives and properties in Nigeria in contemporary times. There is a loss of values and effective Christian Education could really curb religious conflict and terrorism in the northern Nigeria and Christian Religious Education curriculum which contains Character formation would be an instrument to educate and give an orientation that enhances curbing conflicts and terrorism. …”
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ON THE ISSUE OF REPRESENTTION OF WATER/ECONOMIC JOURNALS IN THE SCIENTIFIC CITATION BASES by Natalia A. Valek

“…The undertaken research was targeted to studying of contemporary trends of the world water science and the practice of their reflection in scientific literature. …”

Ungrammaticality and descriptive adequacy in English pronunciation: the case of syncope by Gabor Turcsan

“…This paper looks at the grammar of a subset of vowel-zero alternations in English using findings from a large-scale descriptive project on syncope in contemporary spoken English. The data consist of 15 hours of casual conversations representing some 30 speakers illustrating three varieties (California, Lancashire & Ayrshire) and a reading task comprising 40 trisyllabic words with potential syncope sites. …”
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‘Splendid Little Soldiers’—Invasion, Empire and the Fantasy of Dominance in Saki’s When William Came by Petra Rau

“…Saki’s solutions to these contemporary fears endorse a muscular masculinity and a redemptive militarism in strong contrast to the homoerotic interests of his earlier years and works. …”
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Orgasm. On the flux and flow of a term through times and spaces by Christina Goestl

“…And if so, what do they share with contemporary feminist and queer concepts, and what inspirations do they offer?…”
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El Madrid de la Bestia : l’apocalypse urbaine d’Álex de la Iglesia by Diane Bracco

“…This article proposes an analysis of the variations on the apocalyptic theme, cornerstone of contemporary Madrid’s cinematographical portrait that the director paints in his movie. …”
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The second life of micro-organisms. Bio-digital design for a new ecology of space and behaviour by Alessandro Valenti, Claudia Pasquero

“…To reflect today, as designers and researchers, on the issue of Second Life, is to pose questions not only about the potential contemporary articulations of the term within a disciplinary field defined by knowledge that intertwines sectors like Urbanism, Architecture, Interior Design and Design but also to explore the very concept of life rendering living organisms – both human and not – as an active part of the speculation and the eventual experimentations giving new meaning to actions like regeneration or reuse. …”
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