How metacognition and (reading) strategies develop according to Vygotsky by Thor Ola Engen

“…This hypothesis, however, seems to be ignored by contemporary, mainstream researchers. For example, an influential study like PIRLS, contradictory to Vygotsky’s hypothesis, assumes that students already at the end of the elementary stage apply metacognitive skills – included reading strategies – in order to construct meaning in reading. …”
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Paul and sophistic rhetoric: a perspective on his argumentation in the Letter to the Galations by J. S. de Vos

“…To that end, an attempt is made to reconstruct the view of a contemporary critical reader who did not share Paul’s presuppositions and who was well acquainted with the discussions in the philosophical and rhetorical schools about acceptable and non-acceptable rhetorical methods. …”
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Current States of Opinion and Future Directions on the Epidemiology of Sex Differences in Human Pain by Jacob M Vigil

“…Investigator responses indicated that sex differences are pervasive across various areas of pain research, that sex differences are particularly pronounced in the area of situational influences on pain behaviors, and that contemporary pain researchers largely disagree on the epidemiology of, and hence, proximate and ultimate causes of the differences. …”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…Still now, human being, her/his nature requires a broader understanding in the context of the synthesis of long-standing philosophical, psychological, religious traditions and contemporary sciences. Purpose. This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of human being through the lens of the Eastern philosophy and T. …”
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‘Je n’ai rien à dire. Seulement à montrer’ : le travail photographique et poétique de Natalie Czech by Vanessa Desclaux

“…This text looks at the singular relationships that the artist reveals and stages between the fields of the visual arts and of poetry in modern and contemporary times. The author also specifies Czech’s original use of the photographic medium in the production of this recent corpus of works (2010-2012).…”
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Quantum-Cognitive Neural Networks: Assessing Confidence and Uncertainty with Human Decision-Making Simulations by Milan Maksimovic, Ivan S. Maksymov

“…Contemporary machine learning (ML) systems excel in recognising and classifying images with remarkable accuracy. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF AESTETICS IN POST-CLASSICAL EPOCH by Dariia M. Skalska

“…The experience of theoretical researches of contemporary domestic and foreign philosophical and aesthetic schools іs generalized. …”
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Department of philosophy in the conditions of academic capitalism approach by E. N. Ivakhnenko

“…The author attempts to convey the ideathat a contemporary department of philosophy must develop its intellectual communicative resource towards the organization of its own educational activity. …”
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Invention, centralité et fin du travail by Michel Freyssenet †

“…Work has been ‘naturalized’ and ‘universalized’. This contemporary reality —originally geographically circumscribed— has been projected on the past and on other societies. …”
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An ecology of space. Architectural design for transboundary relationships by Hisham El-Hitami, Mona Mahall, Asli Serbest

“…By identifying the façade as the focal point for cross-border relationships linking interior and exterior spaces, an analysis of historical and contemporary architecture shows how architects have designed transitional spaces to promote these relationships. …”
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Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Soul by Eric Stencil

“…This objection, often called the ‘problem of interaction’, has received much attention in contemporary scholarship and this attention frequently focuses on the exchange between Elisabeth and Descartes. …”
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Significance of and Comparative Trends in Procedural Regulation of Right to Information by Polonca Kovač

“…This article is dedicated to an analysis of procedural regulation of right to information (RTI) since its significance is increasing in terms of developing good governance and good administration within contemporary transparent, open and collaborative society. …”
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Competences for Economic Diplomacy and International Business; Convergence or Divergence? by Marjan Svetličič

“…The article discusses whether competences needed for effective contemporary economic diplomacy are different from or similar to those needed by international businessmen, and whether economic diplomats are capable of responding to the challenges of tectonic changes in the world with the competences they now possess. …”
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Is the ‘docta ignorantia’ a form of ‘philosophari in Maria’? by Mátyás Szalay

“…Along these lines I highlight three main aspects of docta ignoratia as especially relevant for contemporary thinking. These aspects will be used to evaluate the extent to which Cusanus’ powerful proposal to reinterpret Christian reality can help us respond to Pope John Paul II’s exhortation in Fides et ratio to understand and to exercise Christian reflection as philosophari in Maria. …”
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Espaços ficcionalizados em Desterro,de Luis S. Krausz: um ensaio em geografia literária by Georg Wink

“…I will analyze the contemporary novelDesterro: memórias emruínas(2011), byLuisS. …”
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W sprawie techniki dla zrównoważonego rozwoju by Zbigniew Łepko

“…The radical critics of technology rejected the then-contemporary technical and industrial system and supported “alternative technology”, whereas the radical promoters of this system represented a naive belief in the unlimited progress of science and technology. …”
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Communicative-visual value of environmental art festival by Antonella Violano, Julio Cesar Perez-Hernandez

“…Many forms of art leave their imprint on contemporary art culture as a complex system of ideas and emotions, perceptions and stimuli for reflection. …”
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Introduction by Deborah Hauptmann, Lara Schrijver

“…In addition to the nine papers by PhD researchers, we have included a paper by Andrew Leach that we believe provides an overview of the general state of contemporary architecture research. Leach makes an appeal to refrain from making all research operational. …”
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CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT AS A GLOBAL PROBLEM by V. A. Sukhanov

“…The article discusses government corruption in the making as a global contemporary problem, proves the need for closer international cooperation to succeed in fighting against it. …”
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