Creating the Situation of Success as Implementation of the Optimism Idea: Pedagogic Interpretation of M. Seligman’s Theory by Y. V. Andreyeva

“…The author shares the idea of the contemporary American psychologist and philosopher regarding the optimism as the acquired skill affecting the students’ academic progress, and recommends developing students’ self-assurance by addressing a situation of success. …”
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The role of fecal microbiota transplantation in type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment by Huimei Wang, Shuo Li, Luping Zhang, Nan Zhang

“…In contemporary microbial research, the exploration of interactions between microorganisms and multicellular hosts constitutes a burgeoning field. …”
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Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma by Florentina Gümüş

“…The mother in the contemporary play Yerma can be regarded as belonging to the same generation with Marlene, the protagonist from Top Girls whose problematic relationship with her daughter is mirrored in Helen’s experience of motherhood, few decades later. …”
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Orthodoxie, hétérodoxies et capitalismes contemporains by Robert Boyer

“…It means the limits of the renovation of the discipline by its mathematization after WWII and calls for an epistemological break in response to the transformations of contemporary capitalisms.…”
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Voir les fantômes. Sentir la multiplicité temporelle de la ville grâce aux œuvres d’art by Estelle Grandbois-Bernard

“…Through the study of temporal experiences shaped by three contemporary works of art about the transformation in cities (Souvenirs de Berlin-Est by Sophie Calle, The Writing on the Wall by Shimon Attie and Phantom Shangai by Greg Girard), I try to think about how they let fell the presence of the past in urban space, and how they all seem to suggest that “living together” also mean “living with our ghosts”.…”
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Energy Potential of the Bratislava Neogene by Slavkov Juraj, Tomajková Dana, Brček Martin, Miča Lumír

“…The thermal conductivity of materials is characteristic extensively applied across various contemporary domains, ranging from civil engineering to agriculture. …”
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From the ethology of animals to the human ecology by Zbigniew Łepko

“…Thanks to this Lorenz gained an insight into the character of the crisis of contemporary civilization, described and diagnosed it, presented the causes and proposed a cure. …”
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Konstruktywizm i pedagogika różnorodności w kontekście edukacji włączającej by Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa

“…The posthuman critique of social constructivism formulates the second of the questions I want to answer in the text: how can the constructivist approach cooperate with some new contemporary social theories, especially the new realism (materialism) and pedagogy of things? …”
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Gendering Justice in the Chilean Courts: Institutional Developments and Legal Actors’ Perspectives by Karime Parodi

“…The article argues that in contemporary Chile, different legal cultures shape disparate understandings about a gendered perspective. …”
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Women and the Age-Group System among the Ijebu of Southwestern Nigeria by Catherine Otutoyin Williams, Niyi Ogunkoya

“… Contemporary studies have revealed that Yoruba women, particularly Ijebu women, have contributed to the development of Yorubaland. …”
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Considering middle-classes in Latin America: An update of old debates by Isabel Díaz

“…In particular, this article focuses on stratification and social and political mobility, as topics of contemporary reflection, and the need to overcome myths that result from the unrestrained use of this concept. …”
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Diagnosis of a Rare Rickettsia felis Infection Complicated with Unusual Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Using an mNGS Test by Tien-Lung Po, Chien-Hsien Huang, Chia-Hsun Lin, Huei-Fong Hung

“…An escalating incidence of human R. felis infections has raised concerns, particularly in light of the burgeoning population of domesticated animals in many contemporary societies.…”
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Significance of the heritage of the Great Duchy of Lithuania in popular interpretations of the national narrative by Irena Šutinienė

“…The significance of the interpretations of symbols and myths supporting civic-territorial dimensions of Lithuanian national identity increases as well: it is expressed in importance for contemporary identity of the values of tolerance, civic national identity, multiculturalism that are highlighted in popular interpretations. …”
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The Floor is not the Ground by George Papam Papamattheakis

“…This essay is an effort to challenge the contemporary ‘fulfilment’-influenced, network-based perception of human transportation spaces, towards, instead, a relational, and effectively political, understanding of them. …”
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Les Fleurs du Mal, de la censure au musée by Léo Rivaud Chevaillier

“…From the Poulet-Malassis editions in 1857 to the creation of a facsimile edition by the Société des Amis du Livre Moderne in 1918, the history of this objet d’art is a subject at the crossroads of many contemporary issues in a new “bibliopolis” (O. Uzanne). …”
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The Clinical History and Basic Science Origins of Transcutaneous Osseointegration for Amputees by Jason Shih Hoellwarth, Kevin Tetsworth, Muhammad Adeel Akhtar, Munjed Al Muderis

“…Given the increasing interest and surgical volume of TOFA, this literature review was performed to delineate TOFA’s basic science and surgical origins and to integrate these early efforts within the contemporary understanding. Studying this research could protect and benefit future patients, surgeons, and implant developers as TOFA is entering a phase of increased attention and innovation. …”
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Regeneration versus demolition. Strategies, actions and local practices on Yongqing Fang Site by Edoardo Bruno, Francesco Carota

“…In the variable physical and regulatory context of the cities of contemporary China, the development of some pilot projects becomes an opportunity to experiment with innovative regeneration practices of existing urban fabrics. …”
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Stories less told. Behind-the-scenes of feminist narrative research in Brazil by Naomi Orton, Liana Biar

“…Given such a backdrop, this paper aims to reflect on the place of feminist research in contemporary Brazil, particularly that which centres on stories told by those less privileged by gendered norms. …”
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The Russian prepositional TIPA and VRODE in online student discourse: evidence of attraction? by Kolyaseva Alena

“…Both are associated with the crosslinguistically attested grammaticalization of taxonomic nouns, with tipa having derived from the noun tip ‘type’ and vrode from the noun rod ‘kind’. A prior study contemporary to the fairly recent grammaticalization of tipa forecasted a substitution scenario for the two competing forms. …”
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Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa by Christian M. ROGERSON, Jayne M. ROGERSON

“…Nevertheless, most existing international scholarship concentrates on contemporary issues. Against this background the aim is provide an alternative historical perspective on special interest tourism. …”
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