Exú's Work – The Agency of Ritual Objects in Southeast Brazilian Umbanda by Eleonora A. Lundell

“…In people’s experiences of spiritual work (trabalho) and spiritual development (desenvolvimento) carried out with Exús – guardians, guides and protectors who have, after their death, returned in order to work for people’s wellbeing – ritual objects (such as bodies, clothes, beverages, herbs, cigarettes, candles, songs) are seen as constitutive in knowledge production and life transformation. The central claim in this article is that diverse material and immaterial objects through which Exús interact and materialise, are not primarily symbolic nor representative, but are re-configurative.…”
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Traumatic Metachronous Penile Fracture to the Contralateral Corpora by Christos Papaioannou, Savvas Omorphos

“…We present the third case recorded to date, to the best of our knowledge, of a metachronous penile fracture to the contralateral corpora due to trauma related to sexual intercourse. …”
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Primary Leiomyosarcoma of Breast in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Swapnil Ulhas Rane, Charu Batra, Uma Nahar Saikia

“…Only 44 cases have been reported in world literature and to the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported from India till date. …”
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Éducation au développement durable : intérêts et limites d’un usage scolaire des investigations multiréférentielles d’enjeux by Jean-Marc Lange

“…For many authors, these societal issues, the objects of this education, require a global and complex approach opposed to an analytical, reductionist and scientist approach, or that they betray the ideal the acquisition of knowledge in favor of a utilitarian drift. It is these tensions that this article proposes to examine in some registers - epistemological, educational, curriculum and teaching - with a view to clarifying and overcoming them, especially by means of an approach, adapted to the compulsory education, the “multireferential” investigation of stakes.…”
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Estimating Quartz Reserves Using Compositional Kriging by J. Taboada, Á. Saavedra, C. Iglesias, E. Giráldez

“…The chemical and mineralogical composition of the reserves in the seam were determined from samples collected from outcrops, blasting operations, and exploratory drilling, and compositional kriging was used to calculate the volume and distribution of the reserves. A more accurate knowledge of the deposit ensures better mine planning, leading to higher profitability and an improved relationship with the environment.…”
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INTEGRATIVE MINISTERIAL TRAINING: METHODOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL INTEGRATION WITHIN THE CURRICULUM by M. Naidoo

“…This article discusses proposals that can create spaces for integration, highlighting the place of disciplines of knowledge in curricular approaches, the theory-practice challenge, together with fostering active teaching and learning. …”
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A Subgrid Parameterization for Wind Turbines in Weather Prediction Models with an Application to Wind Resource Limits by B. H. Fiedler, A. S. Adams

“…The documentation of the parameterization is complete; it does not require knowledge of proprietary data of wind turbine characteristics. …”
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A Novel Approach to Fuzzy Soft Set-Based Group Decision-Making by Qinrong Feng, Xiao Guo

“…Firstly, we present an adjustable approach to solve the decision-making problems based on fuzzy soft sets. Then, we introduce knowledge measure and divergence degree based on α-similarity relation to determine the experts’ weights. …”
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Obtaining the Soliton Type Solutions of the Conformable Time-Fractional Complex Ginzburg–Landau Equation with Kerr Law Nonlinearity by Using Two Kinds of Kudryashov Methods by Arzu Akbulut

“…Our findings in this paper are critical for explaining a wide range of scientific and physical applications. According to our knowledge, our results are new in the literature.…”
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Stratégies de légitimation et construction de l’autorité dans les discours vaccino-sceptiques et complotistes aux États-Unis. La mise en saillance comme outil de maximisation de l’... by Damien Lenoir

“…In this regard, such strategies are used for their cognitive effects on the audience, which, for example, allow for the topicalisation and focusing of a presupposed or shared knowledge, or for their argumentative advantage, as they allow for the restriction of meaning and the imposition of the speaker’s interpretation of reality, or for the emphasis on the viewpoint’s validity, significance or reliability.…”
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Traduire l’archive : voix et silences dans le Canto 8 des Cantos d’Ezra Pound by Charlotte Estrade

“…This enables Pound to question and – he hopes – correct the way historical discourse and knowledge are constructed, and to produce an ideologically-charged poem which is also a monument illustrating a dialogue between various epochs. …”
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Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche by Sergio Marchetti

“…At the same time, I expand the notion of 'hyperobjects' (Morton 2018) to confine knowledge of oceanic immensities to experiences on the crossing, to reflect on the deterritorialisation of individuals and the 'kinships' that arise between humans and surrounding entities during maritime voyages and boat maintenance. …”
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The Spell of Homo Informaticus: Two Superstitions and Three Dreams by Marius Povilas Saulauskas

“…Second, evergreen optimism of rapidly approaching egalitarian era under the pledge of free universal access to information, cornucopian abundance of all imaginable material and spiritual goods, and unrestricted reign of knowledge once for all overthrowing unjust orders of power and brute force. …”
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Growth Stages and Tuber Development of FL1867 Potato under Full and Reduced Irrigation Scheduling by Seth A. Byrd, Diane L. Rowland, Lincoln Zotarelli

“… The potato cultivar ‘Frito Lay 1867′ (‘FL 1867′) is a popular chipping variety grown across Florida and the southern United States. Knowledge of the timing and duration of the tuber initiation and tuber bulking stages for ‘FL 1867′ is critical for timing fertilizer and irrigation applications. …”
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THE TURKISH-GERMAN AFFAIR IN FILMS: A DREAMWORLD OR A NETHERWORLD? by Ayça Tunç Cox

“…The analyzed films, which are the products of the dynamic and heterogeneous new cinema of Turkey, have contributed to the knowledge produced about Germany, Germans and Turkish-Germans in the media. …”
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Motivation of Research and Innovation by A. V. Luk’yashko, A. A. Manko, O. V. Smorchkova

“…One of the key resources of the organization and implementation of professional activity in any field of knowledge and the field of application is the inner motivation of the parties at its constant upgrading and improvement. …”
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Evaluating Alpha and Beta Taxonomy in Ant-Nest Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini) by Simone Fattorini, Emanuela Maurizi, Andrea Di Giulio

“…We evaluated completeness, accuracy, and historical trend of the taxonomic knowledge on the myrmecophilous ground beetle tribe Paussini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae). …”
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Mitochondrial Dynamics: Functional Link with Apoptosis by Hidenori Otera, Katsuyoshi Mihara

“…In this paper, we briefly summarize current knowledge of the role of mitochondrial dynamics in apoptosis and cell pathophysiology in mammalian cells.…”
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Hyponatraemia and hypothyroidism: A case report by Giulia Cantoni, Gabriella Nucera, Pietro Marino

“…In conclusion, this could be one of the few cases, to our knowledge, of non-severe hypothyroidism-induced hyponatraemia.…”
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DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN EDUCATION POLICY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION by Nikolay N. Mikhailov, Boris M. Vladimirskiy

“…Attention is drawn to the need for a gradual but significant overhaul of the curricula and syllabi, whereby only the universally useful knowledge and skills would remain. Three-level decision-making system to implement an education policy is introduced. …”
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