Pénétrer le monde des morts by Katerina Kerestetzi

“…Believing that these spirits have the ability to influence human matters, practitioners try to make them their allies, by making ritual pacts with them. …”
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Stories of taking part in Everyday Life Rehabilitation - A narrative inquiry of residents with serious mental illness and their recovery pathway by Rosaline Bezerra Aguiar, Maria Lindström

“…Thus, the aim of this study is to explore the stories of participants partaking in Everyday Life Rehabilitation and how they make sense of their engagements in everyday life activities and their recovery processes.MethodsApplying a narrative analysis, this study explores the stories of seven individuals with an SMI residing in Swedish supported housing facilities, participating in the Everyday Life Rehabilitation (ELR) program during six months, and how they retrospectively make meaning of their engagement in everyday life activities and recovery processes.FindingsThe participants' stories about their rehabilitation and personal recovery pathways elucidate how the inherent power of the activity, as well as the support the participants received to get started and succeed, had a significant impact on their self-identity, confidence, motivation, mattering, life prospects, and vitality. The participants valued the transparent steps along the process, weekly meetings, the signals, beliefs, and feedback communicated throughout, and the persistent, adaptive, and yet supporting approach in their personal progress.SignificanceThis study underscores the need for interventions that prioritize meaningful activities and are sensitive to the complexity of the personal recovery process, especially in supported housing facilities. …”
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Use of Population Weighted Density Index for Coronavirus Spread in the United States by Huseyin Yuce, Hannah Stauss, Adrienne Persad

“…Since human contact was the main cause of the spread, population-weighted densities have been shown to be a better measure than conventional densities, since the variation in density across subareas matters more than the density in the total area. …”
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Evolution of EFTA in Differentiated Integration within Europe by V. V. Zolotukhin

“…The thematic allocation is carefully structured based on existing competencies; officials of EFTA's pillar bodies within the two-pillar EEA structure maintain productive relations with the EU, while others focus on internal matters. The geographical location of these bodies plays a decisive role: Brussels and Luxembourg are aligned with a broad Eurocentric decision-making paradigm, while those within EFTA prioritize endogenous agendas.Switzerland's integration trajectory relies on a diverse array of regulatory mechanisms aimed at bridging disparate areas and fostering cooperation among participating states. …”
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To destroy or not? A Cognitive Linguistics exploration of Yahweh’s (un)willingness to destroy Israel in Deuteronomy by Izaak J.L. Connoway

“…Dt 4:6), as well as the role these verbs play in these matters. This study used a literary approach for secondary sources. …”
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Relationships between mental health and styles of help-seeking among care workers in comparison with the general population by Tomoko Matsui, Hikaru Oba, Ryosuke Uchida, Tsukasa Teraguchi

“…Regarding stressors identified by the care workers, most of the contents were related to work-related matters and workplace relationships, as demonstrated through qualitative analysis. …”
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Technical Advancement in the Design of Interior Spaces for the Disabled by Yasir Kareem Hassan, Nrmeen Wameed Ahmad

“… Technical upgrading is a transitional stage in the development of interior spaces whose importance has emerged in the current era، and technical development is one of the important matters whose features have become clear in many interior spaces، and it is necessary to take advantage of these developments within the needs of society and upgrade what is appropriate for them، as some need The interior spaces are upgrading and developing in their designs within the needs of society and attention in some groups، especially people with disabilities، because many people with mobility disabilities need the help of others within the limits of their living and university environment، especially in the process of walking، climbing stairs، movement activities inside the classrooms and when going out and other necessary needs. …”
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Improving legal accountability for domestic violence by Ostrohliad O.

“…In the process of research, it was established that legislative work on legal responsibility, as a prerequisite for proper law enforcement, needs improvement. Matters of taking into account the conclusions of specialized committees, substantiating budget expenditures, compliance with the requirements of the legislative technique by people’s deputies are actually critical, since a poor-quality draft law will lead to problems in law enforcement in the future. …”
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A holistic and sustainable approach to public health staffing and workforce development by Paulani Mui, Ruth Maiorana, Beth Resnick

“…As seen with 9/11, H1N1, and COVID-19, public health emergencies create a flurry of attention and resources, but once the crisis passes, focus quickly shifts to other matters until the next emergency, when the cycle repeats. …”
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Foreign Policy Orientation and Electoral Behavior: Analyzing Opinion Polls in Belarus, Georgia, and Kazakhstan by I. Yu. Okunev, M. N. Shestakova

“…The analysis showed that in matters of orientation towards positive relations with Russia, the voters of these countries nevertheless had more in common than differences. …”
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The act of abortion due to rape in the view of ath-tabari in kitab jami' al-bayan fi ta'wil Al-qur'an by Eztika Azzahra Aji, Ahmad Zuhri, Husnel Anwar Matondang, Mardian Idris Harahap

“…One will find many people who have abortions because they are driven by fear of being unable to carry the burden of life, educational costs and all matters related to counseling and child care. These are all negative attitudes towards Allah.…”
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Conflicts between indigenous and scientific concepts of landscape management for wildlife conservation: human-chimpanzee politics of coexistence at Bossou, Guinea by Gen Yamakoshi, Vincent Leblan

“…The stated goals of the swidden preparation campaign was to secure land for subsistence purposes, but it is thought that the main driving factor was maintaining the right to decide matters like the allocation of tourism income, which the government research institute was attempting to usurp. …”
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THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AS A CULTURAL TRAUMA OF UKRAINE by Ya.O. Yakovlieva

“…Obviously, it is the relationship of philosophical and historical knowledge in matters of understanding of the Chernobyl accident was a priority for the process of the formation of a unique semiotically-mental "Chernobyl space" of recently opened for socio-philosophical interpretation, which in itself raises the possibility of "Chernobyl discourse." …”
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Use of volunteers in early years interventions for parents: A scoping review of roles and the extent of evaluation research in this area. by Louise Padgett, Sarah L Blower, Hollie Henderson, Maria Bryant

“…Volunteers were commonly involved in interventions to provide peer support for a range of parenting related matters, support breastfeeding and the mental and emotional wellbeing of parents. …”
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The Effect of Monetary Rewards on Employee Productivity in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Kebisoni Sub-county. by Tukamushaba, Dativah

“…This will enable employees to meet their basic needs and therefore leave them satisfied Employees should also be trained and taught about the merits of performance appraisal exercises because they may think it is only concerned about assessing them to pave the way for firing them hence having a negative attitude towards performance appraisal more resources should be allocated in matters concerning performance appraisal.…”
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Social Administration and Societal Transformation in Uganda Today. by Mugavu, George

“…As such secondary data was used and this data was obtained mainly from scholarly and published research articles surrounding Social administration, Social welfare, and other crucial published reports, with matters of the role of social administrators in societal transformation in Uganda today under scrutiny in which even the challenges incapacitating the social administrators from playing their roles well were also analyzed. …”
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Effects of Early Marriages on Youths in Kayonza Sub-County Ntungamo District. by Akakwatsa, Racheal

“…The study findings on the factors that cause early marriages among the youth in Kayonza Sub County Ntungamo District, the highest number of the respondents mentioned inadequate social control in sexual matters while the least number of the respondents mentioned inadequate advice for teenagers. …”
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The Relationship between Meal Provision and Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kambuga Town Council in Kanungu District. by Christopher, Ndyanabo

“…Parents should learn how to cater for their children at school in matters of attainment of education where in addition to providing the school requirements, should also provide meals for them so as to improve their performance and behaviour modification. …”
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The relationships between meteorological parameters and air pollutants in an urban environment by I. Kayes, S.A. Shahriar, K. Hasan, M. Akhter, M.M. Kabir, M.A. Salam

“…Regression analysis resulted that both the multiple non-linear and linear model performed similar for predicting concentrations of particulate matters but for gaseous pollutants both model performances were poor. …”
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Caffeine consumption during pregnancy and ADHD at the age of 11 years: a birth cohort study by Tiago N Munhoz, Iná S Santos, Alicia Matijasevich, Luciana Anselmi, Bianca Del-Ponte, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues

“…The mothers were interviewed at birth to obtain information on coffee and yerba mate consumption during pregnancy, among other matters. At the age of 11 years, presence of ADHD was evaluated using the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) questionnaire, applied to the mothers. …”
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