From action to transaction: some implications of pragmatism and its concept of agency for development research and practice by Pablo Garcés-Velástegui

“…From this perspective, pragmatism adheres to mind-world monism and phenomenalism. As such, it demands healthy awareness and criticism of preferences and biases, whether personal or contextual, in the self and in the subjects of interest. …”
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Cushing’s Disease Presented by Reversible Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Berna İmge Aydoğan, Demet Menekşe Gerede, Asena Gökçay Canpolat, Murat Faik Erdoğan

“…Cushing’s syndrome must be kept in mind as a reversible cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. …”
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2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Best Management Practices for Soil-Applied Agricultural Chemicals by Joseph W. Noling, Lawrence R. Parsons

“…With these considerations in mind, citrus growers can hopefully make better, more informed decisions regarding the chemicals that they use. …”
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Las metáforas comestibles en los rituales mexicanos by Danièle Dehouve

“…Starting from the idea that, in a ritual nothing is unpredictable and everything has a sense, it introduces a reflection about the categories of metaphor and metonymy conceived as two founding mechanisms of the human mind, at the same time distinct and closely linked, which express themselves in a verbal and material manner. …”
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Une conception laïque de la spiritualitépour l’École publique : éducation à la responsabilité, aux valeurs et vulnérabilité du sujet  by Hélène Hagège

“…Thus, a gnoseological hypothesis allows us to conceive spirituality as a transformation of the mind and of the consciousness-world relationship. …”
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A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time by Wenxue Ran, Zhe Zhang, Sen Liu

“…Due to the diverse and large quantities of orders in the background of electronic commerce, how to improve the flexibility of distribution hub and reduce the waiting time of customers becomes one of the most challenging questions for logistics companies. With this in mind, this paper proposes a new method of flexibility assessment in distribution hub by introducing cost weighted time (CWT). …”
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Between theory and practice: teaching Design in Cole, Bauhaus and HfG Schools by Dario Russo

“…The task of Universities is educating minds to contribute to society’s cultural development. …”
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Signaling in Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: The Cases of Quad and AUKUS (2017-2022) by Poornima Vijaya

“…While minilateralism is growing in the 21st-century multipolar world, this article examines how these emerging trends of issue-based coalitions, flexible alignments, and informal alliances create avenues for like-minded countries to strengthen capacity-building measures.    …”
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Voir et être vu du sommet : le cas de Needles Lookout dans « Sitting on Top of the World » de T.C. Boyle by Caroline Roussel

“…Boyle’s short story "Sitting on Top of the World"1 is a rewriting of the topos of the solitary mountain, which usually brings to mind a hermit-like style of life dedicated to the exploration of existential crises, and thus implying an ensuing spiritual quest, amidst the hardships of the wilderness. …”
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Who lies to protect another? Motivational, behavioral, and socio-cognitive predictors of children’s interventional deception by Płotnikowska Joanna, Filip Anna

“…The objective of the current study was to examine how the expected rewards, theory of mind, and false praise-telling relate to interventional deception that prevents moral transgression. …”
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Iran’s Past Future: A Critique on the Book Iranian Ministry and Bureaucracy (Vezarat & Divansalari) in the Islamic Era by Morteza Bahrani

“…Depending on what approach and values we have in mind, Iran's past will also be different. In this article, by reviewing Iranian Ministry and Bureaucracy (Vezarat & Divansalari) in the Islamic Era (written by Sadeq Sajjadi), I have critiqued our vicious history with regard to the author's approach to validation of the past, and have expressed some critical arguments in a suspicious hermeneutic method. …”
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Details of Writing Scientific Journal Articles: An Editor’s Perspective by JIANG Xia, LI Canbing

“…This paper analyzes the submission process for special columns in Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, aiming to address basic considerations that novice authors should keep in mind in the early stages of academic writing. The goal is to help these authors submit manuscripts that are logically structured and meet the academic standards of their target journals. …”
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The Role of Rhetoric and Lingual Functions in Commercials by Mohammad reza Salehi mazandarani, Seyed mohsen Zakinezhadiyan

“…In their main essence, commercials have four essential and important purposes: inducing thought and message, attaining audience’s trust, encouraging and persuading, and preserving the subject in mind. Because of their capacities, rhetoric and lingual methods are very useful to attain these purposes. …”
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Capturing Change: Comparing Pretest-Posttest and Retrospective Evaluation Methods by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“…When deciding which model to use, Extension professionals should keep in mind that each participant has a knowledge base that includes both factual information and perceptions pertaining to factual information. …”
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The disjunction introduction rule: Syntactic and semantics considerations by Miguel López Astorga

“… The mental logic theory claims that the disjunction introduction rule, which is a valid rule in classic logic, is not a rule naturally used by human mind. However, a study carried by Orenes and Johnson-Laird suggests that this theory is wrong because there are cases in which the disjunction introduction rule appears to be applied by individuals. …”
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Pulse vaccination strategies in a metapopulation SIR model by Alan J. Terry

“…This independence is of practical value when we bear in mind that the patches may represent regions or countries with autonomous public health authorities, which may make individual decisions about the days appropriate for a vaccination pulse to occur in their own region or country. …”
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Establishing native wildflower habitats in urban settings on a low budget by Shelton J. S., Florkowski W. J., Pennisi S. V.

“…With conservation and sustainability in mind, the cost estimates provide benchmarks for different methods of planting wildflower habitats in urban settings.…”
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2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Best Management Practices for Soil-Applied Agricultural Chemicals by Joseph W. Noling, Lawrence R. Parsons

“…With these considerations in mind, citrus growers can hopefully make better, more informed decisions regarding the chemicals that they use. …”
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A SNEAK PEEK INTO LIGETI'S MAILBOX: "IL ME FERA GRAND PLAISIR D’ÉCRIRE UN QUATUOR À CORDES POUR LES ARDITTI. MAIS QUAND? ..." by Bianca ŢIPLEA TEMEŞ

“…The verbal sketches of two more String Quartets (Nos. 3 and 4) challenge the researcher to step into the intricate maze of Ligeti’s creative mind. Meant for two famous ensembles, the Arditti and Kronos, respectively, the sketches of the two uncompleted pieces span almost two decades, from mid-1980s until the year 2000. …”
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Signaling in Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: The Cases of Quad and AUKUS (2017-2022) by Poornima Vijaya

“…While minilateralism is growing in the 21st-century multipolar world, this article examines how these emerging trends of issue-based coalitions, flexible alignments, and informal alliances create avenues for like-minded countries to strengthen capacity-building measures.    …”
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