The American Landscape: from an Ideological to an Ecological Object in Oxbow Archive by Joel Sternfeld by Helena Lamouliatte

“…The series walks a fine line between the utopian / dystopian modes, without ever losing sight of the tension between the celebration of the American pastoral and ecological concerns. His work therefore can be analyzed through the prism of ecocriticism.…”
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Iglesia, resistencia pacífica y no violencia. La Diócesis de Barrancabermeja, Colombia (1988-2005) by William E. Plata, Helwar H. Figueroa Salamanca

“…Uno de estos procesos ocurrió en la Diócesis de Barrancabermeja donde el clero y los obispos comprometidos con una pastoral social, heredera de la Teología de la Liberación, promovieron la resistencia pacífica y la no violencia. …”
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“Explaining Is Where We All Get Into Trouble”: Anti-Philosophical Philosophies in Richard Ford’s Bascombe Novels by Nicholas Manning

“…This position may be compared to Nick Shay’s misological efforts, in Don DeLillo’s Underworld, to preserve a “wordless shock” before the world, or the renouncement of the search for meaning in Philip Roth’s American Pastoral (“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach—that it makes no sense”). …”
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La selección artificial en el origen del pensamiento evolutivo y en los procesos de domesticación en el mundo actual by Arturo Argueta Villamar, Ricardo Noguera Solano, Eduardo Corona-M.

“…New and recent analyses, obtained from archaeological, anthropological, ethnoecological and ethnobiological studies, show that domestication processes continue with great vigor today, based on traditional knowledge accumulated by millions of peasant and pastoral communities in the contemporary world. This knowledge is highly relevant for the conservation of biodiversity and agrobiodiversity, the use of natural resources, biocultural heritage and the sustainable future of the planet.…”
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Włączanie wiernych w sytuacjach nieregularnych w życie wspólnoty Kościoła by Leszek Rojowski

“…Przykładem wdrażania nauczania Franciszka w tej materii jest dokument Pastoral guidelines for implementing Amoris laetitia wypracowany przez archidiecezję w Filadelfii. …”
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Analysis of Herdsmen’s Credit Behavior under the Identification Scheme of Emotional and Psychological State by Xinling Zhang, Huijie Huang, Liyang Zheng

“…Herdsmen’s access to credit funds plays an important supporting role in promoting the modern economic development of pastoral areas and broadening the channels for herders to increase their income. …”
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TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS A PANACEA FOR CURBING BANDITRY AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NORTHWEST NIGERIA by CALEB BEM APINEAN, BENJAMIN K.K ANGO

“…Relying on secondary sources, the paper drew extensively from the state fragility theory and posited that the lackadaisical attitudes of Nigerian government to introduce technical and vocational education has caused a lot of challenges to the ever-growing population that relies on farming and pastoralism for survival. The paper submitted that governments of the Northwest Nigeria have not invested in technical education which has made the youth vulnerable to banditry. …”
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Ecumenism from Below by Herbert Moyo

“…These leagues participate in pastoral care through diaconal work and worship services especially on Thursdays. …”
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1 Thessalonians 4:13 and grief management in Nigerian churches by Solomon O. Ademiluka

“…Still, unfortunately, apart from being ineffective in addressing grief, this pastoral approach has impacted negatively on the cultural heritage and identity of Nigerian Christians. …”
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Effects of Different Tillage Measures Combined with Straw Returning on Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community Structure and Diversity by Sa Xiao, Bing Li, Tingting Zhang, Jianzhu Luo, Jie Wang, Xiangqian Zhang, Juan Li, Dejian Zhang

“…Aiming at the problems of serious soil desertification, increased soil and water loss, and reduced soil-available nutrients in the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northeast Inner Mongolia, this study took corn variety A6565 as the planting crop and analyzed seven different tillage measures, deep tillage, deep loosening, shallow tillage, rotary tillage, heavy harrow, no-tillage, and control, combined with straw returning at an experimental field in Arong Banner. …”
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Framework for churches’ response to pandemics: based on a case study on impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on Christians in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe by F. Matsveru, D. Matsveru

“…Participants mostly missed physical praise-and-worship-related activities and pastoral visitations. Participants failed to access physical support from the church, especially when their family members died or fell ill. …”
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Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry: A poetic deconstruction of Psalms 23, 51 and 137 by Mlamli Diko, Adelheid Bechtold Celliers

“…Psalms, a collection of poetic expressions, provide unique perspectives on the human experiences concerning the spiritual world. In Psalm 23, the pastoral imagery and metaphorical expressions of the shepherd and green pastures are unravelled, unmasking the symbolic affluence that captures the essence of spiritual abundance and sacred companionship. …”
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Motifs des incendies de forêt en Algérie : analyse comparée des dires d'experts de la Protection Civile et des Forestiers par la méthode Delphi by Ouahiba Meddour-Sahar, Rachid Meddour, Vittorio Leone, Arezki Derridj

“…For voluntary fires, results highlight fires from illegal dumping and burning of garbage (85.49 %) and the renewal of ranges by pastors (65.93 %). For accidental fires, experts referred to glass refraction/magnification (79.18 %), and power lines (70.66 %). …”
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Mid-Spine Belt of Beautiful China: future reversal of increasing vegetation greening in response to an evolving environment by Jing Fu, Baoling Su, Jianxin Qin, Yong Hu

“…The Mid-Spine Belt of Beautiful China (MSBBC), a novel geographical designation, encompasses agro-pastoral production and living spaces in China. However, vegetation dynamics in the area remain incompletely characterized. …”
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Christology and the Catholic Encounter with World Religions by Francis V. Tiso

“…Taking into consideration both of the statements of the Catholic magisterium and the pastoral environment of Catholic institutions, this essay offers some observations on the roots and objectives of interreligious dialogue. …”
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Effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) addition on the volatile compounds of mutton broth during boiling by Shasha Qi, Ping Zhan, Honglei Tian, Peng Wang, Xueping Ma, Kaixuan Li

“…To investigate the effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) addition on the flavor modification of mutton broth during boiling, three mutton-broth samples with various thyme contents 0.06% (S1), 0.30% (S2), and 1.50% (S3) were analyzed and compared, without thyme as control (0.00%, S0). The meaty, fatty, pastoral flavor and spicy were chosen as sensory attributes to evaluate the flavor of the mutton-broth samples. …”
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Valdimar Jóhannsson’ın Kuzu (2021) filminde farklılığın yitimi ve kurban bunalımı by Emre Aşılıoğlu, Şefik Özcan

“…Folk horror türünde değer-lendirilebilecek unsurlar barındıran film, pastoral ve karanlık atmosferiyle izleyiciye estetik ve duygusal bir deneyim sunar. …”
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Marital Resilience factors that enhance Conflict Management in Black African Marriages in South Africa: An Afro-Centric Perspective by Andrew Spaumer, Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Segun Emmanuel Adewoye

“…Leaving things alone by opting to remain silent, being humble, and pastoral counselling were also found to be effective tactics. …”
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Impact of land-use and fecal contamination on Escherichia populations in environmental samples by Adrian L. Cookson, Jonathan C. Marshall, Patrick J. Biggs, Lynn E. Rogers, Rose M. Collis, Megan Devane, Rebecca Stott, Gale Brightwell

“…Metabarcoding targeting the hypervariable gene gnd was used to reveal the complex population diversity of E. coli and phenotypically indistinct Escherichia species in water, soil, sediment, aquatic biofilm, and fecal samples from native forest and pastoral sites. The resulting amplicons were cross-referenced against a database containing over 700 different partial gnd sequences from E. coli/non-E. coli Escherichia species. …”
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L’estive entre « biens communs » et « biens collectifs » by Corinne Eychenne, Lucie Lazaro

“…Pour les autres usagers de la montagne cependant, l’espace pastoral tend à être envisagé comme un espace « ouvert à tous », fournisseur de biens collectifs matériels et immatériels (paysages, biodiversité, nature, liberté…). …”
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