Het boek Prediker: een verrassende en uitdagende stem in de Bijbel by H. Debel

“…After some critical remarks on the traditional attribution of the book of Qohelet to king Salomon, its thematic statement that everything is ‘vanity’ is presented and analysed (3). Finally, a plea is made for reading the book of Qohelet in the present, post-modern context as it expresses authentic existential doubt and, within this context, the need to enjoy the earthly life (4). …”
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Unlocking innovation: Novel films synthesised and structurally analysed from poly (l-lactide-co-ethylene adipate) block copolymers blended with poly(lactic acid) by Athira John, Klementina Pušnik Črešnar, Johan Stanley, Sabina Vohl, Damjan Makuc, Dimitrios N. Bikiaris, Lidija Fras Zemljič

“…Films made from 30 wt% of pLEA 97.5/2.5 with 70 % of PLA by fast cooling exhibited outstanding mechanical properties, with a tensile strength 20 MPa higher than that of neat PLA films. …”
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'Gelukkig hij die uw kinderen zal grijpen' by H. G. L. Peels

“…This imprecatory prayer, which still forms one of the most troublesome dimensions of Scripture for modern Bible-readers, is usually explained very negatively as a human but intolerable expression of personal or national rancour/hostility, and as such put in sharp contrast with the New Testament message of love for the enemy. This article makes a plea for a more hermeneutically responsible exegesis, by paying attention to the background, context and intention of the imprecatory prayer itself. …”
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Wealth: A Family Matter by Céline Bessière, Maude Pugliese

“…The accumulation of wealth brings into play the three major dimensions of kinship: descent, siblingship, and alliance.Objectives: To establish a dialogue between the literature on socio-economic inequalities and the social sciences of the family.Methodology: This introductory article is based on a literature review of various social science disciplines in economics, sociology, demography, history, anthropology, political philosophy and law.Results: This issue of the journal Enfances Familles Générations is a plea for the social sciences to take into account both family ties and family assets, based on the concrete issues of inheritance, marriage, indebtedness and home ownership. …”
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H. G. Wells’s and E. M. Forster’s Transformative Arts: Theoretical Divergences and Formal Connections by Laurent Mellet

“…Wells’s books sometimes display an interrogation of the novel form in its interconnections with other prose genres (journalism, pamphlet, autobiography), while Forster’s novels often resort to liberal-humanist credos and other democratic stances which read as a plea for another society. These oscillations expose a common conception of prose fiction to reinvent itself but also the world out there which is typically Edwardian, liberal and democratic.…”
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Position statement of the Polish Society of Allergology and Polish Dermatological Society regarding the limited accessibility of materials necessary for patch testing. Part I: Tech... by Roman Nowicki, Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz, Elżbieta Grubska-Suchanek, Marta Kieć-Świerczyńska, Cezary Kowalewski, Beata Kręcisz, Jerzy Kruszewski, Maciej Kupczyk, Cezary Pałczyński, Jacek Szepietowski, Magdalena Trzeciak, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa, Radosław Śpiewak

“…First of all, the experts plea for urgent removal of bureaucratic barriers that limit the availability of diagnostic haptens that are indispensable in the state-of-the-art allergy and dermatology care.…”
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Reducción de costos de transacción e información asimétrica: experiencias de financiamiento rural en México by Maricela De La Vega Mena, Vinicio Horacio Santoyo Cortés, Manrrubio Muñoz Rodríguez, J. Reyes Altamirano Cárdenas

“…Objetivo: se estudian tres experiencias de fi-nanciamiento rural con el propósito de inves-tigar cómo sus tecnologías de crédito resuel-ven los problemas de información asimétrica y costos de transacción. Metodología: se em-plea el método de análisis de casos múltiples, para identificar los principios comunes de las tecnologías de crédito y sus adaptaciones a ca-da contexto específico. …”
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The participation of a juvenile victim’s representative in criminal proceedings: procedural and forensic aspects by I. O. Iemets

“…The significance of the victim’s representative’s participation in investigative (search) actions, as well as at the stages of concluding a plea agreement and familiarisation with the criminal proceedings is pointed out. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…In his review of Giubilini’s The Ethics of Vaccination, Marius Kunte notes that it contains a “thought-provoking plea” for individual, collective and institutional obligations to reach high vaccination rates. …”
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Snahy šlechty českého severovýchodu o zmírnění následků pobělohorských konfiskací by Ondřej Tikovský

“…Furthermore, the protracted administrational procedure of the examination of pleas presented by the supplicants and also the way of legal argumentation of the respective committees, the court chamber and the attorney appears to have been consistent and in conformity with the provisions of law. …”
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Legal Identity and 13th-Century English Ireland by Stephen Hewer

“…This article sorts out defensive pleas and petitions from court judgments, and applies decolonial and intersectional-feminist methodologies to the terminology regarding the medieval courts and peoples. …”
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HISTORICO-LEGAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL CAUSES AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF PEASANTS’ REVOLT AGAINST TAXATION IN IBADAN, WESTERN NIGERIA by Oyesola Animashaun

“…The article concluded that the violent agitation of the peasants began because of the refusal of the authority and the ruling elites to heed the pleas of the peasants through petitions and peaceful representations. …”
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