Spirituality as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Daniel T. L. Shek

“…Both broad and narrow definitions of spirituality are examined and a working definition of spirituality is proposed. Regarding theories of spirituality, different models pertinent to spiritual development and the relationship between spirituality and positive youth development are highlighted. …”
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Ré-habiter la Terre. Cinquante ans d’utopies biorégionalistes by Paolo Stuppia

“…This article aims to expose to a French public the main Bioregional theories, history, and some of its achievements. Indeed, this radical environmental movement was created 50 years ago in the US, but it only starts to be known in France nowadays. …”
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The Montessori approach to integrating technology by Kristina Prozesky, Lauren Cifuentes

“…According to the authors, Montessori’s philosophy aligns precisely with theories of instructional design and educational technology. …”
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Le vivant, l’informe et le dégoût : Baudelaire, Flaubert et l’art de la (dé)composition by Florence Vatan

“…In the case of Flaubert, the allusion to decomposing matter is intended to promote an aesthetic ideal of autogenesis that echoes Félix-Archimède Pouchet’s theories of spontaneous generation.…”
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Study on the formation of heterogeneous structures in leached layers during the corrosion process of glass by Willemien Anaf

“…The experimental results were compared with theories describing glass corrosion from a molecular point of view.…”
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Comunidade e comunitarismo: considerações sobre a inovação da ordem sociopolítica by João Pedro Schmidt

“…It discusses both commonalities and ideological differences between communitarian theories, since community is a concept that integrates ideas from different political positions. …”
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« À la nouvelle du désastre… » : rumeurs et sociabilité ordinaire en temps de crise (Flaubert, Zola) by Bertrand Marquer

“…This novelistic choice, which differs from contemporary theories of rumour (considered as a pathological phenomenon), is part of the satire, and reflects the evolution of a society now led by Opinion.…”
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A contribution to a Keynesian-Sraffian synthesis: Kregel on financial macroeconomics by Alessandro Roncaglia

“… As a review of Kregel’s book Financial Macroeconomics (London: Anthem Press, 2024), the article illustrates Kregel’s original interpretation of Keynes and its compatibility with a Keynesian-Sraffian approach alternative to both mainstream economics and other heterodox theories. Kregel’s analysis focuses on the analytical relations between own rates of own return and own rates of monetary return for commodities and the rate of interest. …”
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La place des saints. Virtuosité religieuse et structure du champ religieux by Jean-Pierre Albert

“…The identification of the specificity of the saints is carried out mobilizing three theoretical frameworks (theories of M. Weber, V. Turner and P. Boyer) which complementarity suggests that all three authors focus on the same reality. …”
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An Asymptomatic Male with Coexisting Celiac Disease and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Franzjosef Schweiger, Jasim Radhi

“…The literature describing this coexistence, and theories regarding a common etiological link between the two disorders, are reviewed.…”
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Congenital Intralabyrinthine Cholesteatoma by Sanjay Prasad, Kiran Prasad, Roya Azadarmaki

“…We discuss pathogenetic theories for the development of congenital intralabyrinthine cholesteatoma. …”
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Theoretical Prediction of Ultrasonic Velocity in Binary Liquid Mixtures by Shaik. Babu

“…Theoretical values of ultrasonic velocity in the binary mixtures of chlorobenzene with benzene have been evaluated at different temperatures from 303.15 K-323.15 K using Nomoto's relation, ideal mixture relation, Junjie's method, collision factor theory and free length theory. Theoretical values were compared with the experimental values and the validity of the theories was checked by applying the chi-square test for goodness of fit and by calculating the average percentage error (APE).…”
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Prosocial Involvement as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Ching Man Lam

“…How prosocial involvement is defined and how the different theories conceptualize prosocial involvement are reviewed. …”
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The Asymptotic Synchronization Analysis for Two Kinds of Complex Dynamical Networks by Ze Tang, Jianwen Feng

“…We also present some simulation results to support the validity of the theories.…”
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Sobre valores e normas hilary putnam e a busca de um meio-termo entre a vinculação moral e o relativismo by Carlos Roberto Bueno Ferreira

“…The article analyzes the possibility of reconciling skepticism with moral theories and the idea that moral philosophy is the supreme arbiter of all moral justification. …”
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Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and risk factors by A. Gerulytė, L. Strumylaitė

“… The article reviews the main hypothesis explaining the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease in the formation and accumulation of P-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary plexus in the brain as well as related theories on the mechanisms of copper and zinc dysregulation, excitotoxicity, cholinergic system dysfunction, and autophagy disorders. …”
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The Levellers’ Conception of Legitimate Authority by Eunice Ostrensky

“…This article examines the Levellers’ doctrine of legitimate authority, by showing how it emerged as a critique of theories of absolute sovereignty. For the Levellers, any arbitrary power is tyrannical, insofar as it reduces human beings to an unnatural condition. …”
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De trajetórias que fizeram uma sura do Corāo a repensar as origens do islā by Pedro Lima Vasconcellos

“…From a short analysis of materials and sources that appear on the text, it is possible to see how traditional theories about the emergence of both are inadequates because do not consider the dynamic and vitality of the culture, as well the complexity of religious traditions forceful in the Middle East during the Late Antiquity, especially those which could be appointed as Jewish or Christian. …”
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Stanowienie oraz stosowanie polityki ekologicznej przez administrację publiczną w Polsce oraz Unii Europejskiej by Maciej Jabłoński

“…Environmental protection is a field of law about interdisciplinary character, which using notions typical of legal, natural, technical, or chemical theories is a rule in. Therefore in practice, they can have the notional various meaning depending on the context they stayed in which used. …”
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Compromis et patrimoine : les zones humides rétro-littorales face aux changements globaux by Clémence Dedinger, Christophe Boschet, Clarisse Cazals, Nathalie Long, Audrey Rivaud

“…Inspired by social ecological economics approaches, this article investigates compromises through heritage to understand environmental governance. Bridging theories of conventions and practices, it draws evidence on their creation considering the relationship between actors’ representations of heritage, practices and their embeddness into relational systems. …”
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