Verlossing as socio-politieke bevryding? by P. Robinson

“…The mere development of a "Black" Theology in South Africa which holds this radical view of salvation must never be isolated from the existence of a "White" Theology which on its part holds a view of salvation that leaves society, despite its perversion, intact. The paper attempts to map these developments and test the two opposing views on salvation with what the Biblical tradition proclaims. …”
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Identification and Quantification of Emission Hotspots of Air Pollutants over Bhubaneswar: A Smart City in Eastern India by Saroj Kumar Sahu, Pallavi Sahoo, Poonam Mangaraj, Gufran Beig, Bhishma Tyagi, Basanta Samal, Ashirbad Mishra, Ravi Yadav

“…Abstract Considering the need to identify the sources of air pollution in smart city Bhubaneswar, a non-attainment city in India, a high-resolution comprehensive gridded emission inventory (EI) of eight primary air pollutants has been developed for the base year 2018. …”
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Modeling Uncertainty in Flood Forecasting Systems by Issac Elishakoff

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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF RIGHT CENSORED WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION BASED ON GENETIC ALGORITHM by ZHANG Qing, ZHENG Yan, WANG Xuan, MA Min, WANG WenBo

“…In order to improve the reliability of the atmospheric probes of the B737 fleet,this paper takes the fault data of the probes as research object to analyze their reliability. …”
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RUSSIAN-SAUDIAN POLITICAL INTERACTION by G. G. Kosach, E. S. Melkumyan, A. O. Filonik

“…The alternation of these periods is the constant of Russian-Saudi political contacts, despite the similarity in the approaches of both sides to the ways and methods of solving crisis situations in the Middle East region, as well as the Saudi’s pro-Russian position regarding the change in the status of the Crimea and the situation in the east of Ukraine. The general attitude of both sides towards ISIS and Jabha al-Nusra as a source of terrorism, regional instability and the challenge of international security does not remove the two main contradictions that divide Moscow and Riyadh – attitude toward the official Syrian regime and the Iran’s regional policy. …”
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Game Play Schemas: From Player Analysis to Adaptive Game Mechanics by Craig A. Lindley, Charlotte C. Sennersten

“…Game engagement is accounted for as a process of schema selection or development, while immersion is explained in terms of levels of attentional demand in schema execution. However, schemas may not only be used to describe play, but might be used actively as cognitive models within a game engine. …”
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Coolant Flow Decrease in Fuel Channels of Smolensk-3 RBMK during GDH Blockage Event by A. Lombardi Costa, M. Cherubini, F. D'Auria, W. Giannotti, A. Moskalev

“…One of the transients that have received considerable attention in the safety evaluation of RBMK reactors is the partial break of a group distribution header (GDH). …”
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Numerical simulation of dynamic brittle fracture of pipeline steel subjected to DWTT using XFEM-based cohesive segment technique by Reza H. Talemi

“…However, the brittle mode of pipeline failure has not received as much attention yet. The main objective of this study is to predict brittle fracture behaviour of API X70 pipeline steel by means of a numerical approach. …”
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Functional assertiveness with acceptance and commitment therapy for employees returning to work: a preliminary investigation by Daisuke Ito, Daisuke Ito, Yushun Okabe, Yushun Okabe, Aya Nobushige, Seiko Saito, Yoshinari Takahashi

“…As part of the program, eight group sessions were offered to these individuals in a group format while they attended an outpatient psychiatric clinic. The effectiveness of the program was assessed in terms of mindfulness, psychological flexibility, functional assertiveness, and difficulty in returning to work. …”
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Acoustic emissions and pressure stimulated currents experimental techniques used to verify Kaiser effect during compression tests of Dionysos marble by Ilias Stavrakas

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Risk Analysis of Waterlogging under Combination of Short-duration Heavy Rainfall and Tidal Level in Foshan City by YANG Fan, XU Liang, HAN Jing

“…With the rapid development of the urban agglomerations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-MacaoGreater Bay Area, urban waterlogging has drawn great attention from society and scholars. In orderto explore the probability of waterlogging risks in a specific city and provide scientific basisfor the study of urban waterlogging risks in the Pearl River Delta region, from the perspective ofthe causes of waterlogging, this paper takes Foshan as a typical research area, systematicallyanalyzes the probability of encountering storms and high tide levels, constructs a probabilisticmodel for the risk of encounter of rainstorm and high tidal level in urban area of Foshan, andquantitatively evaluates the encounter probabilities and change trend under multiple combinationsof rainstrom and tidal levels in urban area of Foshan by the time-series trend analysis, stormfrequency change statistics, sequence wavelet analysis, and Copula function. …”
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Exploring the charge storage ability of the spinel-type high entropy oxide (MnFeCoNiZn)3O4 nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications by Arun S R, George Jacob

“…Among the entropy-stabilized materials, high entropy oxide nanoparticles (HEO NPs) have attracted the scientific community owing to their superior energy storage applications. …”
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The Impact of Modern Technologies on the Balance of Basketball Players with Ages between 13-14 by N. Steff, S.S. Cengiz, D. Badau

“…Employing a comprehensive research design, the study involved 19 athletes from the "LPS Târgu-Mures" team over an eight-week period. …”
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Estimating Willingness to Pay for New Mandarin Cultivars: A Revealed Preference Approach by Xiang Bi, Lisa House, Zhifeng Gao, Frederick Gmitter

“…To determine consumer willingness to pay for specific attributes, UF/IFAS economists combined sensory evaluation and experimental auctions in a unique way, by comparing two different types of ‘Sugar Belle’ (SB1 and SB2) with the main competing product to identify the most desirable characteristics and to determine the best marketing and pricing strategy. …”
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Sporothrix brasiliensis Gp70 is a cell wall protein required for adhesion, proper interaction with innate immune cells, and virulence by Leonardo Padró-Villegas, Manuela Gómez-Gaviria, Iván Martínez-Duncker, Luz A. López-Ramírez, José A. Martínez-Álvarez, Gustavo A. Niño-Vega, Héctor M. Mora-Montes

“…Phagocytosis by monocyte-derived macrophages was increased and virulence attenuated in a Galleria mellonella larvae. In conclusion, Gp70 is an abundant cell wall glycoprotein in S. brasiliensis that contributes to virulence and proper interaction with innate immnune cells.…”
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Determinantes da melhoria contínua nas instituições de ensino superior: uma análise multidimensional by Rômulo Coutinho Lucas, Taiane Keila Matheis, Kelmara Mendes Vieira, Leander Luiz Klein

“…Assim, há evidências de que existe prática de melhoria contínua nas instituições pesquisadas, porém há pontos a melhorar quanto ao treinamento para substituir colegas em outras atividades. …”
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Monotheistic understanding of the divine in African religion, Christianity and Islam by EW Namukoa, P Verster, PJ Nel

“…The theological debate on the particular expressions of monotheism in Christianity and Islam also receive attention. Finally, a suggestion is put forward as to the possibility to exploit the commonality of the absolute position of the Divine in the religious traditions as a shared basis for religious tolerance and dialogue. …”
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Chemigenetic Ca2+ indicators report elevated Ca2+ levels in endothelial Weibel-Palade bodies. by Julian Terglane, Nicole Mertes, Sarah Weischer, Thomas Zobel, Kai Johnsson, Volker Gerke

“…We also show that depletion of the Golgi resident Ca2+ pump ATP2C1 resulted in only a minor decrease of luminal Ca2+ in WPB suggesting additional mechanisms for Ca2+ uptake into the organelle.…”
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Adsorption of an Amphoteric Aromatic Compound (-Aminobenzoic Acid) onto Different Polymeric Adsorbents by Hai-Ling Wang, Jin-Long Chen, Quan-Xing Zhang

“…The results showed that the adsorption capacity of the multi-functional polymeric adsorbent NJ-99 was the largest among the three adsorbents studied. This may be attributed to strong hydrogen-bonding interaction and electrostatic interaction between the amino groups on the resin and the carboxyl group of p -aminobenzoic acid. …”
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Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff and Sediment Load of the Xiliugou Basin in the Upper Yellow River by Haifang Yao, Changxing Shi, Wenwei Shao, Jianbin Bai, Hui Yang

“…This phenomenon can be attributed principally to the soil and water conservation practices.…”
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