Closing gaps in Open Distance Learning for theology students by E. Oliver

“…Student-centredness and blended learning are the main drivers behind the intense evaluation and planned upgrading of the courses taught within the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology. …”
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Blacking Up : Une histoire du rock au prisme du blackface by Keivan Djavadzadeh

“…If the blackface makeup practice faded away in the 1950s, the reality behind it has carried on since. On the basis of an analysis of rock music, its origins and its transatlantic circulations, I will examine the racial politics of popular music and postulate a continuity of the blackface cycle. …”
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Cell Transplantation for Spinal Cord Injury: Tumorigenicity of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells by Junhao Deng, Yiling Zhang, Yong Xie, Licheng Zhang, Peifu Tang

“…This review discusses the tumorigenicity of iPSC-derived NS/PCs focusing on the two different routes of tumorigenicity (teratomas and true tumors) and underlying mechanisms behind them, as well as possible solutions to circumvent them.…”
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Meeting report: MyoIN – Pan-India collaborative network for myositis research by Latika Gupta, Sravan Kumar Appani, Ramya Janardana, Hafis Muhammed, Able Lawrence, Sanjiv Amin, Vineeta Shobha, Liza Rajasekhar, Ramnath Misra

“…Rheumatology in India, albeit old, has lagged behind in research on epidemiology and outcomes of chronic rheumatic diseases. …”
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FOOTBALL BETWEEN POLITICS, ROYAL FAMILIES AND SPORT: YUGOSLAV-ROMANIAN FOOTBALL RELATIONS 1922–1941 by Nemanja Mitrović, Nikola Mijatov

“…When World War II finally broke out, football fell silent and ended decades of football relations between the two countries. The politics behind the football relations between Yugoslavia and Romania is the subject of this paper, where through press and relevant literature, the dynamic of the influence of football on politics and politics on football is perceived.…”
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A Leader-Follower Formation Control of Multi-UAVs via an Adaptive Hybrid Controller by Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni

“…Although numerous studies about the control of the formation exist, very few incorporate the delay in their model and are adaptive as well. The motivation behind this article is to bridge that gap. The strategy consists of an adaptive fuzzy logic controller and a Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) controller where the logic controller fines/tunes the PID controller gains. …”
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IDEOLOGI ‘KANCA WINGKING’: STUDI RELASI KUASA PENGETAHUAN DALAM TAFSIR ALHUDA by Suci Wulandari

“…Based on the theoretical analysis of Michel Foucault's power of knowledge, this study revealed that Bakri Syahid interpretation on the verses about women in Tafsir Alhuda showing the Javanese ideological influence, which is positioned women as ‘kanca wingking’ or complementary behind their husbands, and also the 'hidden' power; namely the affirmation of women position listed in national regulation No. 1, 1974 about marriage. …”
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RNA structure in alternative splicing regulation: from mechanism to therapy by Bao Nengcheng, Wang Zhechao, Fu Jiayan, Dong Haiyang, Jin Yongfeng

“…The principal mechanisms of action behind this phenomenon are described, followed by a discussion of prospective development strategies and pertinent challenges.…”
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Analytical Computation of Sandy Slope Stability under the Groundwater Seepage and Earthquake Conditions by Yulin Lu, Xiaoran Chen, Li Wang

“…Groundwater and earthquake are two of the factors behind the occurrence of slope instability. This paper focuses on the computation of the safety factor acting on a sandy slope when subjected to groundwater seepage and earthquake load. …”
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Innovative soliton solutions for a (2+1)-dimensional generalized KdV equation using two effective approaches by Ibrahim Alraddadi, Faisal Alsharif, Sandeep Malik, Hijaz Ahmad, Taha Radwan, Karim K. Ahmed

“…Thus, in scientific domains such as fluid mechanics, plasma physics, and wave propagation in media ranging from ocean surfaces to optical fibers, our results are crucial to comprehend the principles behind the production and propagation of many complicated phenomena. …”
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Aleksandr Bogdanov and Lenin on “Things-In-Themselves” by Oittinen Vesa

“…According to Mach and Bogdanov, there is no need to duplicate human experience in appearances given in the senses and things behind these appearances. The orthodox Marxists, Lenin as well as Plekhanov, insisted that Kant’s concept of things-in-themselves should be retained, but in a modified form: the things-in-themselves do not form a limit to our knowledge, as Kant (allegedly) thought, but turn into “things-for-us” in the everyday processes of material and scientific production. …”
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EU-Compatible State Measures and Member States Interests in Public Services: Lessons from the Case of Hungary by Tamás M. Horváth, Ildikó Bartha

“…This article is about a removal from the classical meaning of general (public) interest to that new approach represented by certain EU Member States and the reasons behind. Our analysis focuses on contextual motives and impacts of these changes illustrated by the Hungarian case. …”
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Fresnes, « prison algérienne »*? (1954-1962) by Fanny Layani

“…Finally, this essay broaches the subject of prisoner politicization and capacity for group action, and the conditions of their potentially pursuing a measure of political activity behind bars.…”
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Study on Compressive Strength of Quarry Dust as Fine Aggregate in Concrete by K. Shyam Prakash, Ch. Hanumantha Rao

“…Quarry dust satisfies the reason behind the alternative material as a substitute for sand at very low cost. …”
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Trend Analysis of Pakistan Railways Based on Industry Life Cycle Theory by Li Xuemei, Khalid Mehmood Alam, Shitong Wang

“…The results indicated that railway industry in Pakistan was at its pinnacle in the middle of the seventies and thereafter the decline of railway industry was observed. The main reasons behind the decline were underinvestment, political interference, and the rise of the same-sector competitor, the National Logistics Cell (NLC). …”
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From Savage to Sublime (And Partway Back): Indians and Antiquity in Early Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Mark Niemeyer

“…One of the main motivations behind the associations between Native Americans and the Ancient World made in the early decades of the nineteenth century was to “elevate” Indians in order to transform them into worthy symbols of the recently established United States. …”
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A Perspective Review on Numerical Simulations of Hemodynamics in Aortic Dissection by Wan Naimah Wan Ab Naim, Poo Balan Ganesan, Zhonghua Sun, Kok Han Chee, Shahrul Amry Hashim, Einly Lim

“…This paper presents a comprehensive review of the existing numerical models developed to investigate reasons behind tear initiation and progression, as well as the effectiveness of various treatment strategies, particularly the stent graft treatment.…”
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Keeping the memory of Napoleonic wars: forms of international cooperation between Russia and the German Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century by A. S. Lizogub

“…The author concluded that the implementation of commemorative projects dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the victory in the Napoleonic wars is influenced by the existing system of international relations. Behind the scenes of the grandiose celebrations was hidden the desire of the German Empire to provide a historical justification for its foreign policy course. …”
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Provincial Climate Action Index and Its Use for Assessing Dual Carbon Policy of 31 Provinces in China by Jing Xu, Fengqiao Mei, Chuntian Lu, Bin Zhang, Min Wang

“…Provinces such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Anhui are pioneering, nearly half of provinces including Shandong and Shanxi, exhibit medium commitments to the goals, while 10 underperforming provinces such as Qinghai and Xizang lag behind.…”
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Monitoring benthic plumes, sediment redeposition and seafloor imprints caused by deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining by Iason-Zois Gazis, Henko de Stigter, Jochen Mohrmann, Karl Heger, Melanie Diaz, Benjamin Gillard, Matthias Baeye, Mario E. Veloso-Alarcón, Kaveh Purkiani, Matthias Haeckel, Annemiek Vink, Laurenz Thomsen, Jens Greinert

“…Abstract A deep-sea (4500 m) trial of a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector with independent scientific monitoring revealed that a gravity current formed behind the collector channeled through steeper seafloor sections and traveled 500 m downslope. …”
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