Rousseau et les Pongos by Thomas Robert

“…Rousseau criticises the narratives of travellers, who consider, at best, the Pongoes as beasts or, at worst, as monsters. …”
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Eosinophilic Enteritis with Ascites in a Patient with Overlap Syndrome by Spyros Aslanidis, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Kostas Soufleris, Eirini Kazantzidou, Stella Douma

“…We report the rare case of a young woman with overlap syndrome who presented with abdominal pain and ascites. The diagnosis of eosinophilic enteritis was made based on clinical, radiological, and laboratory criteria. …”
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Dynamic behavior of two models of adobe masonry dwelling with and without the confinement of concrete elements by Jesús Alonso Velarde Gil Lamadrid, María Teresa Sánchez Medrano, Alma Maria Cataño Barrera

“…The impact of seismic events on populations living in unreinforced adobe masonry buildings, mostly located in rural areas in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, has given rise to research aimed at studying construction and structural aspects in order to guarantee the stability of dwelling and the safety of the people who live there. This study presents the analysis of the dynamic behavior on the earthquake shaking table to contrast the response of adobe models at 1:3 scale without additional reinforcement in walls and roof, and with concrete reinforcement in walls and roof. …”
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The Rare Case of a Probably True IgE-Mediated Allergy to Local Anaesthetics by Christina Fellinger, Felix Wantke, Wolfgang Hemmer, Gabriele Sesztak-Greinecker, Stefan Wöhrl

“…We report a case of a 31-year-old woman, who developed conjunctivitis and conjunctival erythema immediately after intrauterine application of a local anaesthetic. …”
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Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: Importance of Tissue Diagnosis by Lauren Mendelson, Emily Hsu, Hojune Chung, Andrew Hsu

“…We present a 79-year-old male with history of polymalgia rheumatica on chronic prednisone who presented with a two-week history of progressively worsening dyspnea, cough, and a 10 pound weight loss. …”
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Géologie, théologie et inquiétudes eschatologiques : William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) et les débats suscités par la thermodynamique à l’époque victorienne by Jean-Michel Yvard

“…William Thomson (1824-1907), an eminent physicist who contributed to the formulation of the second law of thermodynamics, was also at the origin of a largely forgotten controversy concerning the ages of the Sun and the Earth. …”
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Body Composition and Basal Metabolic Rate in Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Marina de Figueiredo Ferreira, Filipe Detrano, Gabriela Morgado de Oliveira Coelho, Maria Elisa Barros, Regina Serrão Lanzillotti, José Firmino Nogueira Neto, Emilson Souza Portella, Haydée Serrão Lanzillotti, Eliane de Abreu Soares

“…There was a significant difference between the measured and the estimated basal metabolic rate determined by the FAO/WHO/UNU (Pvalue<0.021) and Huang et al. (Pvalue≤0.005) equations. …”
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WHERE IS OUR HOME? by B van de Beek

“…The Torah begins with human beings who are not at home; they had been driven away from the garden of Eden. …”
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Powstańcza działalność Mariana Dubieckiego – sekretarza Rusi w Rządzie Narodowym 1863 roku by Paweł Pryt

“…During his tenure, he was one of Romuald Traugutt’s closest collaborators, occupying the outbuilding next to his apartment, and a person who introduced the later dictator at the meeting of The Polish National Government. …”
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Nonconvective Forces: A Critical and Often Ignored Component in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients by Michael S. Firstenberg, Erik E. Abel, Thomas J. Papadimos, Ravi S. Tripathi

“…Echocardiography is routinely used to assess ventricular and valvular function, particularly in patients with known or suspected cardiac disease and who have evidence of hemodynamic compromise. A cornerstone to the use of echocardiographic imaging is not only the qualitative assessment, but also the quantitative Doppler-derived velocity characteristics of intracardiac blood flow. …”
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Toucher, regarder, préserver la cire et le plomb. Autour du scellement pratiqué dans l’environnement des comtes de Toulouse (xiie-xiiie siècle) by Laurent Macé

“…This interaction is also produced when the count’s mark comes to sanction collective decisions or when a third party requires the use of a prestigious matrix, a privilege enjoyed b those who gravitate in the proximity of the prince.…”
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Confusional State in HaNDL Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review by Sarah Nelson

“…Here, I report a 76-year-old female who presented with headache, confusion, and agitation with a mild CSF lymphocytosis. …”
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Les jardins paysagers des seigneurs domaniaux de l’époque d’Edo et les manuels relatifs à la composition des jardins by Nicolas Fiévé

“…During the Heian period (794-1195) in Japan, at the time where the main characteristics of pleasure gardens were introduced, the landscape architect was a well-read aristocrat who enjoyed reproducing one of the country’s famous landscape in his own home garden. …”
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Difficultés des enseignants lors de l’enseignement de questions socialement vives : quelle conceptualisation pour mieux les comprendre ? by Amélie Lipp

“…An intervention research conducted with animal husbandry teachers who teach the question of farm animal welfare shows that teachers’ difficulties are inextricably linked to what the teachers give up doing or what they try without succeeding.…”
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Imitatio Christi and the holy folly of divine violence: the church as ultimate criminal by J. A. Meylahn

“…In this article, Christ will be interpreted as one who did not counter this violence of the law (state-maintaining violence) with a counter violence of state-forming violence, but completely undermined the justification of both forms of violence (state-forming and state-maintaining) with a divine violence. …”
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Exú's Work – The Agency of Ritual Objects in Southeast Brazilian Umbanda by Eleonora A. Lundell

“…In people’s experiences of spiritual work (trabalho) and spiritual development (desenvolvimento) carried out with Exús – guardians, guides and protectors who have, after their death, returned in order to work for people’s wellbeing – ritual objects (such as bodies, clothes, beverages, herbs, cigarettes, candles, songs) are seen as constitutive in knowledge production and life transformation. …”
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Facing Terrorism Alone by Carolyn S. Wilken

“…This is a particularly difficult time for older adults who live alone. While older adults have family and friends to turn to, there are times when it is just scary to live alone. …”
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Peningkatan Penyesuaian Diri Remaja Panti Asuhan melalui Pelatihan Regulasi Emosi by Fikri Yumna Aqila, Nanik Prihartanti, Setia Asyanti

“…Thus, the emotion regulation training was effective to improve youth's self adjustment who live in the orphanage.…”
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Leveraging Substitute Teachers as Educational Leaders by Marcedes Butler

“…This autoethnographic study explores the lived experiences of an advanced-degree holder and educator with expertise in leadership and education policy who worked as a substitute teacher in the Clark County School District. …”
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Dorosły w świadomości przedszkolaka. Esej prawie naukowy by Alicja Jurgiel-Aleksander

“…They do realize that in the adult world there are people who can do harm to them. To us it may seem that all these revelations are nothing new, but the results can show that we fail to treat children as partners. …”
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