Des expériences comiques : l’esprit scientifique et la médecine dans Bouvard et Pécuchet by Niklas Bender

“…The latter is obviously critical of scientific claims and contradictions, while remaining faithful to some basic principles of scientific discourse.…”
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The Role of Religious Argumentation in Shaping Pro-ecological Attitudes of Christians in Poland by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…This article is aimed at highlighting the ecological potential of Poles’ religious argumentation by presenting common arguments based on their professed faith. In addition, this study presents religious arguments used in the statements made by official representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland on environmental issues and provides examples of religiously inspired initiatives for the environment undertaken by lay Christians.…”
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A monstrificação dos irlandeses na imaginação geográfica de Giraldus Cambrensis by Raimundo Sousa

“…By analyzing Topographia Hibernica, first topographical description of Ireland, written by the medieval chronicler Giraldus Cambrensis, this paper investigates how the British colonial discourse sought to legitimize the colonization of the territory turning the native inhabitants into monsters. By assigning the Irish, under the sign of abjection, all sorts of gender anomalies based on the representation of repertoires offered by medieval Teratology, Cambrensis characterized Ireland as a hotbed of monstrous sexualities and thus tries to naturalize colonization as a necessary civilizing process.…”
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Relationship between weapon size and six key behavioural and physiological traits in males of the European earwig by Blackwell, Samantha E M, Pasquier, Laura, Dupont, Simon, devers, Severine, Lecureuil, Charlotte, Meunier, Joël

“…This lack of association was consistent between the two populations, although there were population-specific levels of boldness, aggregation and survival in harsh conditions (for long-forceps males only). Overall, these results challenge our current understanding of the function and quality signal of forceps length in this species and raise questions about the evolutionary drivers that could explain the maintenance of weapon size diversity within and between populations.…”
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Efficient iodine sequestration by chemically robust C-C bonded hyper-crosslinked porous organic polymers by Mayakannan G, Karthikkumar R, Himan Dev Singh, Debanjan Chakraborty, Shyamapada Nandi

“…However, this is technically challenging because of many factors like low concentration of iodine, harsh operational conditions such as high temperature, presence of high humidity & acidic vapors etc. …”
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Reverent Induction: Epistemology and the Romantic Education of the Child Reader in Charles Kingsley’s The Water-Babies (1863) by Laura H. Clarke

“…For Kingsley, in deriving a general axiom from a concrete observation—the unknown out of the known—the process of inductive reasoning requires a leap of faith that cannot be reduced to logical formulations. …”
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Religious Associational Life amongst Black African Christian Students at Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal by Anthonia Ishabiyi, Sultan Khan

“…Specifically in the 21st century, the globe has become a multi-faith space with diverse religious philosophies, ways of religious expressions, norms, and values. …”
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Adaptive Constant False Alarm Detector Based on Composite Fuzzy Fusion Rules by Yuyao Yang, Chunbo Xiu

“…In order to improve the detection performance of the radar constant false alarm detector in a multiple-target environment, a Kaigh–Lachenbruch Quantile constant false alarm rate detector based on composite fuzzy fusion rules (CFKLQ-CFAR) is designed by combining fuzzy fusion rules and the Kaigh–Lachenbruch Quantile constant false alarm rate detector. …”
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Hasan Al-Banna's Approach In Reconciling The Flow Of Salaf And Khalaf: Study And Evaluation by Nasron Yaacob

“…The article is about the similarities in the understanding and method of faith between the Salaf and Khalaf schools. The Khalaf belief system is ta'wil, whereas the Salaf belief system is ithbat or tafwid. …”
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Called to the missional frontline in a turbulent world: The role of theological education by Daniel N. Andrew

“…Background: The Apostolic Faith Mission International (AFMI) conference had as its theme called to the missional frontline in a turbulent world, but the topic of theological education never made it to the main agenda. …”
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Serum Symmetric Dimethylarginine as an Early Marker of Excretory Dysfunction in Canine Leishmaniosis (L. infantum) Induced Nephropathy by Esther Torrent, Marta Planellas, Laura Ordeix, Josep Pastor, Jaume Rodon, Laia Solano-Gallego

“…Fifty-three dogs with leishmaniosis classified according to the LeishVet clinical staging (stage I, n=5, stage II, n=30; stage III, n=12; stage IV, n=6) were selected and compared with 41 clinically healthy dogs. …”
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Sacred Bonds or Sinful Ties? Interreligious Marriage in Islamic Law by Rafli Zidan Eka Ramadhan, Rohadhatul Aisy, Shofriya Qonitatin Abidah, Fateema Muslihatun Najihah, Bagus Hendradi Kusuma

“… Interreligious marriage remains one of the most debated issues in Islamic law, raising questions about faith, identity, and legal restrictions. …”
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Between Sartre and Ratzinger, or the Legacy of the “No Man’s” Revolution by Aleksander Bańka

“…In response, Benedict XVI stressed the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as the foundation of an authentic faith, the only real alternative to the ideology of absolute freedom, and proposed Christianity as the path to true freedom, underpinned by the love of God. …”
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Chemical and ecological control methods for Epitrix spp. by A. G. S. Cuthbertson

“…However, the impetus in integrated pest management is to do timely (early-season) applications with something harsh which will give long-term protection at a time when there are not a lot of beneficials in the field. …”
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"Interpretasierigting" as eksegetiese hulp: Rut in wyer kontekste by LC Jonker

“…The process of interpretation in modern communities of faith can be proceeded with responsibility in this way. …”
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L’archive traduite : W. S. Merwin troubadour de Hawaii by Françoise Palleau-Papin

“…The recreated archive, newly elaborated by an empathetic imagination and following the Western tradition of the troubadours, paradoxically conveys the spirit of Hawaiian resistance in a manner more faithful than the letter of the archives imposed by colonisation.…”
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Exploitation Cinema and the Lesbian Imagination by Anne Crémieux

“…When they were first released, exploitation films were harshly criticized for their depiction of women and homosexuals. …”
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Collective portrait of head of Omsk school for training infantry warrant officers by A. Yu. Sablin

“…As a result of the study, it is found that the head of Omsk school for training infantry warrant officers, as a rule, is a nobleman, of the Orthodox faith, a combat officer with the rank of staff captain to lieutenant general, who has experience of direct participation in hostilitie…”
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Genealogies and spiritualities in Genesis 4:17-22, 4:25-26, 5:1-32 by C. Lombaard

“…Each thus evidences an own (though not unrelated) configuration of faith experienced, that is, a different spirituality. …”
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WORLD DIABETES DAY 2023

“…ShabeenNazMasoodforWDD-DAP.She said  she is delighted to welcome in the DiabetesAssociation  of Pakistan (DAP) Scientific Session, a platform  dedicated to advancing our understanding of diabetes  prevention and advocacy. …”
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