The ambiguous other. Engaging with far right and other uncomfortable subjectivities by Katerina Hatzikidi

“…The article concludes by highlighting what may be at stake for anthropology when excluding certain subjects of research, suggesting instead that their study offers opportunities to expand anthropological horizons of knowledge production, increasing the discipline’s relevance for understanding and analysing complex and troubling contemporary social phenomena.…”
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Unidentified Verbal Objects by Esa Kirkkopelto

“…As I try to sustain, language should instead be understood as the medium of appearing; not as the primary medium, nor as a medium among others, but as an intrinsic aspect of all appearing, no matter what its medium, user, or level of development. …”
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THE AVENGING GOD OF NAHUM AS COMFORTER OF THE TRAUMATIZED by K Spronk

“… In this article dedicated to my esteemed colleague Fanie Snyman, I want to contribute to the fascinating field of the study of biblical literature and the hermeneutics of trauma. Instead of focussing on the more common reference to prophets such as Jeremiah who helped people cope with the traumatic experience of the Babylonian exile, I will pay attention to the very different message of Nahum to the Judeans who suffered under Assyrian tyranny. …”
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Sensitivity of signaling pathway dynamics to plasmid transfection and its consequences by Jaroslaw Smieja, Marzena Dolbniak

“…The paper shows what artifacts might appear due to experimental procedures and how to develop the models in order to avoid pursuing these artifacts instead of real kinetics.…”
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Pukka English and the Language of the Other in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India by Catherine Lanone

“…A Passage to India differs from Kipling’s luscious use of Indian words or Conrad’s creativity; while Kipling’s Kim returns to the vernacular as a mother-tongue and Conrad uses linguistic distortion as a site of ethical ambiguity, Forster strays from the systematic inclusion of alien signifiers with his text. E. M. Forster opts instead for a deconstruction of the English attempt to appropriate Indian signifiers as a token language positing the superiority of the Raj. …”
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Improving Strawberry Varieties by Somaclonal Variation by Cheol-Min Yoo, Cheryl Dalid, Catalina Moyer, Vance Whitaker, Seonghee Lee

“… Somaclonal variation is a breeding method utilizing natural genetic variation induced by a tissue culture process instead of by hybridization. This offers an alternative to mutation breeding for the introduction of new genetic variations in existing strawberry varieties. …”
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Money Cares. Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Finnish Social Services Sector by Petra Merenheimo

“…Exploiting such opportunities questions the challenging conception of institutional entrepreneurship, itself. Instead, it is suggested that institutional entrepreneurship can also be conceived as legitimate challenging which points that challenging and conforming may not be necessary to be separated.…”
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Internal Structure Evaluation on the Indonesian Version of Psychological Well-Being Scales by Darmawan Muttaqin

“…The results showed that the Indonesian version of the 42-item PWBS and the 18-item PWBS do not have a satisfactory factor structure and internal consistency. Instead, it has few items that can accurately measure the concept of psychological well-being and are less able to represent the concept proposed by Ryff (1989). …”
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Tuberculosis in the 1990s: From Bedside to Bench and Back by Frances B Jamieson, Pamela Chedore

“…Since the mid-1980s, the rate of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in Canada ceased to follow a downward trend, and has instead stabilized at approximately 7 cases/100,000 population. …”
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On The Verge: Dramatisation de la violence symbolique dans The Verge de Susan Glaspell by Emeline Jouve

“…The playwright does not trap Claire in the role of the passive victim but, instead, depicts her as a rebellious artist, Glaspell viewed her writing as political activism and encouraged active participation from her audience. …”
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Analyse systématique du modèle de Bhaduri et Marglin à prix flexibles by Florian Botte, Thomas Dallery

“…In this article, we present a simulation method allowing to study the stability properties of a model according to its calibration. Instead of calibrating a model with values for unobeservable parameters which produce « realistic » values for equilibrium variables, we propose to look at what happens in a model when one estimates and combines unobservable parameters: does the model produce plausible values for equilibrium variables? …”
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Pulmonary Artery Catheter Seemingly Entrapped in the Skull by S. M. Friedman, G. R. Rajan

“…Before surgical removal was performed, it was instead determined that the catheter had become kinked and entrapped at the end of the introducer sheath, and noninvasive removal was accomplished by first removing the introducer sheath.…”
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"The personal is political": faith and religion in a public university by Isabel Apawo Phiri, Sarojini Nadar

“…In the end, the authors make a case for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of faith and religion at public universities, and they argue that closing down the study of religion and faith at universities, will cause an increase in religious fundamentalism and promote life-denying instead of life-enhancing practices in religion. …”
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Efficient Sensor Localization Method with Classifying Environmental Sensor Data by Ae-cheoun Eun, Young-guk Ha

“…For indoor localization, methods that use the received signal strength (RSS) of wireless sensors are used instead of a global positioning system because of the lack of availability of a global positioning system for indoor environments. …”
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Mobile stance-taking in nature: an exploration of gaze patterns during assessments of objects in nature by Barbara Laner

“…Contrary to existing literature, the findings indicate that mutual gaze in this setting is not used to mark affiliation but instead occurs only during strong disagreements about initial assessments. …”
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Navigational, Historical and Environmental Perspective of St. Augustine Waterways by St. Augustine Port, Waterway, and Beach District, Florida Sea Grant

“…Do not rely on this guide for navigational purposes. Instead, use the latest nautical charts. The St. Augustine Port, Waterway, and Beach District Commission provided funding for this guide, which was prepared in collaboration with the Florida Sea Grant College Program. …”
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Decision Analysis via Granulation Based on General Binary Relation by M. M. E. Abd El-Monsef, N. M. Kilany

“…We obtain two new types of approximation that enable us to classify the objects into five regions instead of three regions. The classification of decision region into five areas will enlarge the range of choice for decision makers.…”
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Müllerian Agenesis Masquerading as Secondary Amenorrhea by Gloria Tavera, Rina Lazebnik

“…We present the case of an adolescent with MRKH who reported secondary, instead of primary amenorrhea. We discuss the subtleties of diagnosing MRKH, especially when patient history may not always be accurate. …”
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Born Dead or Alive? Revisiting the Definition of Stillbirths in Norway by Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

“…After a close reading of these documents, I find no indication that the '24 hours of life' limit was explicitly included in the definition of stillbirths at any time prior to 1839. Instead, 'first day deaths' were given a separate column in the registration forms returned by the priests, midwives and district medical officers who recorded vital events. …”
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Epidemiological methods in transition: Minimizing biases in classical and digital approaches. by Sara Mesquita, Lília Perfeito, Daniela Paolotti, Joana Gonçalves-Sá

“…Using a statistical perspective, we discuss how a definition of Digital Epidemiology that emphasizes "data-type" instead of "data-source," may be more operationally useful, by clarifying key methodological differences and gaps. …”
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