Do anthropologists use rational actor models? The case of Marilyn Strathern [PDF]
, 2022 Economics uses rational actor models, but what about anthropology? I present an interpretation of the influential anthropologist Marilyn Strathern according to which she engages in a kind of rational actor modelling, but a kind that is different from ...
Edward, Terence Rajivan
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Going beyond the AHA! moment: insight discovery for transdisciplinary research and learning
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 In this paper, we develop and apply the concept of ‘insight discovery’ as a key competence for transdisciplinary research and learning. To address complex societal and environmental problems facing the world today, a particular expertise that can ...
BinBin J. Pearce +4 more
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Lactoferrin: A Modulator for Immunity against Tuberculosis Related Granulomatous Pathology
Mediators of Inflammation, 2015 There is great need for a therapeutic that would limit tuberculosis related pathology and thus curtail spread of disease between individuals by establishing a “firebreak” to slow transmission.
Jeffrey K. Actor
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The curse genre of ’Kargys’ in the Kazakh language: Is the belief in the magical power of the word still preserved? [PDF]
Жанры речи, 2023 The speech genre of curse analyzed in the article belongs to the most ancient genres of oral communication in Kazakh culture. It is based on belief in the magical function of the word, in the ability to bring harm and evil to the cursed with the help of ...
Temirgazina, Zifa Kakbaevna +2 more
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Restoring balance : how history tilts the scales against privacy : an actor-network theory investigation. [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper we problematize the metaphor of balance employed in the area of information privacy. Using Actor-Network Theory we conduct an historical investigation into the continuous release of the same personal data over the course of eight decades ...
Bonner, Bill +2 more
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Exploring the Effect of Pacing Plan Feedback for Professional Road Cycling
Proceedings, 2020 In road cycling, cyclists strategically use their energetic resources in unique race-specific circumstances. For time-trial events, professional cycling teams design pacing plans aimed at the effective management of anaerobic work capacities of ...
R. Dukalski +4 more
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CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND PEACE IN AFRICA
International Studies JournalDespite the long-standing presence of Christian missions and their notable contributions to healthcare, social reforms, and education, Africa continues to experience structural injustice, sustained violations, and pervasive violence of human dignity ...
EMMANUEL ACTOR OYEWOLE
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The influence of mothers' and fathers' parenting stress and depressive symptoms on own and partner's parent-child communication [PDF]
, 2013 This study examines how parenting stress and depressive symptoms experienced by mothers and fathers influence their own (actor effects) and the partner's (partner effects) parent–child communication. Based on the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, data
Abidin +56 more
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Pedagogik: Jurnal Pendidikan, 2023 This study describes the development process and feasibility of project-based online learning development to improve actorship abilities and skills for students of the Sendratasik Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts, Surabaya State ...
Welly Suryandoko
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The system of actor’s individual paradigms as an attribute of social communications [PDF]
World of Media, 2023 The article proves that semantics in social research is a category subject only to contextual and situational analysis and further contextual filling with meaning through actors’ situational communication.
Mikhail Kussy, Lubov Savchenko
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