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A Time to Laugh: Religious Humor in Contemporary Russia

open access: yes, 2017
Contemporary Russian religious humor continues the tradition of this spiritual and selfsacrificial laughter. The anecdotes that are gathered here make fun not only of religion and its characteristic attributes, but of human imperfections and shortcomings,
Sergeev, Mikhail
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Precision therapies for genetic epilepsies in 2025: Promises and pitfalls

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract By targeting the underlying etiology, precision therapies offer an exciting paradigm shift to improve the stagnant outcomes of drug‐resistant epilepsies, including developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Unlike conventional antiseizure medications (ASMs) which only treat the symptoms (seizures) but have no effect on the underlying ...
Shuyu Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homophobia, Heterosexism, and Ambivalence in the Premier Issue of \u3cem\u3eSports Illustrated Woman/Sport\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The arrival of a magazine dedicated solely to the world of women\u27s sports was an exciting prospect for fans and proponents of women\u27s sports. But the first issue of Sports Illustrated Women/Sport disappointed many who considered it did not put ...
Weidman, Lisa M.
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Early Response to an Integrated Family and Adolescent‐Focussed Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Recovery rates for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN) remain poor, requiring creativity within the field to explore alternative treatment options. One novel, evidence‐informed approach integrates both family/parent and individual adolescent‐focussed treatment components, through an individualised developmental lens. This study aimed to
Marion E. Roberts, Sarah L. Brandeis
wiley   +1 more source

Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

The opening of Plutarch's Life of Themistokles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Plutarch begins the biography by selecting incidents and an epigram that anticipate the basic themes of Themistocles' life--his greatness, sometimes ambiguous, and his benefactions to all of ...
Duff, Timothy Elliott
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Increasing Student Teachers' Preference of Scientific Evidence—Insights From a Utility Value Intervention

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher education should equip student teachers with scientific evidence and scientific theories as a resource for future pedagogical action. In opposition to this, student teachers tend to perceive a rather low utility value of scientific evidence and scientific theories for pedagogical action.
Michael Rochnia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review of Ronald B. Hoch and David P. Smith’s Old School, New Clothes: The Cultural Blindness of Christian Education

open access: yes, 2012
Excerpt: In Old Schoo; New Clothes, Hoch and Smith accuse Christian schools of being blind to the forces and forms of modernity, in fact not only blind, but founded on the very same principles as public schools.
Badley, Ken
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Evaluating predictive values of umbilical cord arterial lactate for adverse newborn outcomes among term‐births in northern Uganda: A cross sectional analytical study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 408-420, April 2025.
Abstract Objective Birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of death for neonates worldwide. Lack of an objective cost effective test to predict poor newborn outcomes at birth affects the ability to respond appropriately. This study determined predictive values of umbilical cord arterial lactate in relation to adverse neonatal outcomes. Methods This
Elizabeth Ayebare   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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