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The history of present challenges of Experimental Physiology
Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas, 2017 Experimental physiology is a science with a bulk of results, publications, scientific societies, institutions and Nobel Prize. Nevertheless Physiology face some challenges such as: animistic conceptions, preformative ideas, research control regulations ...
Nibaldo Hernández Mesa
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The Return of the Windigo, Again
Semiotic Review, 2015 This article continues the discussion of “And Some Guys Dream Bad Things”: Part I in this issue, an unreconstructed structural reading of the Algonquian windigo.
Robert Brightman
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 269-281, August 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the role of rural aesthetics and cultural practises in promoting active ageing amongst older adults in Baan Pong Nuea Village, Northern Thailand. Addressing a critical gap in the literature, it examines how the residential environment influences elderly well‐being in a rural context.
Alisa Nutley
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System as a Unifying Process: An Onto‐Epistemic Notion of System
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 1763-1772, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT This article proposes an onto‐epistemic notion of system as a relational process of unifying a multiplicity of actuals and abstractions into an actual unity, thereby encompassing concreteness and abstraction onto the same plane. This notion rejects the opposition between constructivism and realism within systems studies, the excessive focus on
Felipe Rodrigues Oliveira e Silva +1 more
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The European Dream: Migration Narratives of Transpinays
International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT LGBTQI+ Filipinos migrate from the Philippines to Europe for several reasons. However, why is Europe a favoured destination, particularly for transgender women of the Philippines? How do intermediaries become instrumental in linking minority migrants to the wider European landscape for integration?
Brenda Rodriguez Alegre
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Le parti pris des choses : sur quelques apories onto-épistémiques du New Materialism
Socio-anthropologieThe theoretical movement known as New Materialism, which emerged in the early 2000s, saw not only the return of ontology, but also the affirmation of a materialism in which all oppositions and contradictions would dissolve.
Charles Wolfe
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Automation and Augmentation in Theological Perspective
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 612-628, July 2026.Abstract AI enables forms of automation that threaten unemployment and deskilling, eliminating important opportunities for the development of virtue. The concomitant loss of virtue and meaningful employment makes it a theological problem from the perspective of Catholic social teaching and theological anthropology.
Paul Scherz
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Machine Vision and Applications, 2003 In this paper we present a layered framework for the animation of high-resolution human geometry captured using active 3D sensing technology. Commercial scanning systems can now acquire highly accurate surface data across the whole-body. However, the result is a dense, irregular, surface mesh without any structure for animation.
Jonathan Starck +4 more
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Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 2013 I will answer the question "what's in a copy?" by considering three sets of related issues: the importance of copies in academia; in cultural life; and in the economic world.
Gustavo Lins Ribeiro
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