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Herbs as pharmaka: between Medicine, Astrology and Magic
Studia Ceranea, 2023 In the ancient and Byzantine world, natural elements were used to cure a certain disease, as attested by traditional medical sources such as Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Galen. However, the therapeutic properties of these substances are also described in
Giulia Freni
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Secrecy: An Epistemological Account
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
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Is Your Career Determined by the Stars? Western Zodiac Signs and Labor Market Outcomes in Germany
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 796-805, August 2026.ABSTRACT An increasing share of people believes that zodiac signs predict life outcomes, like career trajectories, even though there is no scientific basis for this claim. Using German administrative data covering more than 11 million observations from 1 million individuals, we investigate whether Zodiac signs determine labor market outcomes.
Matthias Collischon, Florian Zimmermann
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Astrology as Sacred Ecological Knowledge in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. The identification of specific responses generated by religious traditions to present-day global challenges actualizes the rethinking of astrology as a traditional understanding of the world structure and influence of natural forces on man ...
Yulia Yu. Erendzhenova
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Astrology and the Demotic Press: Almanacs in Eighteenth-Century England
Anafora, 2018 The present article focuses on the eighteenth-century English almanac as an iconic element of the demotic press, on the one hand, and as a literary commodity published by the Stationers’ Company, a guild of artisans involved in the printing trade ...
Ivana Dragoş
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Advanced Photonics Research, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2026.A hybrid‐structured pentagonal‐core photonic crystal fiber sensor operating in the terahertz regime is proposed for fuel adulteration detection. Numerical analysis using the finite element method in COMSOL shows optimal performance at 2 THz, achieving high relative sensitivity (up to 98.20%) with ultralow confinement loss (~10−¹³ dB/m). The design also
Md. Galib Hasan +4 more
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Библиосфера, 2017 «Pocket libraries» of Transbaikal Buddhists is a source of reliable information on the Buddhist book culture development in the region. Consequently, these texts are of interest to any modern specialist in the field. These collections have included texts
A. A. Bazarov +2 more
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TESOL Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue S1, Page S186-S208, June 2026.Abstract This article reports on a qualitative study of the way instructors and students understand and respond to traumatizing events in a Sri Lankan university. It shows how the attitudes and practices in the society at large are carried over to classrooms even though local institutions do not have a programmatic trauma‐informed pedagogy.
Suresh Canagarajah +1 more
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Journal of Personality, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 370-379, June 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Nursery rhymes, which are rich in literary devices, benefit children's language learning. Less is known about the influence that nursery rhymes' messages may have on children's development. We focused on “Monday's Child,” a popular nursery rhyme that alleges children's day of the week of birth forecasts their differences in ...
Emily Wood +8 more
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Correspondences, 2018 Astrology is a feature of everyday conversation and the local spiritual scene in Sedona, Arizona, a small town renowned for its “vortexes”. As part of a variegated new age spirituality, astrology “works” in three main ways that are examined in this ...
Susannah Crockford
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