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NAOJ’s activities on Astronomy for Development: Aiding Astronomy Education in Developing Nations
, 2015 We summarize NAOJ’s efforts to promote astronomy in developing nations. The Office of International Relations, collaborations with the Office of Public Outreach at NAOJ and with the East Asia Core Observatories Association (EACOA), has engaged children ...
Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro, Yoshida, Fumi
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Astronomy outreach: informal education
, 2008 In this paper we shall address ways in which astronomy can be conveyed to the general public in developing nations through the use of radio and television.
Fierro, Julieta
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An international survey of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy recipients
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives This study aimed to address the paucity of studies of the relatives and friends of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) patients. Methods A total of 1144 people responded to an online survey. Results The respondents included 286 relatives and friends of ECT recipients, from 22 countries.
Christopher Harrop +5 more
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Developing Astronomy Research and Education in the Philippines
, 2015 In the past few years, the Philippines has been gradually developing its research and educational capabilities in astronomy and astrophysics. In terms of astronomy development, it is still lagging behind several neighboring Southeast Asian countries such
Kouwenhoven, Thijs, Sese, Rogel M.
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many philosophical disputes have become so intractable that philosophers question whether there is a fact of the matter as to which side is right or whether these disputes are entirely verbal. Yet these “metadisputes” have also become intractable. This raises the question: Could they, too, be verbal? What would that even mean? Using tools from
Alexander W. Kocurek
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Astronomy Education and Research in Germany
, 1999 I briefly summarize the state of Astronomy research and education in Germany as I see it. In a world-wide comparison conditions are excellent, however, specific problems remain.
Falcke, Heino
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Coastal wetlands, despite their importance in providing ecosystem services like carbon sequestration, water quality improvement, and coastal protection, have suffered extensive degradation and loss in the past two centuries. Hydrological restoration of these degraded ecosystems presents an emerging opportunity for mitigating and ...
Aushij Gupta +3 more
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ESO's astronomy education program
, 2008 ESO , the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southen Hemisphere, has operated a program of astronomy education for some years, with a dedicate, Educational Office established in 2001 .
Boffin, Henri +3 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
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