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Black and slave? ‘Mestizo’ Augustine on Ham

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
After discussing the so-called Ham myth in South Africa, my focus is on the African church father Augustine (354–430). All texts from his immense oeuvre in which he mentions biblical Ham are reviewed in chronological order.
Johannes van Oort
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Characterization of Immune Responses to RBD‐SD1 Nanoparticle Vaccines Derived From ACE2‐Capable HKU5‐CoV‐2, NeoCoV, and HKU5 Merbecoviruses

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
SpyCatcher‐mi3 nanoparticles presenting HKU5, NeoCoV, and HKU5‐CoV‐2 RBD‐SD1 induced strong, cross‐reactive IgG responses in immunized mice. The surrogate virus neutralization test demonstrated strong activity in sera from homologous vaccination. ABSTRACT Recent discoveries of merbecoviruses such as HKU5, NeoCoV, and HKU5‐CoV‐2 that use angiotensin ...
Peter J. Halfmann, Jeong Soo Lee, Augustine Duffy, Tong Wang, Bingcheng Huang, James Z. Kurdi, Ajay Inampudi, Natasha Chen, Elizabeth Frimpong, Carmen Rai, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ravi S. Kane   +11 more
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Augustine on music as the harmonious language of spirituality: An apophatic theological study

In die Skriflig
This article arose from the study of apophatic theology also known as the via-negativa. Apophatic theology, by definition, refrains from stating what and who God is instead of focusing on what God is not.
Godfrey T. Baleng
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I Believe in order to Understand:An Externalist Analysis of Augustin’s Viewpoint [PDF]

پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2013
The Augustinian theologian's unusual assertion that understanding rests on the faith, seems to be confronted with various objections. Through analyzing, criticizing, and refuting these objections, we will clarify epistemological status of this assertion. 
Mahdi Soleimani Khormuji, Jahangir Masoudi   +1 more
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Market and Nonmarket Strategies in Focus: How Entrepreneurs Tackling the Grand Challenge of Waste Management Navigate Institutional and Market Adversity in Ghana

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, Abiodun Samuel Adegbile, Augustine Awuah Peprah, Bede Akorige Atarah   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence–Driven and Digital Practices for Circular Business and Finance: Insights for Advancing Hubs for Circularity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The emerging concept of Hubs for Circularity (H4Cs) presents an opportunity to create collaborative, self‐sustaining regional industrial ecosystems that drive circular economy transitions at scale. However, the operationalisation of H4Cs faces financial, organisational and data‐driven challenges.
Aditya Tripathi, Marcos R. Machado, Laura Spierdijk, Devrim Murat Yazan   +3 more
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Peter Martyr Vermigli’s Augustinian notion of concupiscence

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article joins a growing body of scholarship by exploring largely forgotten Reformation figures, such as Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), and examining how Vermigli made use of the church fathers – Augustine, in our case – in his own context.
Li-Wei Liu
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Discursive Governance and Development Goals: A Performative Theory of Corporate Purpose in Sustainability Discourse

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study theorises and empirically tests performative purpose alignment theory (PPAT), which conceptualises corporate purpose as a performative artefact materialised through discursive and multimodal signals. To operationalise this, we introduced the SDG–Purpose Alignment Index (SPAI), a computational construct that quantifies the thematic ...
Augustine Okeke, Ifeanyi Ugbebor
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Cassiodoreus, Augustine, and Macrobius on the Individual Soul (on the “Consistency” between Pagan Philosophy and Christian Teaching) [PDF]

Hypothekai
The paper discusses Cassiodorus’ (487–575) views on the individual soul, reconstructed based on his treatise of the same name (De anima). It examines the potential influence of Augustine (354–430) and Macrobius (fl. mid-5th century) on Cassiodorus.
Philipp V. PETROV
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Mild Hydrothermal Stabilization: An Innovative Technology for Improving Whole‐Grain Rice Quality in West Africa and Elsewhere

Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Whole‐grain (brown) rice has superior nutritional quality but is prone to rancidity, primarily caused by endogenous lipases and oxidases. This study evaluated mild hydrothermal stabilization (MHS), comprising grain surface wetting, followed by short‐duration atmospheric‐pressure steaming, applied to two West African ...
Sali A. Ndindeng, Erasmus N. Tang, Johnes N. David, Walter R. L. De Man, David Kamau, John R. N. Taylor   +5 more
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