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Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
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Addressing racial disparities in representation across blood, stem cell and organ and tissue donor pools

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Adequate representation of donors from diverse ancestral populations in blood, stem cell and organ transplantation is critical to ensuring equitable access to these lifesaving therapies. Because of population‐level differences in genetic markers, patients from racialized groups may have unique transfusion and ...
Bonnie Lu, Sylvia Okonofua, Farnaz Farahbakhsh, Rupal Hatkar, Lauren Sano, Margarita Conway, Marie‐Claire Kapesa, Manuel Escoto, Murdoch Leeies, Warren B. Fingrut   +9 more
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
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Effects of neurofeedback training on the alpha activity in quantitative electroencephalography, cognitive function, and speech perception in elderly with presbycusis: a quasi-experimental study

BMC Geriatrics
Background This study aimed to investigate the effects of neurofeedback training (NFT) on alpha activity in quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG), cognitive function, and speech perception in elderly with presbycusis.
Hyoung Jae Kim, Hee Wook Weon, Hae Kyoung Son   +2 more
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Not All Open Minds Think Alike: How Rational and Intuitive Open‐Mindedness Shape Responses to Religious Advertising

Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 762-781, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how consumer responses to religious advertising are influenced by two dimensions of open‐mindedness: rational and intuitive. Across three experiments, participants viewed ads that varied in the strength of their religious cue.
Yeqing Bao, Sarah Alhouti, W. David Allen, Shi Zhang   +3 more
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Institutionalisation and Institutional Evolution: A Model of Selecting Government Officials in Ancient China

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 359-367, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The evolution of institutions in selecting government officials in ancient China reflected efficiency considerations and increased power concentration in the hands of the ruler. Selecting government officials in ancient China became more rule‐based over time, and standardisation and centralisation were some key features of this process.
Haiwen Zhou
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Cultivating a ‘Habitus of Multiplicity’ in Cross‐Cultural Medicine: From Case Study Conflict to Many‐Sided Conditions of Care Through Process and Jain Metaphysics

Nursing Philosophy, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Prompted by a nursing case study that occurred in 2022, this paper joins the perspectives of a nurse practitioner and cross‐cultural medical ethics professor to consider who can ask a question in the healthcare system, what questions can be heard, and how to develop pluralistic care models—beyond relativism and imperialism—that solicit more ...
Brianne Donaldson
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Factors Associated With Induced Abortion Among Childbearing‐Aged Women in Nepal: Evidence From the 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims In Nepal, abortion was legalized in 2002; however, national‐level evidence on the factors influencing abortion practices remains limited. This study explored the predictors of induced abortion among women of reproductive age in Nepal using data from the most recent nationally representative survey.
Yula Salifu, Joseph Lasong, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Patrick Addo, Mubaric Yakubu, Amidu Alhassan, Frank Odonkor Offei, John Kuumuori Ganle   +7 more
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Chinese Buddhism in the System of Worlds of Mahayana Buddhism

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
The research examines the features of the Mahayana world of Chinese Buddhism in the system of worlds of Mahayana Buddhism. A definition is given of the concept of “worlds of Mahayana Buddhism” as divergent constructs formed in the areas of distribution ...
Leonid E. Yangutov
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Efficacy of an Online Meaning‐Centered Psychotherapy in Caregivers of Advanced Cancer (eMCP‐C): A Mixed‐Method Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Psycho-Oncology, Volume 35, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Rising advanced cancer incidence globally places profound existential distress and psychological burden on family caregivers. We culturally adapted Meaning‐Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP‐C) from Western to Chinese context, targeting existential distress through meaning‐making processes.
Naomi Takemura, Arthur Cheuk‐Man Li, Wing Lok Chan, Sau Fung Yu, Vivian Weiqun Lou, Daniel Yee‐Tak Fong, Jessica Kang Qi Lee, Janelle Yorke, Allison J. Applebaum   +8 more
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