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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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After the Death of Charismatic Authority: A Weberian Perspective on Early Islam
In Max Weber’s notion of authority, charismatic authority will transform into other forms of either traditional authority, rational authority, or both. After the death of charismatic leader, in Weber’s word, charismatic authority is “fated to decline.” A
MOHAMMAD SYIFA AMIN WIDIGDO
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Family Life – between Charism and Institution. Signalling Multidimensionality and Complexity of Human Interactions for Business Institutions and Society [PDF]
This paper analyses the complexity of family life, which includes both its charismatic and institutional aspects. Deepening the understanding of this basic social group can be useful in explaining how human beings in their decisions and actions, as ...
Michalski, Michał
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Leadership Categories and Social Processes in Islam: The Cases of Dir and Swat [PDF]
This is a postprint (accepted manuscript) version of the article published in Journal of Anthropological Research 42(1):1-13. The final version of the article can be found at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3630377.
Lindholm, Charles
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The impacts of biological invasions
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Charismatic Teaching: Cultivating Motivation in Community College Classrooms
There are over six million community college students in the United States. Many non-traditional students face unique obstacles as they balance work, school, and familial responsibilities.
Amy M. Anderson
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Blue velvet: The rise and decline of the new Czech right [PDF]
In Comparative terms, the Czech centre-right (principally the Civic Democratic Part - ODS - of Václav Klaus) represents an intermediate case between those of Hungary and Poland.
Hanley, S
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Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities
ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza +4 more
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The article examines, from a sociological perspective, the practices and beliefs of the charismatic believer belonging to Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
John Edisson Urrego-Romero
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Education for transformative leadership in Southern Africa [PDF]
This article argues that education for transformative leadership in a southern African context needs to nurture an understanding of the relationship between spirituality and charisma.
Preece, J.
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