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The Role of Companionship in Volunteer Homelessness Support Services: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesSocial Sciences
Drawing on developments in the application of occupational science to issues of homelessness and tenancy sustainability, this paper will argue for the recognition of authentic, everyday relationships as a core part of tenancy support.
Helen Taylor, Henry Dawson
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Friends, Lovers or Nothing: Men and Women Differ in Their Perceptions of Sex Robots and Platonic Love Robots

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Physical and emotional intimacy between humans and robots may become commonplace over the next decades, as technology improves at a rapid rate. This development provides new questions pertaining to how people perceive robots designed for different kinds ...
Morten Nordmo   +3 more
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Toward an Ecumenical Theology of Companionship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Following the launch of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace at the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea, in 2013, the Pilgrimage has offered a programmatic perspective for the whole of the global ecumenical fellowship ...
Fernando Enns, Enns, Fernando
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"القول الجَلِي في صحبة عامر بن واثلة الليثي" [PDF]

open access: yesMağallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-dirāsāt al-islāmiyyaẗ wa al-ʿarabiyyaẗ lil banat bi ğāmiʿaẗ Al-Ahzhar farʿ kafr Al-Sheikh
    بدأت الباحثة بمقدمة موجزة تحدثت فيها عن فضل الصحابة -رضي الله عنهم- ثم قسمت البحث إلى ثلاثة مباحث، تناولت في الأول تعريف الصحابي لغة واصطلاحا، وبعض الأدلة على عدالة الصحابة رضي الله عنهم والأمور التي تعرف بها الصحبة، وفوائد معرفة الصحابة، وبعض ...
إيمان رفعت السعيد بركات
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Companionship in the Age of Loneliness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Citation of my curatorial exhibition project Plastic Culture Legacies of Pop (2009-20210) An Arts Council Touring Exhibition. Companionship in the Age of Loneliness accompanied a major retrospective exhibition of Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS at the ...
Kirwan, Richard
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Effect of game motivation on flow experience and companionship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Motivation crucially influences the willingness to play online games. Game motivation can affect players’ flow experience and player’s companionship with their game roles or avatars.
Ding-Bang Luh, Elena Carolina Li
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
Homeless persons with dogs are often the subject of stigma, with the public criticising them for not having a proper lifestyle to care for a pet. There is solid documentation of how dogs enhance a homeless person’s life, but there are few publications ...
Camille King   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mothers’ experience of disrespect and abuse during maternity care in northern Ethiopia

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2018
Background: The provision of respectful and satisfactory maternity care is essential for promoting timely care-seeking behaviour, and ultimately ensuring the health and well-being of mothers and their babies.
Mengistu Welday Gebremichael   +3 more
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