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Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gold has been used for centuries in both ornamental and medicinal contexts. More recently, gold compounds, containing ions or nanoparticles, have attracted attention for their anti‐inflammatory, anticancer, and diagnostic applications. Therefore, concerns about systemic toxicity and biodistribution have prompted investigations into the ...
Samira Maghraoui +2 more
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Vernuwing in die Gereformeerde erediens
In die Skriflig, 1996 In contemporary Ecclesiology, much attention is paid to liturgy in order to avoid formalism and rationalism in worship. This article focuses on the possibility of renewal in worship in the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA) to accommodate ...
J. M. Vorster
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Textual manifestations: the use and significance of Mahāyāna literature in Newar buddhism
European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 2020 This study concerns the worship and utilisation of Mahāyāna sūtra literature among Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The study begins by considering the contents of the texts being worshipped and the historical development of this type of ...
Alexander J O’Neill
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Children growing up in low‐resource settings are at greater risk for lifelong psychiatric problems. They are both more likely to have risk factors for early psychopathology and to be less likely to seek help and engage support for these problems.
Julia E. Michalek +4 more
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Modelling Critical Impeding Factors of Gamification Adoption: An ISM‐MICMAC Analysis
Global Business and Organizational Excellence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gamification is a transformative technology that attracts consumers and motivates them toward desired actions through fun and engagement. Despite its growing popularity and influence on user behavior, gamification faces significant challenges in acceptance and implementation due to behavioral, technological, economic, and regulatory factors ...
Wamika Sharma +4 more
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The Place of Cultural Symbols and Religious Artifacts in the Mediaeval Church: Lessons for Contemporary Nigerian Church [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyChristians' identities and spiritualities were greatly influenced by the Mediaeval church's employment of religious artefacts and cultural symbols. This work examines the pivotal role of cultural symbols and religious artefacts within the Mediaeval ...
Ekpenyong Obo Ekpenyong +5 more
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Emotion and Engagement Across the Idol Spectrum: Comparing Virtual and Human Idols
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing adoption of virtual idols in entertainment platforms raises critical questions about how viewers respond to their emotional performances compared to human idols. Despite their growing presence, little is known about whether and how emotional expressivity differs across performer modalities and content formats, or how these ...
Lin Kim +4 more
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ReligionsThis study examines worship perceptions in conservative Korean Presbyterian churches through a liturgical-theological interpretation of nationwide survey data collected from pastors, lay congregants, and the next generation within a major conservative ...
Hwarang Moon
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
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