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Relic density of dark matter in brane world cosmology

, 2004
We investigate the thermal relic density of the cold dark matter in the context of the brane world cosmology. Since the expansion law in a high energy regime is modified from the one in the standard cosmology, if the dark matter decouples in such a high ...
Okada, Nobuchika, Seto, Osamu
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The generations of cultural ecosystem services research

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the cultural dimensions of human–nature relationships and integrating them into decision‐making is a central goal of conservation social science. One prominent avenue for this work is the characterization and analysis of cultural ecosystem services (CES) (i.e., nonmaterial aspects of the benefits derived from human–nature ...
Rachelle K. Gould, Terre Satterfield, Kirsten Leong, Jonathan Fisk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meteoritics and cosmology among the Aboriginal cultures of Central Australia

, 2011
The night sky played an important role in the social structure, oral traditions, and cosmology of the Arrernte and Luritja Aboriginal cultures of Central Australia. A component of this cosmology relates to meteors, meteorites, and impact craters.
Hamacher, Duane W.
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Understandings and critiques of biocultural diversity conservation and future recommendations for conservation actors

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract As biocultural approaches to conservation gain traction (e.g., through international commitments to Indigenous Peoples and local communities) and external conservation actors increasingly seek to engage with on‐the‐ground holders of biocultural diversity, improved understanding is needed of what biocultural diversity means.
Natalie D. L. York
wiley   +1 more source

Science and Ideology: The Case of Cosmology in the Soviet Union, 1947–1963

Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2013
Ideological considerations have always influenced science, butrarely as directly and massively as in the Soviet Union during the early Cold War period, when cosmology was among the sciences that became politicized.
Kragh, Helge
doaj   +1 more source

A Spiritual Dimension of Human–Animal Relations?

Dialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A close relationship with nature and animals is widely acknowledged to support human physical, social, and mental health, but is more seldom considered relevant for human spirituality. Using theological resources, this paper argues that some human–animal relations may possess spiritual qualities.
Per T. Sangild, Pui Him Ip
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmology and convention [PDF]

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 2017
I argue that some important elements of the current cosmological model are "conventionalist" in the sense defined by Karl Popper. These elements include dark matter and dark energy; both are auxiliary hypotheses that were invoked in response to observations that falsified the standard model as it existed at the time.
openaire   +3 more sources

Signature of Attention: Historical Ambiguities and Elisions in Contemporary Psychological Framings of Attending

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In contemporary contexts of digitalization, proliferating media, and generative AI, various “life hacks” are regularly recommended to disconnect and resist distraction, ranging from meditation to getting back to nature to unplugging. This paper traces contemporary concerns over “the attention crisis” into a longer signature — the frequently ...
Antti Saari, Bernadette M. Baker
wiley   +1 more source

Toward an African-Christian Demonology: The Demonologies of African Traditional Religion, African Christianity, and Early Christianity in Dialogue

Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2017
Christian interactions with the spirit-world of African traditional religion (ATR) have remained problematic due, in part, to the failure of Christian missionaries to understand in detail the cosmology of ATR and the angelologies and demonologies of ...
Moscicke, Hans
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The Dialectic of Backsliding: Thinking with Habermas About Democratic Progress and Regression

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract There is widespread agreement that we are living in an age of “democratic backsliding,” in which a growing number of formally democratic countries are falling behind previously achieved levels of democratization. But on what grounds can we claim that one level of democratic development is “higher” or “lower” than another?
Fabio Wolkenstein
wiley   +1 more source