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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Textural characterization of agar–agar and guar gum‐based hydrocolloids in vegan gummies: Effects of acid and sugar

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the potential of replacing gelatin with vegan hydrocolloids as gelling agents in gummies. The goal was to create a gelatin‐free, vegan gummy using natural plant‐based hydrocolloids such as agar–agar and guar gum, which provide a chewy texture similar to gelatin.
Santoshi Rawat, Sweta Rai, Sabbu Sangeeta, Preethi Ramachandran, Anil Kumar, Satish Kumar Sharma, Akash Deep Shukla   +6 more
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Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Food Waste Quantity: Focusing on Military Dining Facilities as Large‐Scale Food Service Operations

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste reveals inefficiencies in resource use and contributes significantly to environmental pollution. In the United States, food waste accounts for the majority of total waste, with more than 50 million tons generated annually. In military units that operate large‐scale institutional food‐service facilities and generate significant food ...
YongSun Kim, Hyun Shik Yoon
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Effect of Using Nisin and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid on the Bacterial Load, Deterioration Criteria, and Sensory Attributes of Chilled Chicken Cuts

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Evaluation of the efficacy of selected dipping solutions on fresh chicken meat shelf life. Samples treated with nisin and EDTA combinations, followed by chilled storage. The effectiveness of these interventions was assessed through bacteriological, sensory, and physicochemical (pH) deterioration criteria.
Mohamed M. Eltanty, Mustafa Sadek, Mohammed Al‐Shawa, Manal A. Afify, Nabil A. Yassien, Hamdy M. B. A. Zaki   +5 more
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Islamic proselytizing in digital religion in Indonesia: the challenges of broadcasting regulation

Cogent Social Sciences
This article aims to understand the challenges of broadcasting regulation in Indonesia, particularly in the context of Islamic proselytizing in the digital era. Drawing on 13 in-depth interviews involving observation and documentation with presented four
M. Kholili, Ahmad Izudin, Muhammad Lutfi Hakim   +2 more
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Professor McGrath Offers a Scholarly Take \u3cem\u3eOn Religion and Doctor Who\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2014
Take TV viewers on trips through time and space for 50 years and you’re going to pick up some admirers—including some scholarly ones. That’s what’s happened with Doctor Who, the British series that is celebrating 50 years this month.Two of the show’s ...
Allen, Marc, McGrath, James F
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Human appreciation of flower colours as cultural ecosystem service in grasslands: A methodological approach

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
This literature‐based method estimates human appreciation of flower colours on target grasslands. Step 1: search literature sources (floristic surveys, national floras, web datasets and preference studies). Step 2: flower trait extraction (flower colour and area, flowering period and human colour appreciation scale).
Marco Bianchini, Matteo Francioni, Giulio Tesei, Marina Allegrezza, Paride D'Ottavio   +4 more
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Country Snapshot Kosovo

, 2019
A brief summary of the history and current status of religion in ...
Angjeli, Diori, Vrugtman, Leonie
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From Theory to Reality: Engendering Sense of Belonging Within Institutionally Supported Black Men's Initiatives

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the importance of belonging as a goal in higher education, this article explores the experiences of 16 Black men engaged in institutionalized Black Men's Initiatives (BMIs) at three historically white institutions (HWIs). Drawing upon Johnson's (2022) socio‐ecological model of belonging and employing an interpretive phenomenological ...
Jarrod E. Druery, Jonathan A. McElderry
wiley   +1 more source

Yarovoy Law Struck the Protestants: an Interview with the Historian of Religions, Elena Glavatskaya

, 2018
Elena Glavtaskaya is a professor of history at Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She has defended her Kandidatskaya dissertation in 1992 and her Doktorskaia dissertation in 2005 at the university.
Glavatskaya, Elena
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