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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
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunomodulatory Properties of Withania somnifera: Regulation of Innate Immune Cells and Clinical Implications

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (WS), commonly known as Ashwagandha, is a prominent medicinal herb in Ayurveda, with extensive therapeutic potential attributed to its diverse phytochemical profile. This review critically examines the immunomodulatory properties of WS, focusing on innate immune cell populations, including neutrophils, eosinophils,
Rana Yukta, Sonalika Gupta, Gagandeep Kaur, Partha Sarathi Mondal, Milirani Das, Anagha Ranade, Alok Kumar Srivastava, Sachin Kumar, Manoj Kumar Barthwal, Madhu Dikshit   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Doctrinal Views on the International Legal Personality of the Holy See in the 19th and the early 20th Centuries

Московский журнал международного права
INTRODUCTION. The study of the prerequisites of the current international legal position of the Holy See and the Vatican City State requires a reflection on the status of the Papacy from 1870 to 1929.
A. Y. Marzanov
doaj   +1 more source

An Islamic Perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring Key Challenges From the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Projects are typically viewed as mechanisms for delivering products and services; however, this study examines projects from the distinct perspective of grand challenges (GCs). The selected case is the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project in Lahore, Pakistan—a grand challenge project (GCP).
Rehab Iftikhar, Syed Nayyer Abbas Kazmi
wiley   +1 more source

Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

“Haeresis Armenorum Transsylvaniae”

Historical Studies on Central Europe
Bishop György Mártonffy (1663−1721) is regarded not only as one of the key figures of Re-Catholicisation, but also as the most important innovator of Catholicism in Transylvania.
Kornél Nagy
doaj   +1 more source

Origin and application of the Lorentz factor in X‐ray diffraction

Acta Crystallographica Section A, EarlyView.
This review treats the role of the Lorentz factor in quantitative analysis of X‐ray diffraction data. The origin of the Lorentz factor, its derivation and practical implementations for a variety of modern X‐ray diffraction methods are discussed.The Lorentz factor is a fundamental correction factor in quantitative analysis of X‐ray diffraction ...
Fabian Gasser, Josef Simbrunner, Guillaume Freychet, Nicola Demitri, Václav Holý, Roland Resel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Slovenian Lands in Documents of the Personal Representative of the US President to Pope Pius XII, 1944–45 [PDF]

Dileme
The author utilizes documents from the archival fonds of the personal representative of the US president to Pope Pius XII, detailing the Holy See’s intense diplomatic activity concerning the Slovenian lands in 1944–45.
Hrvoje Čapo
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