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The Judeo‐Islamic God

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
wiley   +1 more source

A ERSF-VIPA framework: scalable wildlife movement modelling for conflict mitigation. [PDF]

Mov Ecol
Chen X, Li J, Cao X, Yang Y, Chapman CA, Li X, Qiao R, Wang X, Yang F, Kong D.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Elephant-derived <i>Bacillus licheniformis</i> modulates immune cells shedding light on cancer resistance. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Wang X, Wei M, Yi Y, An J, Wang J, Zhao R, Su Z, Ji G, Zhang X, Liu X.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Being Biased and Knowing How to Reason

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explains how reasoning is action and not reflex. It then uses that theory to explain one form of knowing how to reason. Reasoning is thinking biased by knowledge. Drawing on Louise Antony's emphasis on bias as critical for dealing with underdetermination in induction, I show that underdetermination confronts all forms of reasoning ...
Wayne Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal variation in top-kill agents relative to ontogenetic resprouting strategies in African savannas. [PDF]

Bioscience
Mtsetfwa F, Archibald S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating natural baselines into ecosystem restoration: scaling herbivore targets for European landscapes

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Herbivore‐mediated ecosystem processes are fundamental to biodiversity, yet have been greatly diminished by megafauna extinctions and replacement of wild herbivores by managed livestock. With increasing restoration ambitions—including the United Nations' (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union (EU) Nature ...
Camilla Fløjgaard, Robert Buitenwerf, Alessandro Chiarucci, Martin Konvička, Rasmus Mohr Mortensen, Norman Owen‐Smith, Deli Saavedra, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Rasmus Ejrnæs   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping human fatalities from megafauna to inform coexistence strategies. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kavhu B, Mutema C, Mpakairi KS, Gandiwa E, Muvengwi J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Proximity to water shapes the distribution of natural elephant mortality in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kavhu B, Mpakairi KS, Ngwenya N, Kuiper T, Ndaimani H, Gandiwa E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An Introduction to Rational Constructivism in Cognitive Development

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Rational constructivism is a contemporary theory of cognitive development. It proposes that children generate, tweak, and radically revise theories, beliefs, and representations by integrating evidence with existing knowledge via probabilistic inferential learning mechanisms.
Rebekah A. Gelpi, Pablo Leon‐Villagra, Daphna Buchsbaum, Stephanie Denison   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source