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Esotericism in reverse: Descartes and the poetic imagination in the seventeenth century [PDF]
, 2018 Western esotericism appears to be a field most precarious in terms of positioning. This article will highlight the divide between ‘critics’ and ‘religionists’ from a pre-Enlightenment position by discussing René Descartes’ role within esotericism.
Mansikka, Tomas
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Poria cocos as a Functional Food for Diabetes and Diabetes‐Related Foot Ulcers
AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Poria cocos is known as an edible mushroom for food and medicine. Poria cocos and its terpenes and terpenoids serve as novel remedies to treat diabetes and its ulcers. Its mode of actions includes reduction of insulin resistance, starch digestion and inflammation as well as promotion of blood vessel formation. ABSTRACT Poria cocos is a medicinal fungus
Yi‐San Lee +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Panic and Market, an appraisal on the financial crisis in United States under the lens of argentine mass-media [PDF]
, 2009 Todo principio de milenio trae consigo cierta angustia y temor en parte debido a que cualquier evento es interpretado como un signo del «Apocalipsis», o tal vez porque una nueva reestructuración económica se avecina.
Korstanje, Maximiliano
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Imaginaires diaboliques, mythes millénaristes et violences religieuses
Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary, 2017 Diabolic Imaginaries, Millenarian Myths and Religious Violence. The current phase of millenarism reactivation in the wake of Islamic fundamentalism shows clearly the strength of the imaginary of Evil.
Jean-Jacques Wunenburger
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Understanding how plant populations adapt to water limitation through stomatal traits is key to predicting drought responses. The dominant C4 grass Andropogon gerardi, distributed across sharp climate gradients in North America, offers an excellent focal species to study stomatal architecture (size and density).
Jack Sytsma +6 more
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State-Sponsored Maitreya Cult and the Shouluo Biqiu Jing
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie OrientaleIn this paper, the author analyses the apocryphal text Shouluo biqiu jing, centred around the saviour bodhisattva Yueguang Tongzi (Candraprabhākumāra in Sanskrit).
Campa, Marco
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The Risk Society: Towards a new modernity [PDF]
, 2009 The present review discusses one of the pioneer projects authored by Ulrich Beck, regarding risk perception issues, which was originally titled Risikogesellshaft, Auf dem weg in eine andere Moderne or in English The society of risk, towards a new ...
Maximiliano E. Korstanje
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