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Posthumanism: A Fickle Philosophy?

open access: yesCon Texte, 2018
Defining posthumanism as a single, well-oriented philosophy is a difficult if not impossible endeavour. Part of the reason for this difficulty is accounted by posthumanism’s illusive origins and its perpetually changing hermeneutics.
Steven Umbrello
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Investigation and analysis of the transmission of evil in Persian mystical texts [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی
Dignity is a significant theme in Sufi texts. One of the types of dignity based on the possession of souls is the transmission of evil, which is the exact opposite of healing.
Afrooz Khodabadehloo   +2 more
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“Indefensible, Illogical, and Unsupported”; Countering Deficit Mythologies about the Potential of Students with Learning Disabilities in Mathematics

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2018
This paper describes two myths that circulate widely about the potential of students with Learning Disabilities to learn mathematics: (1) that students with Learning Disabilities cannot benefit from inquiry-based instruction in mathematics, and only from
Rachel Lambert
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The violence against women: concepts and causes / La violencia contra las mujeres: conceptos y causas

open access: yesBarataria, 2014
The study of violence against women is multidisciplinary from the academic point of view, since it affects several aspects of the different sciences, so it is necessary to make previously a methodological frame, not to deviate the box under investigation.
Antonio Jesús Yugueros García
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Media and (De)mythologization [PDF]

open access: yesIn Medias Res, 2017
The media participate in the creation of new myths in modern society. Some of these myths have been created in the entertainment industry as well as in celebrity culture. The new media stars, regardless of the period of their popularity, function as part
Damir Kukić
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Debunking Myths about the American Presidential Elections of 2016 and Failures in the Social Sciences

open access: yesMetszetek, 2017
Throughout the campaign and following the elections of 2016, the two major political parties cherished stories about what happened, and why it happened.
Eric Beckett Weaver
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delivering Pediatric Palliative Care: From Denial, Palliphobia, Pallilalia to Palliactive

open access: yesChildren, 2018
Among the over 21 million children with life-limiting conditions worldwide that would benefit annually from a pediatric palliative care (PPC) approach, more than eight million would need specialized PPC services.
Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, Eduardo Bruera
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Remonter à la source

open access: yesFocales, 2021
Thomas Struth’s Pictures from Paradise and Jürgen Nefzger’s Ma Petite Amazonie are photographic representations of plant vitality, as demonstrated through chaotic entanglements, stratified and impenetrable spaces.
Pascale Borrel
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