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Kyiv Theological Academy Professors at the Beginning of the 20th Century: At the Intersection of Cultures [PDF]
, 2018 This article attempts to reveal intercultural connections at the Kyiv Theological Academy at the beginning of the 20th century by reconstructing the spiritual biographies of two theological academy professors: Archimandrite (later, Archbishop
Pastushenko, Liudmyla
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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
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The Theological Misappropriation of Christianity as a Civilizing Force [PDF]
, 2017 The theological misappropriation of Christianity as a civilizing force occurs when individuals convert to Christianity due to deception that ignores the faith-based aspect of Christianity.
MisirHiralall, Sabrina D.
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Unpacking the Multispecies Family: Predicting Pets as Family Members Using the General Social Survey
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The multispecies family has grown rapidly over the past 30 years in the United States. Scholarly understanding of pets as legitimate family members is increasing, but most work has been qualitative in nature. Statistical modeling of these dynamics has been bound by a lack of access to large‐scale, nationally representative datasets paywalled ...
Andrea Laurent‐Simpson
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Mitigating Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture [PDF]
, 2011 Climate change has severe adverse effects on the livelihood of millions of the world’s poorest people. Increasing temperatures, water scarcity and droughts, flooding and storms affect food security. Thus, mitigation actions are needed to pave the way for
Gattinger, Andreas +2 more
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Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc +5 more
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Construction of "O2O Type" Organic Ecological Learning System Based on MOOC
, 2015 This paper tries to combine the flexible, free and rich learning resources and environment of the Internet with the unique cultural and spiritual atmosphere of colleges and universities in the era context with the prospering development of the Internet ...
Jing Wang
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Transfusion Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Objective For many blood collection agencies (BCAs), meeting the transfusion needs of people living with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that causes sickling of red blood cells, is a priority but also a challenge because of a lack of diversity in the donor base.
Jennie Haw +3 more
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An unfolding signifier: London's Baltic Exchange in Tallinn [PDF]
, 2008 In the summer of 2007 an unusual cargo arrived at Muuga and Paldiski harbors outside Tallinn. It consisted of nearly 50 containers holding over 1,000 tons of building material ranging from marble columns, staircases and fireplaces, to sculpted ...
Alas J +32 more
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Layers of powers: societies and institutions in Europe [PDF]
, 2010 Historians and social scientists have offered many and varied definitions of the term “community”. This chapter focuses on specific examples of face-to-face or local communities in order to test the possibilities and limits of the two major analytical ...
Amelang, J. +4 more
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