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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

The Use and Creation of Photographic Imagery in Global Health: Actionable Steps Towards Decolonization by Academic Institutions. [PDF]

Ann Glob Health
Harrison M, Kalbarczyk A, Nonyane BAS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Preimaginal development of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in brackish water gives rise to adult mosquitoes with thicker cuticles and greater insecticide resistance

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
The principal arboviral vector Aedes aegypti can develop in coastal brackish water field habitats (0.5–15 g/L salt) with larvae possessing thicker cuticles and greater resistance to the larvicide Temephos. Females emerging from brackish water‐developing preimaginal stages are now shown to have thicker and remodelled leg and abdominal cuticles and ...
Kokila Sivabalakrishnan, Andrew Hemphill, S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Isabel Roditi, Sinnathamby N. Surendran, Ranjan Ramasamy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forced migration, resettlement, and sport: Lessons from the Kabul-Edmonton soccer team. [PDF]

Int Rev Sociol Sport
Scherer J, Amiri A, Ansell DB, Nya P, Spencer NL, Holt NL.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Media Spectacle of a Techno-City: COVID-19 and the South Korean Experience of the State of Emergency. [PDF]

J Asian Stud, 2020
Kang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
wiley   +1 more source

Doping Existential Despair: Mindful of the Exotic Lure. [PDF]

Integr Psychol Behav Sci
Tateo L.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Work of Oliver R. Avison in Comparison to that of Albert Schweitzer from a Post-Colonial Perspective. [PDF]

Yonsei Med J, 2020
Chung M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Between and Beyond: Negotiating Belonging Within Queer Borderlands

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Belonging is an affective, social and biopolitical phenomenon which is relationally negotiated and which produces material and symbolic ‘borders’. Subsequently, the politics of belonging refers to the construction, maintenance and policing of the borders of belonging.
Meg Poff
wiley   +1 more source

Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
wiley   +1 more source