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The 19th-century missionary literature: Biculturality and bi-religiosity, a reflection from the perspective of the wretched

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The 19th-century missionary literary genre provides us with a window into how the missionaries viewed African cultural systems, such as polygamy. In their minds, polygamy was one of the obstacles to converting Africans to Christianity. Baptism functioned
Itumeleng D. Mothoagae, Themba Shingange
doaj   +1 more source

On the primacy and irreducible nature of first-person versus third-person information [PDF]

, 2017
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Facco, Enrico, Lucangeli, Daniela, Tressoldi, Patrizio E.   +2 more
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The Relationship Between States of Anxiety, Negative Career Thoughts, and Information‐Processing Skills

The Career Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cognitive information processing (CIP) theory focuses on domains of career decision‐making and problem‐solving with the inclusion of affective and cognitive dimensions. Despite this focus, there is sparse research on the connection between anxiety and CIP cognitive dimensions of negative career thoughts and information‐processing (CIP) skills.
Seth C. W. Hayden, Debra S. Osborn, Jake Bucher, Kaitlin Costello, McKenna Barkett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Qualitative differences in the immediate recognition memory for wine and visual matrices [PDF]

Objectives: The present study examined short-term recognition for gustatory stimuli (wines) and investigated the proposition that serial position effects are qualitatively equivalent across stimulus types (Ward et al., 2005).
Johnson, A.J., Miles, C., Volp, A.
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When Dihedral Angles Mask Denticity in Molecular Conductance

ChemPhysChem, EarlyView.
This study tests whether higher molecule–electrode denticity increases conductance in single‐molecule junctions. Using nonequilibrium Green's function technique in conjunction with density functional theory simulations and mechanically controlled break‐junction experiments on a tetradentate N‐heterohexacene, it is found that conductance depends mainly ...
Kevin Batzinger, Dylan Dyer, M. D. Hashan C. Peiris, Tarek H. El‐Assaad, Rashmi Yohani Amarakoon Arachchige, Sam LaMotte, Dominic V. McGrath, Oliver L.A. Monti, Manuel Smeu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

History-Dependent Risk Attitude [PDF]

We propose a model of history-dependent risk attitude, allowing a decision maker’s risk attitude to be affected by his history of disappointments and elations.
David Dillenberger, Kareen Rozen
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The Primacy of Spatial Context in the Neural Representation of Events

Journal of Neuroscience, 2018
Some theories of episodic memory hypothesize that spatial context plays a fundamental role in episodic memory, acting as a scaffold on which episodes are constructed.
Jessica Robin, B. Buchsbaum, M. Moscovitch   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Automatic Card Shufflers and Antitrust Litigation: An Arbitration Perspective

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines an American Arbitration Association (AAA) class action proceeding in which Mohawk Gaming Enterprises LLC alleges that Light & Wonder Inc. and L&W Gaming Inc. fraudulently obtained and enforced patents, thereby monopolizing the market for automatic card shufflers and violating Sections 2 and 3 of the Sherman Act.
Tariq K. Alhasan
wiley   +1 more source

Filling some black holes: modeling the connection between urbanization, infrastructure, and global service intensity in 112 metropolitan regions across the world [PDF]

, 2012
This empirical article combines insights from previous research on the level of knowledge-intensive service in metropolitan areas with the aim to develop an understanding of the spatial structure of the global service economy.
Bassens, David, Derudder, Ben, Van De Vijver, Elien, Witlox, Frank   +3 more
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Resilience Practices and Post‐Traumatic Growth Among Sudanese IDPs

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the resilience of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan who have endured various forms of suffering resulting from being targeted or trapped by militants involved in large‐scale violence. Upon escaping the conflict zones, the civilians exhibit strength, adaptability, and wisdom in the face of various threats to ...
Karina Korostelina, Daniel Rothbart, Beltina Gjeloshi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source