Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation
Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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Seroprevalence and Geographical Distribution of Rift Valley Fever in Small Ruminants in Mauritania: Evidence of Endemic Circulation and Regional Risk Hotspots. [PDF]
El Ghassem A +12 more
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To become a medium: Relatedness and apprenticeship in Australian spiritualism
Abstract Within the modern Spiritualist movement, mediums are central figures who work to connect physical and spirit worlds. By attempting to provide evidence of the survival of the human spirit after physical death, conveying caring messages from the spirit world, and giving hope to recipients, mediums pursue a spiritual mission.
Charlotte Tribouillois
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Necking of the active Turkana Rift Zone and the priming of eastern Africa for continental breakup. [PDF]
Rowan CM +4 more
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“Who here is a volunteer?” Peacebuilding, brokerage, and moral authority in Papua New Guinea
Abstract This paper is a critical examination of the global peacebuilding industry as it has operated in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is based around the author's experience as a volunteer broker to the United States Agency for International Development Papua New Guinea Peace Project.
Michael Main
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Cross-border introduction risk of Rift Valley fever virus: surveillance evidence from intercepted livestock in southwestern Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Alarabi MS +7 more
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Fault‐Controlled Permeability: A Key Parameter in Geothermal Electricity Production Assessment
ABSTRACT Geothermal energy is central to the global green energy transition, but its development has long focused on regions with positive thermal anomalies. Through a semi‐quantitative global‐scale review and spatial analysis of 361 geothermal sites, we show that 56.2% of global geothermal electricity production occurs in regions with thermal ...
Vincent Roche, Gaétan Milesi
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Efficient Sensing of a 4-Segmented Rift Valley Fever Virus Vaccine Candidate by Human Monocytes. [PDF]
Nair N +5 more
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ABSTRACT Thin, discontinuous, organic‐rich oil shale beds in the siliciclastic‐evaporitic Salt Range Formation (SRF) of Pakistan are of approximate Neoproterozoic to Cambrian age based on stratigraphic constraints. The beds are enriched (26–43 wt.% total organic carbon, TOC) in aliphatic organic matter (OM) of low thermal maturity despite their ...
Paul C. Hackley +4 more
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Topographic stress controls fissure segmentation and eruptive cone formation during the Laki and Eldgjá eruptions. [PDF]
Hurley M, Maccaferri F, Walter TR.
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