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SPIRITUALITY FOR NATURALISTS

open access: yesZygon, 2012
The views of eleven writers who develop a naturalized spirituality, from Baruch Spinoza and George Santayana to Sam Harris, André Comte‐Sponville, Ursula Goodenough, and Sharon Welch and others are presented.
doaj   +2 more sources

Bad Faith: The Danger of Religious Extremism

open access: yesJournal of Hate Studies, 2007
Against a current backdrop which includes several atheists getting a lot of press (Richard Dawkins, 'The God Delusion'; Sam Harris, 'The End of Faith'; Christopher Hitchens, 'God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything'), Kressel provides a fairly ...
Steven K. Baum
doaj   +1 more source

Decadal Changes of UV Aerosol Optical Depth in Hobart, Australia Measured With a Brewer MKIII: Relationship to Bushfire Events and Climate Indices

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Monthly average aerosol optical depth at 320 nm obtained with a Brewer MKIII spectrophotometer for Hobart, Australia (42.8806° S, 147.3250° E) over a 21‐year period. There is a linear trend of 15.4% per decade. There are 9 months when the average aerosol optical depth exceeds twice the monthly standard deviation.
Manuel Nuñez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomised trial support for orthopaedic surgical procedures. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
We investigated the proportion of orthopaedic procedures supported by evidence from randomised controlled trials comparing operative procedures to a non-operative alternative.
Hyeung C Lim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Climate Variability of Homogeneous Regions of Rainfall Anomalies in Southeast South America (SESA)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
We studied rainfall variability and cyclicity in six Homogeneous Regions of Rainfall Anomalies (HRRA) in Southeast South America (SESA) from 1961 to 2020 to understand the occurrence of droughts and above‐average rainfall. We use a continental analysis scale, focusing on seasonal, interannual, and interdecadal cycles, and their association with modes ...
Tainã Costa Peres   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sam Houston Rotary Club Installation Banquet

open access: yes, 1988
Two photographs of the Sam HoustonRotary Club Installation Banquet captioned "Mac Price, 1987-1988 President handing over the reins of the Sam HoustonRotary Club to Bo Hal, President for 1988-89" and "Bo Hall (right) presenting Paul Harris Feelow to Jack

core   +1 more source

Liebig Review: Essential and Beneficial Elements in the Regulation of Cadmium Uptake and Tolerance in Crop Plants

open access: yesJournal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cadmium (Cd2+) contamination in agricultural soils has been reported to pose risks to crop productivity, food safety, and human health. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the mechanisms by which essential (S, Zn, Fe, Mg, K, Ca) and beneficial (Si, Se, rare earth elements) elements mitigate Cd2+ toxicity in plants.
Maria Manzoor, Karl Hermann Mühling
wiley   +1 more source

Skeptics and ‘The White Stuff’: Promotion of Cows’ Milk and Other Nonhuman Animal Products in the Skeptic Community as Normative Whiteness

open access: yesRelations, 2017
This article discusses a dairy advertising campaign featuring skeptic Derren Brown.  I explore the various health claims made in the ads as well as a report Brown featured on his website that claimed consumption of cow’s milk is linked to longevity.
Corey Lee Wrenn
doaj   +1 more source

Not all 3D‐printed bolus is created equal: Variation between 3D‐printed polylactic acid (PLA) bolus samples sourced from external manufacturers

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2022
Introduction Polylactic acid (PLA) is a promising material for customised bolus 3D‐printing in radiotherapy, however variations in printing techniques between external manufacturers could increase treatment uncertainties.
Kerryn Brown   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Setting the Record Straight: The Intellectual Legacy of H. Igor Ansoff (1918–2002)

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of H. Igor Ansoff's intellectual contributions, addressing significant gaps in existing citation databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, which capture only 9 to 15 percent of his work.
Richard W. Puyt
wiley   +1 more source

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