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Cultural power, ritual symbolism and human rights violations in Sierra Leone
Cogent Social Sciences, 2017 This paper explores the links between the socio-cultural power structures of the Poro and Bondo secret societies and their interactions with internationalist human rights discourse in postconflict Sierra Leone. It argues that these secret societies offer
Ngambouk Vitalis Pemunta +1 more
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Red‐emissive carbon dots (R‐CDs) exhibiting aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) and aggregation‐caused quenching (ACQ) effects are synthesized from citric acid and urea. They display weak blue fluorescence in water but strong red emission in DMF due to aggregation.
Jiafeng Wan +11 more
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Shaping of the Yunnan-Burma Frontier by Secret Societies since the End of the 17th Century
Moussons, 2011 After the 1680s, Big Vehicle Religion gradually developed on the Yunnan-Burma frontier. It was banned by the Qing government and became a sect of Chinese secret societies.
Ma Jianxiong
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Interaction Hierarchy and Polymorphic Structure–Property Dynamics in Luminescent Molecular Crystals
Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Competing homotypic and heterotypic intermolecular interactions give rise to polymorphic structure–property dynamics in luminescent molecular crystals. Thermal and mechanical stimuli induce distinct phase‐transition pathways accompanied by pronounced photoluminescence changes.
Mahiro Nakabayashi, Shotaro Hayashi
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Research on esotericism in Scandinavia
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2008 The title of this paper can be understood in two senses. In the sense of ‘research on esotericism carried out by Scandinavian scholars’, the field is blossoming.
Henrik Bogdan, Olav Hammer
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Freemasonry and its social position in Finland
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2008 Freemasonry, with its roots in the seventeenth century, has had to suffer insults and sometimes even attacks from society. In this article the author looks more closely at Freemasonry in Finland, where it first appeared in the mid-eighteenth century ...
Nils Holm
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IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN 18 CENTURY ON DEPLOPMENT OF “MAGICAL REVIVAL” PROCESS IN FRANCE
Київські історичні студії, 2020 The purpose of the study is to unveil the religious crisis through the impact of the “Magical Revival” and esoteric secret organizations in France during the 18th century.
Dmytro Pomazan
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ELECTRIC STATIC CHARGE GENERATED FROM THE SLIDING OF POLYMERS AGAINST STAINLESS STEEL [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Tribology, 2014 The increase of polymeric materials use in engineering application necessitates to study their triboelectrification behaviour during friction. Experiments were carried out to measure the electric static charge generated from the friction of different ...
A. Alahmadi, W. Y. Ali, M. K. Mohamed
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INFLUENCE OF HEAT TREATMENT ON THE FRICTION AND WEAR OF POLYURETHANE COATINGS [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Tribology, 2014 The friction coefficient and wear resistance of polyurethane coatings were investigated in the present work. Scratch test was carried out to determine the friction coefficient and wear scar width of the tested coatings.
A. M. Samy, W. Y. Ali, M. K. Mohamed
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Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2018 In Sierra Leone, customary systems of governance have long been recognized as feasible alternatives to justice provision, particularly as formal institutions have yet to adequately address the barriers women face in accessing justice.
Fredline M'Cormack-Hale
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