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They Are Not Gods! Jewish and Christian Idol Polemic and Greco-Roman Use of Cult Statues

, 2014
Excerpt: One set of trademark convictions of early Judaism and Christianity includes their aniconic tradition, monotheistic commitment, and polemic against idols.
Gupta, Nijay K.
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Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot, J. Gilroy, J. Gwynn, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, Rob Heard, Sarah Peter, A. Haines, M. Lincoln, B. Rambaldini   +10 more
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Exploring the Impact of Scenario-based Assessment and Dialogue Journal Writing Models on Developing Iranian EFL learners’ Writing Self-regulation Skills [PDF]

Iranian Evolutionary Educational Psychology Journal
Objective: Classroom-based assessment techniques like scenario-based assessment and dialogue journal writing aim to evaluate learners' linguistic abilities through hypothetical authentic language use within the assessment's context, fostering ...
Masumeh Rahimivand, Saeideh Ahangari, Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid   +2 more
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False Starts, Suspicious Interviewees and Nearly Impossible Tasks: Some Reflections on the Difficulty of Conducting Field Research Abroad [PDF]

, 2003
In this article, I discuss some of the problems I have encountered in conducting field research abroad, specifically in England, South Africa, Russia and China - a broad variety of societies ranging from free to not free societies. I discuss the problems
Hubbell, Larry D.
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speech Biomarkers From Smartphone Calls Track Progression in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective This 24‐month longitudinal study involving isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), early‐stage Parkinson's disease (PD), and matched healthy control subjects aimed to assess whether acoustic speech features from real‐world smartphone calls provide passive progressive biomarkers in synucleinopathies.
Michal Šimek, Tereza Tykalová, Michal Novotný, Vojtěch Illner, Tomáš Kouba, Martin Šubert, Pavel Sovka, Jan Švihlík, Evžen Růžička, Karel Šonka, Petr Dušek, Jan Rusz   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

World of Warcraft: A Family Therapist\u27s Journey into Scapegoated Culture [PDF]

, 2014
Relational (online) video games are lucrative business. The extremely popular Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, World of Warcraft, boasts over eight million paying users. Video games are also a lightning rod for criticism and contempt by news
Jordan, Nickolas
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Medical students' initial experiences of the dissection room and interaction with body donors: A qualitative study of professional identity formation, educational benefits, and the experience of Pasifika students

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The first experience of medical students in the dissecting room (DR) likely influences professional identity formation (PIF). Sparse data exist exploring how exposure to the DR and body donors without undertaking dissection influences PIF, or how culture may influence this experience.
Jacob Madgwick, Lynley Anderson, Jon Cornwall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Socratic Concept of the Care of the Self Based on the Analysis of Aeschines’ Alcibiades (fr. SSR VI A 50)

Ostium, 2020
This paper deals with Aeschines’ dialogue Alcibiades, in which the Socratic concept of the care of the self (epimeleia heautou) is demonstrated. The authors present basic strategies that modern historians have employed when interpreting the dialogue and ...
Vladislav Suvák, Jaroslav Cepko, Andrej Kalaš   +2 more
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Schools’ participation in great conversation: A proposal for school improvement in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2007
This paper proposes the value of building social relations through critical conversation in schools in developing countries and particularly in Pakistan. The current climate in most of the schools in these countries reflects “apathy” and “ignorance”.
Bana, Zubeda
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