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Paranormal Beliefs in Canada

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT There has been no nationally representative examination of paranormal beliefs in Canada for over two decades, even though Canada has undergone major social shifts in that time, such as greater secularization, which could affect the prevalence of paranormal beliefs.
Tony Silva, Emily Huddart
wiley   +1 more source

Esthétique de l’imaginaire et enjeux spiritualistes : La Terre avant le déluge de Figuier et L’Univers de Pouchet

open access: yesStudia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2017
Science popularization books, La Terre avant le déluge by Louis Figuier and L’Univers: les infiniment grands et les infiniment petits by Félix-Archimède Pouchet, represent the success of science populariza-tion publishing of this period and the ...
Bénédicte Percheron
doaj   +1 more source

Comfort Needs of Renal Transplant Recipients: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 2496-2509, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To analyse the comfort needs of patients following renal transplantation, guided by Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort. Design A qualitative design was employed. Methods This study was conducted at a Brazilian university hospital's renal transplant outpatient clinic.
Cecília Carla Barroso Calazans   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spiritual dimension of health for more spirituality at workplace

open access: yesIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2019
The editorial by Saini [1] raised a question about the opportunity to introduce spirituality programs at workplace to improve workers' well-being and productivity. In literature, it is well recognized the beneficial role of both spirituality and religion on mental and physical health.[2],[3] They, therefore, should be used into the framework of the ...
Chirico, Francesco, Magnavita, Nicola
openaire   +3 more sources

Mind Reading in Stage Magic: The “Second Sight” Illusion, Media, and Mediums

open access: yescommunication +1, 2015
This article analyzes the late-nineteenth-century stage illusion “The Second Sight,” which seemingly demonstrates the performers’ telepathic abilities.
Katharina Rein
doaj   +1 more source

Kinship through code, personhood as node: AI afterlives and new technologies of the self Parenté par le code, personne nodale : vie posthume dans l'IA et nouvelles technologies du moi

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 150-166, March 2026.
This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
wiley   +1 more source

Expansive Ectoplasms: Demystifying the Ghost Story in The Haunted House

open access: yesCaliban: French Journal of English Studies
This article analyses the dialogue between literary tradition and innovation which is established with the genre of the ghost story in the collection of short stories entitled The Haunted House coordinated by Charles Dickens.
Camille Rivoire
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction

open access: yes19, 2013
When W. T. Stead died on the Titanic he was the most famous Englishman on board. A mass of contradictions and a crucial figure in the history of the British press, Stead was a towering presence in the cultural life of late-Victorian and Edwardian ...
James Mussell, Laurel Brake
doaj   +2 more sources

Spiritual relaxation to reduce dysmenorrhea: a quasy experimental

open access: yesMedisains, 2020
Background: The dysmenorrhea prevalence is still reported high in the world. Several previous studies discovered that deep breathing relaxation effectively reduced dysmenorrhea.
Qurota A'yun, Mukhoirotin Mukhoirotin
doaj   +1 more source

Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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