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Post-Supernatural Cultures: There and Back Again

open access: yes, 2020
The abandonment of supernatural religious beliefs and rituals seems to occur quite easily in some contexts, but post-supernaturalist cultures require a specific set of conditions that are difficult to produce and sustain on a large scale and thus are ...
W. Wildman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Teleology and the intentions of supernatural agents.

open access: yesConsciousness and Cognition, 2020
Teleological beliefs about the natural world often exist implicitly, and there is a positive relationship between teleological endorsement and belief in supernatural agents. In the current study, participants judged a series of scientifically unwarranted
A. Roberts, C. Wastell, Vince Polito
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England

open access: yes, 2015
For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous - particularly when it came to issues of authority.

core   +1 more source

Advanced Flexible Robotic Systems for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Flexible surgical robots are advancing minimally invasive interventions for cardiovascular diseases and cancer by enabling precise navigation through complex, submillimeter anatomical pathways. This review highlights recent innovations in actuation, bio‐integrated sensing, AI‐assisted control, and friction‐reduction technologies, discusses current ...
Hermione Truong   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Gastrointestinal Capsule Robots: Materials, Actuation, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review examines gastrointestinal capsule robots through a systems engineering lens, covering shell materials, actuation and localization strategies, diagnostic modalities, therapeutic interventions, and commercialization status. By mapping the complete technological chain from fabrication to clinical deployment, this work identifies critical gaps ...
Zengsheng Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Fiddler and the Waterfall: The Quest for Inspiration in Norwegian Legends of Fiddlers

open access: yesScottish Studies
Tracing cultural affinities between stories recorded in the Northern Isles of Scotland (especially Shetland) and those found in the wider Nordic world, the author examines legends and beliefs connecting fiddle music and the supernatural.
Terry Gunnell
doaj   +1 more source

Reversing Macrophage Immunometabolic Dysfunction in Prolonged Infections Via a Glutaminolysis‐Fueled Restoration‐Based Hierarchically Selective Therapeutic System

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A hierarchically selective immunotherapeutic nanoplatform, mGls@HEV‐MTP, selectively restores macrophage immunocompetence through GLS1‐mediated restoration of glutaminolysis‐fueled anaplerosis. Concurrently, it renders Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) more readily recognizable to the metabolically reprogrammed macrophages, thereby facilitating ...
Weinan Yang   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arthur Conan Doyle and the Dying Model of the Scottish Arctic Whaler at the Fin de Siècle

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Before finding everlasting fame as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle became closely associated with his native Scotland’s whaling industry and its sailors when he worked as ship’s surgeon on the whaler Hope as a young man during his ...
Juliette Pochelu
doaj   +1 more source

Radiation‐Triggered Chemokine‐Secreting Probiotics for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Based Radioimmunotherapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Engineered Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 with a tannic acid‐mediated BPA coating enables tumor‐targeted boron delivery for BNCT. The low‐level incidental radiation generated during BNCT activate a RecA‐driven circuit to induce CXCL10, while radiation‐enhanced bacterial colonization triggers in situ vaccination and systemic antitumor immunity.
Yang Liu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology and supernatural attributions

open access: yes, 2022
A project examining the impacts of new technology on attributions of phenomena to supernatural ...
Danica Dillion
core   +2 more sources

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