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Traditional beliefs and electromagnetic fields [PDF]
Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red, 2011 The author proposes that a wide range of traditional beliefs and practices may provide clues to real electromagnetic field interactions in the biosphere.
Colin A. Ross
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High risk sexual behaviours associated with traditional beliefs about gender roles among men interested in medical male circumcision in South Africa [PDF]
AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021 Background Beliefs about gender roles and high-risk sexual behaviours underlie the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in South Africa. Yet, there is limited information on the relationships between beliefs about gender roles and risky sexual ...
Candice M. Chetty-Makkan +5 more
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Rural Indonesia women’s traditional beliefs about antenatal care [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2012 Background The Indonesia Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 420/100.00 live births remains among the highest in East Asia while coverage of births assisted by skilled providers is still low.
Agus Yenita +2 more
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Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2023 The article provides preliminary notes on traditional beliefs and ideas about good and bad and happy and unhappy days known to Tatars in Dobrudja and Polish-Lithuanian Tatars. For this purpose, beliefs related to the days of the week from M.
Veneta Yankova
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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2022 Background: Recalcitrant dermatophytosis has become a menace in recent times. The perception of the hosts or patients regarding the disease gives a real-life picture of the deep-rooted host-factors and the way to overcome the socio-economic and cultural ...
Tridibes Bhattacharya +6 more
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Deities and spirits in the ideas of the Khanty of the Surgut Ob region (based on materials from 2002 to 2017) [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2023 The research is aimed at the characteristics of deities and spirits in the traditional beliefs of the Khanty of the Surgut Ob basin (the territory of Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, and Nefteyugansk Districts of KMAO — Yugra and Uvatsky District of the Tyumen ...
Rud’ A.A.
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Subjugated knowledges, contested spaces and African Christianity: An appraisal
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Religion mediates and shapes how people negotiate and navigate their existential realities. Christianity accentuates the belief in Jesus Christ and prescribes how that belief should influence the worldview and actions of people.
Ebenezer Akesseh
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Before the intervention of the missionaries in Bapedi society, the traditional beliefs, customs and practices, such as traditional healing, circumcision, polygamy, indigenous music and rituals, had a vibrant existence.
Morakeng E.K. Lebaka
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Traditional beliefs in animals in the novel 'The Siege of the St. Salvation Church' by Goran Petrović: Function and meaning [PDF]
Univerzitetska Misao, 2021 This paper examines function and meaning of traditional folk beliefs related to animals in the novel "The Siege of the Church of St. Salvation". Research is attempting to show that the folk beliefs about animals are included in creating novel structure ...
Vasić-Rakočević Branislava +1 more
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Critical thinking, epistemological beliefs, and the science-pseudoscience distinction among teachers [PDF]
Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023 This study used the structural equation model to examine teachers' scientific epistemological beliefs, critical thinking skills, and beliefs about the distinction between science and pseudoscience.
Menşure Alkış Küçükaydın +3 more
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