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Intersex Across the Interstellar: The Andromeda Constellation in Medieval and Early Modern Astronomical and Astrological Treatises

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the iconography of the Andromeda constellation as an intersex figure within medieval and early modern astrological traditions. It focuses on the origins of this imagery in the thirteenth‐century astrological writings of Scot and its reappearance nearly three centuries later in Ratdolt's illustrated 1482 edition of Hyginus'
Bar Leshem
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Voices of Elementary Teachers: Why Science Instruction Is Nearing Extinction

School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT National survey data dating to the 1980 has pointed to a lack of science instruction provided to United States elementary students. With changing social, technical, and political landscapes, more research is warranted. This study utilized qualitative methods to drill deeper into the decision making of late first‐quarter 21st century elementary
Molly Weinburgh
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The Hinges of On Certainty

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some commentators argue that the notes collected as Wittgenstein's On Certainty provide the basis for a groundbreaking epistemological theory and response to scepticism. This theory pertains to the role of what some have called the hinge propositions of our inquiry, following Wittgenstein's metaphor of hinges of a door. This paper examines one
David Veldran
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Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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From One Disaster to Another: Environmental Memory, Automobility, Suburbanisation and the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010–2011

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 3, September 2026.
Broadly taking up Amitav Ghosh's (2016) comment that when it comes to climate change ‘we seem to learn nothing; our historical imagination is very limited’, this article argues that disregarding environmental memory, and past knowledge to plan a more resilient future, the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010–2011 continued and enabled suburbanisation and an ...
Katie Pickles
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Tree of heaven or hell? On the ecology of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

, 2019
Forests provide a multitude of ecosystem services for society. Their provisioning is increasingly challenged by rapid changes in climate and socio-economy, and the spread of non-native tree species. To ensure the continuous provision of ecosystem services, sound scientific knowledge on the potential of tree species to cope with and adapt to these ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) (Sapindales: Simaroubaceae), an Important Pantropical Tree. [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2018
Saina JK, Li ZZ, Gichira AW, Liao YY.
europepmc   +1 more source

Culturally Safe Nursing: Transformative Learning Experiences Through Critical Reflection Assessment

Nursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the transformative learning experiences of postgraduate nursing students engaging in an Aboriginal culture and history module, through an analysis of a critical reflection assessment, in particular the student development of cultural awareness and culturally safe practice.
Lesley Andrew, Michelle Pedlow, Bev Ewens   +2 more
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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 852-868, September 2026.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 833-851, September 2026.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source