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Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the hardness properties of the thermally modified tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) for parquet production

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Forestry
Developing wood-based industries such as structure, pallet, parquet etc., expanded the usage area of the wood. However, the development increased rivalry between these industries and naturally pressure to the forests for serving raw material.
Hızır Volkan Görgün
doaj   +1 more source

Irrigation management of a peach orchard

open access: yesInternational Journal of Horticultural Science, 2012
The research field was at Siófok, in Hungary, which is situated in the South East side of Lake Balaton. The physical characteristic of the soil is sandy loam and loam and the peach orchard is irrigated.
A. Nagy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven

open access: yesPolilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2016
The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven In H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica (1909), the eponymous heroine embraces new womanhood and a range of feminisms in her search for life.
Brygida Pudełko
doaj   +1 more source

Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of the appearance of tree of heaven in forest communities in western Slovenia

open access: yesPeriodicum biologorum, 2018
Background and Purpose: Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is one of the most invasive tree species in Slovenia. Since its invasion into forests is expected, we must raise public awareness and prepare guidelines for forest management in the presence of invasive species.
Čarni, Andraž   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Therapeutic Sociality: Empathy and care amongst distressed Ethiopian domestic workers

open access: yesEthos, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethiopian migrant domestic workers frequently experience violence and abuse during employment, which can lead to serious emotional and mental distress. After returning to Ethiopia, some distressed women receive care at residential facilities specifically dedicated to rehabilitating returned domestic workers.
Eva Melstrom
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Properties of Invasive Plants Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle and Helianthus tuberosus L. in Istria Region, Croatia

open access: yesAntioxidants
Invasive alien plant species, while ecologically and economically problematic, represent an underutilized source of bioactive phytochemicals with promising phytopharmaceutical applications.
Mirela Uzelac Božac   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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