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Vegetable Oil Waste-Based Formulation as a Binder for Pigment Printing of Natural and Synthetic Fabrics

open access: yesJournal of Natural Fibers
The used cooking oil has become a significant environmental concern, as it leads to water pollution and clogged drainage systems. A solution to this issue is recycling the used oil into useful products, such as binders for textile pigment printing ...
Nagla S. Elshemy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Delomization, or the esoteric Nechung kang so, the Dalai Lama, and exilic imaginings of a Tibetan community

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
wiley   +1 more source

Student Vow to the Blessed Virgin for Protection Against Cholera [PDF]

open access: yes
Handwritten vow to Holy Mary, ever Virgin Mother of God pledging to procure two golden crowns, one for thee and one for thy Divine Infant as a perpetual memorial of thy Mercy and of our Gratitude should they be protected from the danger to which ...
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 7, Page 1980-2061, July 2026.
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old Testament Poems for Vow Fulfillment: A Form-Critical and Theological Study

open access: yes, 1993
The most pervasive and enduring contribution of Hermann Gunkel\u27s form­-critical program for psalms studies is the insight that certain types of poems are par­ticularly well suited to certain types of cultic occasions.
Heard, R. Christopher
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Independent Board of Directors Group Faultlines and CSR: Evidence From India

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 2100-2118, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study, leveraging group faultline and upper echelons theories, explores how relation and task‐based faultlines among independent board members influence CSR investment under the contingency effect of the financial slack of the firms. This study, leveraging the concept of group faultline and upper echelons, first hypothesizes how the supra‐
Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya
wiley   +1 more source

The vow of stability [PDF]

open access: yes
Though monastic life is often imagined to be a flight from the world, Benedictine monks take on the intense social commitment of life in close community.
Irvine, Richard
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Using personal narrative to promote person-centered values in aging, dementia, and caregiving. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Neurol, 2023
Merrilees J   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stepparenting and Moral Parenthood

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Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Luara Ferracioli
wiley   +1 more source

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