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Urban biotic homogenization: Approaches and knowledge gaps
Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Urbanization is restructuring ecosystems at an unprecedented pace, with complex and profound consequences for life on Earth. One of the hypothesized trajectories of urban ecosystems and species communities is biotic homogenization, possibly leading to very similar species assemblages in cities across the globe.
Sophie Lokatis, Jonathan M. Jeschke
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Retracted: Analysis of the Influence of Western Philosophy on the Development of Chinese Environmental Philosophy Theory and Its Future Direction. [PDF]
J Environ Public Health, 2023 Environmental And Public Health JO.
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The Extraterrestrial Life debate in different cultures [PDF]
Proc. Pathways Towards Habitable Planets, vol. 400, p. 324 2010, 2010 Surprisingly, the question "Is there Life in the Universe outside Earth?" has been raised, in rational terms, almost only in the western literature throughout the ages. In a first part I justify this statement. Then I try to develop an explanation of this fact by analyzing the different aspects of the notion of decentration.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The present paper aims to determine and compare religiosity levels in university students (n = 2098) from the United Kingdom (n = 1010) and Poland and to attempt an explanation of how nationality differences in the cultural context and affiliations with different religious traditions influence their religiosity.
Stanisław Fel, Jarosław Kozak
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A Historical Study on Development of Optometry [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 Development of optometry in western countries was studied on a viewpoint of the history of science. It was revealed that optometry had been formed on the basis of optics, a branch of physics, to which biomedical study was added. Optometry can be defined as a pioneering interdisciplinary field of study and as biomedical physics of the 19th century.
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Davidson and Chinese Conceptual Scheme [PDF]
, 2006 In one of his influential works ‘One the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme’, Donald Davidson argues against conceptual relativism. According to Davidson, ‘we could not be in a position to judge that others had concepts or beliefs radically different from ...
Tanaka, Koji
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The No Self View and the Meaning of Life [PDF]
, 2018 Several philosophers, both in Buddhist and Western philosophy, claim that the self does not exist. The no-self view may, at first glance, appear to be a reason to believe that life is meaningless.
Le Bihan, Baptiste
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Asian StudiesThis special issue of Asian Studies is dedicated to a relocation of Chinese thought outside of closed definitions and disciplines so as to return to this rich and varied tradition to its authentic, inclusive power. The introduction of Western systems of
Selusi Ambrogio
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A study on the social integration of international secondary students in Canadian high schools
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research on the international secondary students (ISS) is scarce compared with the proliferating literature on their tertiary counterparts. This paper focuses on social integration experiences of ISS from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the undergirding macro‐, meso‐, and micro‐mechanisms, and the supports needed for their successful integration ...
Yingling Lou
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, 2015 This short paper, written for a wide audience, introduces "science and values" topics as they have arisen in the context of eugenics. The paper especially focuses on the context of 20th century eugenics in western Canada, where eugenic legislation in two
Barker, Matthew J.
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