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A Second‐Order Moral Twin‐Earth

Ratio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How to understand metaphysical disputes is a disputed matter. Within this broader dispute, deflationist approaches read some of the traditional metaphysical debates as having metalinguistic negotiations at their roots. That is, some metaphysical disagreements are read as speakers commending each other to use some concepts over others ...
Pyro Suarez
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Circe, Lamia or Erinya - The Image of the Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Classica Cracoviensia, 2016
Circe, Lamia or Erinya - The Image of the Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The aim of this article is to present a variety of inspirations and reception of ancient myths that affected the shaping of the Witches in ‘The Chronicles of ...
Edyta Szczurek-Maksymiuk
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The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Beyond Total Content: Assessing the Bioaccessibility of Metals in Tattoo Inks Using Validated Extraction Media

Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT A validated analytical workflow is presented for determining total and bioaccessible concentrations of regulated elements in tattoo inks, addressing the lack of harmonized protocols for comparing extraction approaches in complex matrices. Although current legislation defines limits for soluble fractions of selected metals, it does not specify ...
Maria Luisa Astolfi, Lorenzo Zara, Arianna Antonucci, Carmela Protano   +3 more
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Violence against Children Accused of Witchcraft in Nigeria and its Impact on Their Wellbeing :

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
Witchcraft accusations have been on the rise across various regions of Nigeria. Unfortunately, those often accused are not just the adults, but also children.
Felicia Priest, Victor Chukwuma
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Sporsøgeren Carlo Ginzburg

Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 1992
The article gives an introduction to the wotk of the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, known worldwide specially for the books The Cheese and the Worms, The Night Battles and Ecstasies. Deciphering hte Witches' Sabbath.
Ole Bay
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Resolving Taxonomic Boundaries in the New Zealand Senecio matatini Complex (Senecioneae, Asteraceae): Evidence from Genotyping by Sequencing of Limestone‐Associated Forms

New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 3, September 2026.
The Senecio matatini complex in New Zealand has a convoluted taxonomic and nomenclatural history that has not been fully resolved. This is largely due to the incomplete sampling of morphologically diverse but highly threatened limestone populations in the eastern South Island in previous genetic studies.
Samiksha Patel, Robb W. Eastman‐Densem, Peter B. Heenan, Pieter B. Pelser   +3 more
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Plastic Inputs to Lake Rotorua: An Initial Assessment of Stormwater Stream Plastic Loads and Capture Devices

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2026.
Plastics are a known but inconsistently researched challenge to Aotearoa New Zealand's inland freshwater systems. Understanding plastic origins, movement, and removal options for individual water bodies can enhance management efforts. This exploratory study quantified meso‐ and macroplastics entering Lake Rotorua through stormwater streams and assessed
Aria Kerebs, Margaret Armstrong, Deniz Özkundakci   +2 more
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Giants, Witches, and Giant Witches

Deshima
In this article, I compare the representations of magicians in the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus and the Heimskringla of Snorri Sturluson. My analysis of these two texts shows that beyond superficial similarities, the representations of magicians in Saxo and Snorri stem from radically different conceptions of magic.
openaire   +1 more source