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The “Metaphysical Monster” and Muslim Theology
Published 2023-11-01“…There are some people—and I am one of them—who think that the most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe. …”
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Where is home? Changing conceptions of the homeland in the Surinamese-Javanese diaspora
Published 2022-10-01“…In terms of identity, the Surinamese Javanese themselves now identify strongly with Suriname as they proudly point out “Ik ben een Javaan uit Suriname” (I am a Javanese from Suriname).…”
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The Relationship Antecedents of Smoking (RAS) Scale: A new scale to assess couple-focused triggers to smoke.
Published 2023-08-01“…“I feel like smoking when I am relaxing with my partner”) and negatively-valenced items (e.g., “I feel like smoking when my partner criticizes me”). …”
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Samsons or Methuselahs? The (Potential) Virtue of Article II Treaties
Published 2019-01-01“…Having spent several years working on treaty issues for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, I am acutely (and perhaps embarrassingly) interested in finding out why they matter. …”
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Post-Debt: A Student Loan Retrospective
Published 2023-10-01“…At a time when academic journals report that faculty members, particularly faculty of color, are choosing to leave institutions of higher education, I am unexpectedly free to examine my relationship to this profession and reconsider my future in it.…”
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Editorial
Published 2018-05-01“…Welcome Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil A long-standing request from the staff of CPRM-Geological Survey of Brazil, I am proud to present to the scientific community the first issue of the Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil (JGSB). …”
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Inevitability and Use
Published 1989-01-01“…The punch line to the first joke is, “assume a can opener,” and the punch line to the second is “the light is better over here.” In these comments I am going to ask you to assume can openers, lots of can openers, and very large can openers. …”
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Why there is no technological revolution, let alone a ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Published 2023-01-01“…It certainly entails a technological revolution, but it is more than just that. In this article, I am not concerned with the broader ensemble of socio-economic changes – it seems increasingly clear that the ‘brave new world’ of the 4IR is not really happening – but simply ask the question: is there currently a technological revolution? …”
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Il dramma del contemporaneo: <i>Sur l’avenir de la tragédie</i> di Albert Camus
Published 2018-01-01“…Making use of the works of renowned scholars like Lukács and Szondi, I am going to apply the tools of historical comparative studies to justify recontextualizations and parallels that would otherwise seem unfounded or random. …”
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1590
Transformation of the Old Testament Female Tradition Characters Within the Lyrics of Rose Ausländer
Published 2017-12-01“…Regarding the abundance of traditional biblical stories and characters within Rose Ausländer's oeuvre, the focus was drawn to the Old Testament female characters: fake Moses' daughter and Lot's wife, turned into a pillar of salt. In a poem “I am Moses' daughter”, persona addresses a reader in the name of imaginary daughter of Moses, the bible prophet, who released his people from Egyptian slavery, and led them to the Promised Land. …”
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From Adam to Tsar’ Kosmos.: Cosmopolitanism in Byzantine Tradition
Published 2021-04-01“…Setting out from the short dialogue in which the Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope was asked “Where are you from?” and he replied “I am a citizen of the world [ὃ κοσμοπολίτης; a cosmopolitan]”, the purpose of this article is to explore cosmopolitanism from Byzantine and Constantinopolitan perspectives. …”
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1592
Pierre Monbeig e o vacilo de uma tradição nos trópicos
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1593
Hollywood’s First Condemnation of Forced Labour in the American South: ‘Hell’s Highway’ (Rowland Brown, 1932)
Published 2017-09-01“…This is an obscure film that has received very little attention from scholars due to the fact that it was overshadowed by the sensational release of a later film, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Soy un fugitivo, Mervyn Le Roy, 1932), produced by Warner Bros. …”
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BANK MERGING AND ACQUISITIONS - CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS
Published 2014-08-01“…In this paper I am trying to analyze the concepts of bank merging and acquisitions, the causes that led to their appearance, their effects on the banking system and their future perspective in the field of banking market. …”
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1595
Being Geniuses Together: Ghostwriting and the Uncanny of Robert McAlmon’s and Kay Boyle’s (Out of) Joint Autobiography
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Iṣlâḥ ibâḍite et intégration nationale : vers une communauté mozabite ? (1925-1964)
Published 2012-12-01“…In this article, I intend to examine the role played by reformist Ulama in the building of a political community for the Ibâḍî and Mozabî population, a political and intellectual process that was developed along with the insertion into the Algerian frame. For this purpose, I am referring to certain texts produced by the reformist Ulema and by the iṣlâḥ historiography, as well as to the Colonial and Missionaries of Africa’s archives (ANOM, Aix-en-Provence ; White Fathers, Roma).…”
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Breaking Through: Literature and Arts in China, 1997-1986
Published 2008-05-01“…The reasons for their cooperation, heavily qualified though it might have been, and the various methods by which the authorities ensured it, have been described elsewhere and are not the topic of this paper.' What I am interested in here is the way in which this cooperation was undermined in the seventies and openly flouted in the eighties. …”
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HERMENEUTINIS PAŽINIMAS KAIP SUPRATIMAS: TREČIASIS TIKROVĖS MATMUO
Published 2003-01-01“…It can be described in many aspects. In this paper I am concentrating my attention on the notion of reality. …”
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Developing a scale of self-efficacy perceptions in flipped learning model
Published 2022-01-01“…They were graded as 1: “I absolutely disagree”, 2: “I disagree”, 3: “I am indecisive”, 4: “I agree” and 5: “I absolutely agree”. …”
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Devastation and Celebration: Digging into Culinary Roots, Race, and Place
Published 2019-05-01“…Of his winding and comprehensive book, Twitty writes in the author’s note, “If it were possible to give a linear, orderly, soup to nuts version of my story or any of my family’s without resorting to genre gymnastics, I would have considered it. Instead, I am pleased with the journey as it has revealed itself to me” (p. 427). . . .…”
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