Moderate Red Wine Consumption Increases the Expression of Longevity-Associated Genes in Controlled Human Populations and Extends Lifespan in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by Juan Gambini, Lucia Gimeno-Mallench, Gloria Olaso-Gonzalez, Angela Mastaloudis, Maret G. Traber, Daniel Monleón, Consuelo Borrás, Jose Viña

“…Our aim was to study the effect of red wine consumption on longevity-related genes in controlled human populations, such as cloistered nuns. We found that the expression of catalase, manganese-superoxide dismutase, Sirt1, and p53 was increased in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after 14 days of moderate red wine consumption. …”
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Use of ketamine for treatment resistant depression: updated review of literature and practical applications to a community ketamine program in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Carson Chrenek, Bryan Duong, Atul Khullar, Chris McRee, Rejish Thomas, Jennifer Swainson

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La venue des congrégations religieuses françaises au Brésil à la fin du XIXe siècle et au début du XXe siècle by Maria Alzira da Cruz Colombo

“…That creates a favorable climate to the arrival of teaching orders and the French nuns, being exposed to the anticlericalism, took advantage of the situation to settle there. …”
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Les médicaments dans les hôpitaux de la Marche au XVIIIe siècle by Cédric Gourjault

“…The reality of these small hospitals organization will lead me to examine the repartition of tasks and cares between doctors, apothecaries and nuns. The study of the pharmacopoeia available, known thanks to apothecaries’ inventories and drugs bills prepared in eighteenth century, will enable us to inquire into the networks that supplied hospitals with drugs.…”
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In loving memory? Indecent forgetting of the dead in continental sister-books and Julian of Norwich's revelation of love by Perk, GG

“…<p>Medieval nuns and anchorites (recluses) were spiritually and economically bound to pray for the dead, no matter their feelings towards the departed, who frequently appear to them in visions. …”

Mirrors of Reform. Individuality, Prophecy and Power in Two Renaissance Women by Eleonora Cappuccilli

“…Starting from women’s experiences, in particular those of the prophets and nuns Domenica Narducci da Paradiso (1473-1553) e Paola Antonia Negri (1508-1555), the essay discusses the historical problem of Christian reform in early fifteenth century Italy. …”
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La familia monástica de Santa María de la Vega de Oviedo by Cecilia Bahr

“…But the relations with these group and with the nuns in the particular way but these kept some autonomy, in spite of ecclesiastic prohibited. …”
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THE EIGHT : A NOVEL / by Neville, Katherine, 1945-, author 640541

“…As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. …”

The Efficiency of UVC Radiation in the Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes on Beef-Agar Food Models by Amir M. Hamidi-Oskouei, Christian James, Stephen James

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A Critical Review of AMR Risks Arising as a Consequence of Using Biocides and Certain Metals in Food Animal Production by Christian James, Stephen J. James, Bukola A. Onarinde, Ronald A. Dixon, Nicola Williams

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O pożywieniu zakonnic w średniowieczu i wczesnej epoce nowożytnej. Problematyka, źródła, możliwości badawcze by Olga Miriam Przybyłowicz

“…Normative documents such as rules, statutes and constitutions, which were to shape and stabilise nuns’ habits in all spheres of activity including food consumption, give a rather general picture of diet. …”
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Religious life for women from the twelfth century to the middle of the fourteenth century with special reference to the English foundations of the Order of Fontevraud by Kerr, B, B. M. Kerr

“…</p> <p>My main focus has been on the economy of these three houses, their income and expenditure and the exploitation of their assets. The nuns are seen as a group of women who were dynamic and creative in managing their affairs. …”

Féministes ou notables ? Les dames de la Providence à Lyon by Laurence Pioch

“…But as being a member of the council become a matter of social status, men takeover. Moreover, as nuns come to joign in great number, the society becomes a religious order in its own right and the lay pious ladies loose power.…”
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The development of nursing care of the sick in Western Europe in the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries by Jerzy Supady

“…Emperor Napoleon I attempted to improve the existing situation by restoring the right for nursing care to nuns. In the first half of the 19th century, in Germany catholic religious orders had the obligation to provide nursing care and in the 30’s of the 19th century the Evangelical Church also joined charity work in hospitals by employing laywomen, i.e. deaconesses.…”
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Presentation by Mónica BOLUFER, María Luz LÓPEZ TERRADA

“…<p class="p1">This introduction to a collective essay collection on life stories, healing and religion revises connections between spiritual experience and perceptions of the body in the lives of early modern women, particularly nuns and women healers in Spain and America. By analysing sources such as court records, mystical writings, letters and legal statements, the journal essays that follow explore how individual identities are expressed through social networks, but also against externally imposed destinities.…”
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KONTROWERSJE WOKÓŁ UTWORZENIA ŻEŃSKIEJ WSPÓLNOTY MONASTYCZNEJ WE WCZESNYM BUDDYZMIE by Joanna Gruszewska

“…However, under some conditions he finally gave his permission for establishing the order of nuns (bhikkhunī saṃgha). For many women it opened a possibility for an alternative way of life and an opportunity to pursue their religious needs outside a family. …”
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Intimidades enclaustradas: sexualidad y moral. Entrevista con Asunción Lavrin (Guanajuato, Mexico, agosto 2011) by Rafael Castañeda García

“…This paper details how she became interested in the issue of women's history in Latin America, and the importance of studying the manuscripts of nuns as a way of understanding women's spirituality. …”
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The Vinaya of the Bon tradition by Roesler, U

“…It consists of 250 rules for monks (pho khrims) and 360 rules for nuns (mo khrims) as well as shorter sets of rules for the temporary ordination of lay people, and for novices. …”

Une expertise de terrain : l’expérience en travail social des prêtres et religieuses montréalais (1930-1970) by Amélie Bourbeau

“…Between 1930 and 1970, in a context of reorganization of Catholic private welfare, many Montreal priests and nuns were trained as professional social workers. …”
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The Motifs of Sexual Abstinence and Virginity in Medieval Hungarian Legends by Kristína Pavlovičová

“…They stress the suppression of body and the virginity of married saints to strengthen the practice and honour of celibacy which was established as mandatory for all the priests, monks and nuns in the Western Church of that era. …”
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