Introductory thoughts about peace, politics and religion by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. …”
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Re-cycle/up-cycle: a conversation by Rossi, Gian, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on the changing connotation of recycling in an environmentally concerned world, parallels may be seen in the conceptual and aesthetic adaption of existent ideas, and the physical re-use of items of performance. …”
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Food scares and news media: a case study approach to science and risk in the news by Collins, Jeremy

“…They can however also be seen as an expression of the competing frameworks of scientific rationality and social rationality, of which the latter, in Beck's analysis of 'late modernity' as derived in part from Habermas, represents the emergence of a 'reflexivity' which has the potential to challenge societal conceptions of science and knowledge.…”
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The internet and small to medium-sized enterprises: research notes by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…It emphasises the importance of an externalist approach which takes into account the role of objects in the environment in shaping cognition. Accidents are seen as a key trigger for creative thinking, as they disrupt planned cognitive trajectories and introduce novel elements into the cognitive ecosystem, leading to new possibilities that were previously inconceivable. …”
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Perspectival kinaesthetic imaging by Malafouris, Lambros, Carnegie, Rory, Creswell, Miranda, Ilipoulus, Antonis, Koukouti, Marie-Danae, Ross, Wendy

“…The basic idea is that the juxtaposition of different media affects how we observe and what can be observed by enabling the discovery of connections and material relations that are often obscured when seen from a single perspectival point…”
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Queering sexual health translation pedagogy by Toto, Piero

“…The role of translation and web localization within this multicultural context can be seen as ‘social activism’ promoting sexual health and community engagement, with a view to providing wider healthcare access and information using inclusive language. …”
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The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: Social movements and Political Change? by Iosifidis, Petros, Wheeler, Mark

“…New communications environments were seen to be instrumental in forging the conditions for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions and the Turkish protests within Istanbul’s Taksim square during the summer of 2013. …”
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The strategic business value of internet usage in small to medium-sized enterprises by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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Land suitability modelling using geographical information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) by Hussain Khahro, Shabir, Hussain Ali, Tauha, Ali Mangi, Sajjad, Ahmed Memon, Nafees, Hussain Khahro, Qasim

“…The integration of GIS and various MCDM approaches is successfully seen in resolving land suitability problems in the world.…”
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Level of soft skill in the implementation of work-based learning among community college students by Ali, Azita, Mahmod, Shuhada

“…Thus, the method of work-based learning (WBL) is seen as a way to improve the soft skills of the graduates. …”
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Training functional link neural network with ant lion optimizer by Mohmad Hassim, Yana Mazwin, Ghazali, Rozaida

“…From the result achieved, it can be seen that the implementation of the proposed learning algorithm for FLNN performs the classification task quite well and yields better accuracy on the unseen data…”
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Environmental design consideration for courtyards in residential buildings in hot-humid climates: A review by Zakaria, Mohd Azuan, Kubota, Tetsu

“…However, most of the urban houses in Southeast Asian regions are becoming heavy-weight brick-walled buildings nowadays. It could be seen that the required environmental effects of a courtyard and its design considerations in the case of high thermal mass buildings in hot-humid climates are still uncertain and need to be investigated further.…”
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Physical characterization of bamboo schizostachyum grande fiber treated by silane coupling agent for hydrophobic applications by Roseli, Adyla Illyana, Mat Hassana, Nik Normunira, Yahya, Nur Faezah, Atil, Aida Atiqah, Darlis, Nofrizalidris, Roslan, Mohd Nazrul, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah

“…The characterization was done using techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis. …”
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Comparative performance of filtering methods for reducing noise in ischemic posterior fossa CT Images by Muhd Suberi, Anis Azwani, Wan Zakaria, Wan Nurshazwani, Nazari, Ain, Tomari, Razali, Nik Fuad, Nik Farhan, Mohd, Mohd Norzali

“…Thus, it is seen that image filtering is playing an important role in improving the CT image quality and effectively eliminates the influence of Poisson noise in the PF region. …”
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Students’ attitudes to online learning experience by Pratt, Simon, Dell, Eric

“…Traditionally, computers have been seen largely as tools for specific tasks but there is now a growing practice and literature (e.g. …”
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Mathematics learning and teaching : a student’s perspective by Ansari, Tasnuva

“…From my own experience, I have seen people in Bangladesh without any academic background, dealing with calculations fairly quickly without any formal education, and there is the famous study of Brazilian street children. …”
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International Financial Integration and Long Run Trends in Short Term Japanese Interest Rates by Bruce, David, Bojkova, Viara

“…The paper provides thorough explanation to the econometric results and all detailed test results can be seen in the addendum. It also gives information on how to access the original data used for the purposes of replication.…”
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The weekend effect: a trading robot and fractional integration analysis by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A., Plastun, Alex, Makarenko, Inna

“…Further, the lowest orders of integration are generally found on Mondays, which can be seen as additional evidence for a weekend effect.…”
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An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKP’s new Turkey by Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…Conversely, the AKP and its undisputed leader Erdoğan have seen their socio-political fears, power based conflicts and ethno-religious desires become dominant in all areas, including religion. …”
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