The manufacture of tuned percussion instruments in Indonesia and Africa: a selective study by Linwood, Jamie Murray

“…The LoDagaa and Sisaala peoples of northern Ghana use xylophones as their main means of musical expression. The xylophones are used for recreation, but more significantly, they provide the music for a number of cults and events, the most important of which is the funeral ceremony. …”
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Exploring the experiences of depression within Krishna consciousness devotees: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Chauhan, Reena

“…The themes which emerged were: 1) finding opportunity within difficulty – 1a) a process of self-reflection, development and reidentification, 1b) a developed sense of drive, meaning and purpose, 1c) a developed resilience, stability and detachment. 2) Coping mechanisms found within faith – 2a) a normalisation and validation of experiences, 2b) acceptance and commitment (continuance) 2c) spiritual tools and resources, 2d) a complementary process to therapy. 3) Exacerbating and maintaining factors - 3a) cognitive dissonance – a battle between instinctual needs and spiritual expectations/ideals, 3b) a stigma/taboo around therapy and opening up, 3c) a sense of risk to the self. …”
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The land of the telenovela in the age of social media : a study of the Brazilian prime-time soap opera and its online mediations from a social semiotic perspective for the purposes... by Paszkiewicz, George

“…As these crucial points were carefully laid out, this research was able to suggest that the secondary texts and genres arising in the form of spontaneous interactions with widely popular television programmes, such as novelas, appeared to demonstrate, in practical terms, their potential to foster critical literacy practices – defined here as the progressive ability to interact with and make sense of different texts and contexts, discourses and genres, and their representational modes used through the means of different media. The research is therefore original at two levels. …”
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Content-based indexing of low resolution documents by Md Nor, Danial

“…We present hierarchy indexing techniques, whose foundation are tree and clustering. K-means clustering are used for visual features like colour since their spatial distribution give a good image’s global information. …”
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مسئولية الحكومات في مواجهة زنا المحارم دراسة فقهية by Ibrahim Mohamed, Hossam El Din

“…. ******************************************************* Incest, incest, honor issues, all of the names and single phenomenon rampant in the Arab and Islamic societies, and took a raging fire of, the blackout by the family, and because of the weakness of faith and the dissolution of morals, add to that the neglect of the government to play a role assigned to it, and failing to carry out their duties to its citizens, this study sheds light on this crime that has taken hold in society, threatening the Muslim family entity, Baltvsch and collapse, as the picture the neglect of the government made it clear it is most important: the lack of adequate housing, unemployment, poverty, lack of control and monitor the media viewer, audio and reading, and the failure to enact legislation Legal Al'zajrh commensurate with the horror of this crime, and finery in dress, and lack of awareness of the reasons leading to this crime and to avoid them, and then study the most important ways and means to reduce this phenomenon down to eliminate them, and concludes with search results and recommendations of the task.…”
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Doing and talking : the value of video interviewing for researching and theorizing craft by Harper, Paul W. H.

“…It argues that traditional epistemologies and academic conventions have not given sufficient recognition or value to the epistemologies and lived experiences of craft practitioners, and that they have served to obscure the centrality of practice to meaning. Consequently, there is a need to make craft practice and practitioners accounts more accessible to researchers. …”
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The child labor situation in the commercial and construction sectors in Bangladesh by Karim, A.H.M Zehadul

“…As we come to accept the fact that there are millions of under-aged children who are employed as potential labor-force throughout the world, the imposition of laws could not however, control the family employment when people find it an easy means to circumvent the regulations. It is therefore quite likely that the participation of the children from the low income families in both domestic and non-domestic sectors of production will continue to increase in future. …”
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The relationship between self-efficacy and mental health among teachers' sample at al-Batinah North governorate the Sultanate of Oman = فاعلية الذات وعلاقتها بالصحة النفسية لدى عين... by Nasser AL Ghdani, Khalid Hamed, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient between self-efficacy and mental health was equal to (0.68), which is a positive correlation coefficient, which means that the relationship is direct, that is, the more self-efficacy increases, mental health increases. …”
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منطق المفاضلة الفكرية عند ابن تيمية: قراءة تحليلية في كتاب " درء تعارض العقل والنقل" = Ibn Taymiyya’s logic of intellectual preference in his Dar'u Ta'eruÌ al-'Aql wa al-Naql: an a... by Mohamed Al Jedy, Mohamed Mostafa, Zein, Ibrahim Mohamed

“…In this context, the article sheds light on the semantic meaning of the concept of intellectual preference and brings to the fore its epistemic foundation and features, so as to show its methodological importance in dealing with the realm of ideas and values. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of bismuth ferrite-based ternary composites for photocatalytic degradation of Congo red under visible light by Mhamad, Shakhawan Ahmad

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Optimisation of co-culture fermentation of lactobacillus casei and propionibacterium jensenii in rice bran extract by Mohamed Esivan, Siti Marsilawati

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Holmium ions-activated zinc-sulfo-boro-phosphate nanocomposites with silver nanoparticles sensitization. by Alqarny, Areej Saleh

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Enhanced device-based 3d object manipulation technique for handheld mobile augmented reality by Goh, Eg Su

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Exploring the social psychological processes of lone fatherhood after separation or divorce : a constructive grounded theory approach by Hovris, Anna

“…Findings are discussed in relation to these influential contexts, with an exploration of what they mean in light of existing theory and research. The men in this study not only appear to be changing traditional social and cultural norms for fathers but, they further challenge the prevalence of the heterosexual matrix that characterises the oedipal triad. …”
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Development, validation and implementation of a novel dietary salt monitor in type 2 diabetes in UK by Babber, Ranjana

“…An interviewer-administered questionnaire captured the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to dietary salt intake and showed a mean KAP score for the group as 22.6 (SD 6.1) against a maximum achievable score of 40. …”
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التنمية بوصفها عدالةً وعنايةً موقف السنَّة النبوية الشريفة موقعها = Development as an attribute of justice and care the position and view of the noble prophetic tradition... by Nasser, Youcef

“…By economic justice we mean to avail the moral and human values in the economic sphere. …”
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Tobacco use prevalence, knowledge, and attitudes among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Penang State and Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Awaisu, Ahmed, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Abd Aziz, Noorizan, Syed Sulaiman, Syed Azhar, Mohamad Noordin, Noorliza, Muttalif, Abdul Razak, Ahmad Mahayiddin, Aziah

“…Of 120 eligible participants for the SCIDOTS Project, 88 responded to the survey (73.3% response rate) and 80 surveys were analyzed (66.7% usable rate). The mean (± SD) total score of tobacco use knowledge items was 4.23 ± 2.66 (maximum possible score=11). …”
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Genetic tolerance to ferrous and aluminium toxicities for seed germination in oryza sativa L. by Jahan, Nusrat

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Artificial neural network model for predicting windstorm intensity and the potential damages by Bachok, Mohd. Fairuz

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The dietetic practice of prescribing amino acid-based formulas in paediatrics patients without cow’s milk allergy: a single centre retrospective study by O’Connor, Graeme, Mansell, Melissa

“…AAF was also prescribed in patients post cardiac and gastrointestinal surgery, protein-losing enteropathy, and gastrointestinal dystonia. The mean weight-for-age Z-score significantly improved in patients prescribed AAF from -3.7 (1.6SD) at baseline to -2.5 (1.5SD) at 6 months (p-value 0.001). …”
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