Social Pedagogy in the Context of Values – as Seen by Selected Authors – Fields of Inquiry: The Perspective of Polish Social Pedagogy by Mariusz Cichosz

“…The subject of values is a key, even fundamental issue for the social sciences, especially the practically oriented ones – consequently, also for social pedagogy. …”
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Die missionêre uitdaging van die arbeidslewe by J.J. Kritzinger

“…Even when there is a drive to reach other people, the orientation is likewise geographical. Church is for Sundays. …”
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Symboliczne praktyki edukacji. Doświadczenie A.S. Makarenki w postsocjalistycznym dyskursie pedagogicznym by Aleksander Połonnikow

“…The former two strategies are oriented at the “truth” of the tradition, whereas the third strategy considers is as an interpretive and practical category. …”
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Gniew, współczucie, solidarność – w stronę politycznie i krytycznie zorientowanej pedagogiki emocji by Karolina Starego

“…My main purpose is to outline pedagogical currents that are oriented towards cultivating the ability to identify with the suffering of the Other. …”
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APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO MONITOR GRAIN SILOS by MOHAMED NAJEH LAKHOUA

“… After a presentation of the management of grain silos, we present the necessity of the system analysis and the identification of information in grain silos based on the OOPP method (Objectives Oriented Project Planning). This kind of analysis enables an efficient management and monitoring of the activities of grain silos. …”
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A Rare Cause of Intrauterine Plagiocephaly within Twin Pregnancy: A Case Report by Mustafa Ulubay, Fahri Burçin Fıratlıgil, İbrahim Alanbay, Uğur Keskin, Ulaş Fidan, Ali Ergün

“…It has been demonstrated in recent studies that the location of the fetuses within uterus, importantly their position and orientation in the uterus and also the number of fetuses play crucial roles in the development of plagiocephaly during pregnancy. …”
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Dionisio el Areopagita by Jacob Buganza Torio

“…La traducción que presentamos es un apartado concerniente a Pseudo-Dionisio el Areopagita, uno de los metafísicos cristianos más influyentes tanto en Oriente como en Occidente, que forma parte de la Storia della metafisica de Battista Mondin.…”
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Decolonising biblical hermeneutics in the (South) African context by H. Ramantswana

“…Africa, especially South Africa as a social location, is still burdened by coloniality. The orientation of African biblical hermeneutics has to be decolonial if it is to overcome the persistence of coloniality by privileging African knowledge systems and African thinkers. …”
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On the historical origins of the Heidelberg Catechism by C. Strohm

“…The repudiation of the mass as “condemnable idolatry” is a result of the orientation to the Reformation of John Calvin. Here papal religion was seen as superstition and a fundamental violation of the true worship of God as well as an infringement of God’s honour. …”
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Recessive transition of rural residential land use from the perspective of value co-creation: A case study of Yiwu City, Zhejiang by ZHANG Cong, LONG Hualou, FENG Dedong

“…[Results] (1) Value co-creation of ural residential land follows the process model of “value consensus-value execution-value win-win” and the operational paradigm of “subject interaction - capacity embedding - benefit sharing”, driving the “element integration - structure reorganization - function optimization” of rural residential land use system, resulting in the dynamic evolution of diverse values such as residential security, economic property, production and operation, ecological protection, and cultural inheritance, and achieving the recessive rural residential land use transition. (2) Yiwu’s practice path of guiding multiple stakeholders to interact collaboratively, constructing “value consensus” for rural residential land, driving with multiple forces, and implementing “value execution” for rural residential land through multi-dimensional rule interaction is a successful model for realizing the recessive rural residential land use transformation through value co-creation. (3) Through the practice of value co-creation, Yiwu has achieved a transformation of the functional value of rural residential land from residential security orientation to economic property orientation, and then to a comprehensive and coordinated approach that encompasses residential security, production and operation, economic assets, and ecological protection, etc. …”
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Validation of the death reflection scale among older people by Lukas Richter, Lukas Richter

“…The present study seeks to validate the Death Reflection Scale (DRS) among older individuals, which measures growth-oriented cognitions and prosocial behavior following confrontation with death awareness.Materials and methodsDRS was validated using a cross-sectional online survey of older adults (50+). …”
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A woman’s place is in theatre: women’s perceptions and experiences of working in surgery from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland women in surgery working grou... by Maria Irene Bellini, Yitka Graham, Catherine Hayes, Roxanna Zakeri, Rowan Parks, Vassilios Papalois

“…The ASGBI acknowledges these perceptual issues and relative implications as the first of many steps to create an action-oriented change by allowing all staff, regardless of gender, to reflect on their own behaviour, perceptions and the culture in which they work.…”
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A systemic analysis of container terminal layouts by Jean-Paul Rodrigue

“…A further observation concerns the propensity of container terminals to be oriented longitudinally. Geographical factors remain important, including whether the terminal design is a reconversion of an older facility, an adaptation to specific site constraints, or a new land reclamation.…”
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Church and State Relations in the Constitution of Malta by Kevin Aquilina

“…However, lately, the relationship between the Church and the State has suffered as the state is becoming more liberal in orientation as evidenced by the enactment of laws which do not comply with the Catholic teaching of the Church’s magisterium. …”
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The synthesis of the Gospel and life as a goal of evangelization by Stanisław Dyk

“…The study emphasizes that the existential orientation of evangelization establishes the proper relationship of the Church with the world. …”
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Highly Thermally Conductive and Flame-Retardant Waterborne Polyurethane Composites with 3D BNNS Bridging Structures via Magnetic Field Assistance by Hao Jiang, Yuhui Xie, Mukun He, Jindao Li, Feng Wu, Hua Guo, Yongqiang Guo, Delong Xie, Yi Mei, Junwei Gu

“…Owing to the microstructural design of the 3D-bridging architecture, with the addition of only 5 wt% U-BNNS, the λ ⊥ of composites achieved 2.88 W m−1 K−1, representing a remarkable increase of 194.2% compared to single-oriented composites. The 3D-bridging architecture composite also demonstrates excellent flame retardancy, attributed to the synergistic mechanisms of condensed and gas phases, effectively mitigating the risks of thermal runaway in electronic devices.…”
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LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ESTABLISHING THE THEORETICAL NEXUS by Achor, Joy Achile

“…Scholars have used their different orientation to theorize the purpose of leadership in different societies. …”
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THE 17TH-CENTURY JOHANNES HOORNBEECK’S VIEWS ON MISSION, ECUMENISM AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY AND ITS CURRENT RELEVANCE by J W Hofmeyr

“…I address the issue related to an analysis of Hoornbeeck’s contributions as a missiologist, a theologian with a clear ecumenical and irenical orientation, and a historical theologian. In my opinion, he can be regarded as the second most prominent theologian, besides Gisbertus Voetius. …”
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Connotations and practical category of public health nursing for full-dimensional and full-cycle health management by Zhongchen LUO, Zheng LI, Hongli CHEN, Qing WANG

“…This paper discusses the connotation and practice category of public health nursing based on full-dimensional and full-cycle health management, so as to provide a reference for further clarifying the core competency standards of public health nurses oriented to professional competency and accelerating the construction of a training and practice management system for public health nursing personnel.…”
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An embodied spirituality: perspectives for a bodily pastoral anthropology by J-A. van den Berg

“…The article investigates the effect of an emphasis on the biological for a pastoral anthropology in terms of its implications for one’s concept of God, one’s view on personal identity, the affirmation of being relation-orientated, and the importance of context. Taking these perspectives to the marketplace, the article considers the meaning of the spirituality of an embodied soul at work. …”
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