Life expectancy by religious affiliation in Finland 1972–2020 by Julia Klein, Jan Saarela, Martin Kolk

“…We find substantive differences across religious denominations, even in the secular context of Finland. …”
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The Historical Heritage оf Portugal as a Factor of Division and Consolidation оf Society by M. I. Sigachev, S. P. Arteev

“…The choice of Portugal as a case study is due to the combination of several factors: the memory of the Carnation Revolution, the attitude towards the European project, the imperial past, Catholicism/secularism, and the historical legacy of the Salazar dictatorship. …”
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Religious Cult Affairs Council in 1940-1950s: Countering Reduction by Zh. V. Akhmadullina

“…He proposed creating a new organization based on them, which would perform an important task for the Soviet state in building a secular society, and hoped to lead it. The main directions of the struggle to preserve the Council for Religious Cults Affairs are highlighted. …”
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Coronavirus Pandemic in Georgia: Between Church and Vaccination by S. B. Manyshev

“…In conclusion, the consequences about the issues posed by the coronavirus pandemic to the Georgian government are demonstrated, such as the availability and quality of medical care, as well as the interaction of the institutions of the secular state and the Georgian Orthodox Church.…”
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Dust Drift Timescales in Protoplanetary Disks at the Cusp of Gravitational Instability by Jonathan P. Williams, Caleb Painter, Alexa R. Anderson, Alvaro Ribas

“…This interpretation of the gas and dust disk sizes simultaneously solves two long standing issues regarding the dust lifetime and exoplanet mass budget, and suggests that we consider millimeter wavelength observations as a window into an underlying population of particles with a wide size distribution in secular evolution with a massive planetesimal disk.…”
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Francesco Placidi and Ludwig Ladislaus. On architect and sculptor partnership in the 1740s and 1750s by Paulina Kluz, Józef Skrabski

“…Beyond doubt, with his extensive contacts with ecclesiastical and secular aristocracy and the royal court, Placidi played an important role in Kraków, providing a link between artists of various professions, and maintaining familial and social contacts with some. …”
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The role of Ikeda Daisaku in the activities of the Buddhist neo-religious society Soka Gakkai by R. M. Seitov, E. E. Voytishek

“…Ikeda, who occupied a central place in all religious and secular affairs. In the official publications of Soka Gakkai, D. …”
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Initial Orbit Determination Solution Distribution with Gooding Algorithm and Performance Enhancement by Zhengyuan Zhang, Bin Li, Zhenwei Li, Xiaohong Zhang, Jizhang Sang

“…We also propose a technique to correct J2 secular effects on observed angle data. We use the Gooding algorithm as the basic 3-LOSs IOD algorithm to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques in improving the IOD accuracy in the cases of short-arc ground-based observations and space-based simulation data.…”
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Rebeldes con Pausa: Teresa de Jesús, Cervantes, Fray Luis, and the Curious Path to Holiness by Ana Laguna

“…Her use of <i>curiosidad</i> moves fluidly between sacred and secular registers—sometimes connoting superficial fascination, at other times signaling a deeper, interior restlessness. …”
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The Concept “Improvement” (“βελτίωσις” – “βελτίωμα”) of Byzantine Documents: The Preliminary Survey by Yury Vin

“…In many acts, the concept of “improvement” became one of the components of the instructions of the authorities, whether secular or spiritual, which concerned the way of life of various groups of Byzantine society. …”
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How does an evolution instructor revealing as Christian or non-religious affect biology undergraduate students and their perceptions of the instructor? by Baylee A. Edwards, Megan K. Barker, M. Elizabeth Barnes, Sara E. Brownell

“…This stigma seems to stem from the secular culture of biology and may be affected by instructor identity as most biology instructors are non-religious, but no studies have examined the impact of instructors revealing that they are religious. …”
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De mediadores componedores a intermediarios banderizos: el clero rural de Buenos Aires y la paz común en las primeras décadas del siglo XIX by María Elena Barral

“…Frailes y sacerdotes seculares, a través de variadas formas de intervención social, daban legitimidad al orden colonial. …”
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