The Cultural Science of Consumption: Brains, Networks, and Identities by Herrmann-Pillath Carsten

“…The paper uses this ‘dual selves’ approach to rethink semiotics and the emergence of meaning, building up an argument about the importance of copying, narrative and language in constituting identity though distributed cognition. Finally, the paper proposes that cultural science can reintegrate the study of meaning and cognition in order to analyse consumer behaviour and choice.…”
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Początkowe stadia życia ludzkiego według Homera by Marek Gilski

“…According to Homer’s opinion childbirth does not constitute any significant turning point in human life. …”
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The Personal Values of Small-Business Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Brazil by Daniel Lima, Edson Kubo, Eduardo Oliva

“…The finding that only one of the ten independent variables has been considered statistically influential on professionalism constitutes its main theoretical contribution. It rethinks professionalism, no longer as a dependent variable, but as a personal value, like the rest, in independent, innovative and sovereign way.…”
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Effects of Brinkman number on thermal-driven convective spherical Dynamos by MI Ngwueke, TM Abbey

“…The consequence of this exponential dependence of viscosity on temperature is considered to be a thermaldriven convective phenomenon. A set of constitutive non-linear equations were then formulated in which the solutions for the flow variables were obtained by perturbation technique. …”
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Die belydenis van die kerk by J. Buitendag

“…And because a creed is functioning like a language, it constitutes and profiles a church’s self-understanding. …”
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Yorùbá Values and the Environment by John Ayọtunde Iṣọla Bẹwaji

“…It argues that in contrast with the Judeo-Christian tradition of environmental anthropomorphic domination as the destiny of humanity or American pragmatism which encourages no stable traditions of values but what conduces to desired ends, the Yorùbá value system is by far more advanced in being more eco-respecting, eco-friendly and geared toward sustainable human habitation in a world in which he/she constitutes one small fraction of sentience. The essay developed around the responses to the following questions: a) What are values? …”
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Efektywność nauczania w klasach łączonych na poziomie edukacji wczesnoszkolnej by Ryszard Pęczkowski

“…The research results presented, on the one hand constitute, in the author’s opinion, a substantial complement of knowledge regarding functioning of early school education, and on the other hand, they represent an attempt of verification of a widely spread stereotype referred to the multi-grade classroom system, namely, organising the educational process in multi-grade classes determines low level of pupils’ school achievements who are enrolled in this system. …”
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The Development of Interim Measures Procedure in Cases Against Poland Before CJEU by Cieśliński Aleksander

“…There is no doubt that this body of work constitutes a significant contribution to the overall development of EU law, as it has led to the adoption of a completely new interpretation of Article 279 TFEU. …”
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Plea Bargain Law and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria: Between Punishment and Protection by Olowu Olagunju Folorunso Folorunso

“…The study thus recommended that the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution be amended as soon as possible to remove the clause that supported plea bargaining in order to allow for harsher and more stringent punishment laws. …”
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Revisões da masculinidade sob ditadura: Gabeira, Caio e Noll by Idelber Avelar

“…Gabeira wrote a hyperbole that became self-fulfilling, Caio reached the pinnacle of career marked by a methodic erasure of the border between homo- and heteroaffectivity, and Noll inaugurated a three-decade-long reflection on the dissolution of masculinity through the representation of one of its constitutive scenes, the disappearance of the father.…”
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“Gente-grande”: denúncia da pequenez dos adultos by Juracy Assmann Saraiva, Ernani Mügge

“…In parallel, the short story mobilizes the reader to identify similar situations in the contemporary context, while it instigates him to focus on the compo sitional elements, which constitute the articulation between fiction and reality. …”
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INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND EMERGING TREND OF RURAL-RURAL MIGRATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF TIV ETHNIC ENCLAVES IN NIGER STATE by SUNDAY ORINYA

“…It submits that pro-active measures that draw from the provisions of the Constitution of Nigeria need to be put in place in order to bring about necessary mitigation. …”
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Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities by Adeshina Afolayan

“…Premised on the fundamental assumption that Yorùbá philosophy constitutes a fundamental site of scholarship within which the task of understanding and reinventing the Nigerian state and societies can be achieved, the Introduction weaves this assumption into the analysis of the fourteen essays that explores Nigeria’s postcolonial realities ranging from overpopulation, public (im)morality, ethnic conflict, injustice, and democratic deficit to environmental degradation, disability, depersonalization, youth culture, and a glaring disconnection between educational theory and practice. …”
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Internal Marketing (IM): a literature review and research propositions for service excellence by Salomão Alencar de Farias

“…Also, the variety of interpretations as to what IM constitutes did result to a diverse range of activities grouped under the umbrella of IM.…”
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A Stored Products Pest (no official common name), Oryzaephilus acuminatus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silvanidae) by Michael C. Thomas, Robert E. Woodruff

“…They were identified by the senior author as Oryzaephilus acuminatus Halstead, constituting the first United States record. Recommendations were immediately made to fumigate the area where the seed was stored in order to prevent establishment of the pest. …”
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Oil Exploration and Exploitation in Ugbo (Ilaje) Communities of Coastal Yorubaland by ‘Gbade Ikuejube, O.A. Funmilayo

“…Environmental devastation, economic poverty and constant conflict constitute a lived reality. Oil exploitation activities have also left much of the area desolate, poor and uninhabitable. …”
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