On being uniquely human in the world: a reflection on the contributions of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen by H. Musa

“…Wentzel van Huyssteen are taken seriously, in order to illustrate how a bridge has been constructed instead of a separating wall between these disiplines. …”
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Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…It then analyses and evaluates discernment in the community of desert monks in the Christian tradition which illustrates the significance of discernment for spirituality. …”
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Przedszkola w debacie polityczno-oświatowej Niemiec. W stronę edukacji, opieki i wychowania by Inetta Nowosad

“…The analysis of educational reports and formal-legal guidelines on both federal and state levels is meant to illustrate the range of the introduced changes and the specifics of the German reform, which is perceived as an interlinked network and as cooperation for the sake of children and their families. …”
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Which impacts matter for pavement management decisions? Quantifying social sustainability based on a capability approach by Jessica Boakye, Egemen Okte

“…These impacts are particularly relevant during the use and maintenance stages of pavement life cycle, where management decisions directly affect road users and surrounding communities. A case study illustrates the application of this framework, analyzing pavement conditions and their social impacts on communities. …”
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Overturning and cracking of stellar objects in modified $$f(R, \varphi )$$ f ( R , φ ) gravity by Adnan Malik, Attiya Shafaq, Fatemah Mofarreh, M. Farasat Shamir, Wedad Albalawi

“…Significantly, this study illustrates the effectiveness of the cracking approach by highlighting the regions sensitive to localized density disruptions, offering valuable insights into the structural behavior of compact stars within a modified gravity framework.…”
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Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region by Feng Peng, Mingjie Tang, Xingmin Wang, Xiaosheng Chen

“…Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, and a key to identify these two species within the new genus are provided. …”
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New Jensen–Shannon divergence measures for intuitionistic fuzzy sets with the construction of a parametric intuitionistic fuzzy TOPSIS by Xinxing Wu, Qian Liu, Lantian Liu, Miin-Shen Yang, Xu Zhang

“…Finally, a practical example on the credit evaluation of potential strategic partners and a comparative analysis with other TOPSIS methods is developed to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed TOPSIS method.…”
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An analytical investigation of nonlinear time-fractional Schrödinger and coupled Schrödinger–KdV equations by Yogeshwari F. Patel, Mohammad Izadi

“…Numerical examples highlight the method’s ability to closely approximate exact solutions, with graphical and tabular comparisons illustrating the effect of the fractional order on solution behavior and validating the approach through computed absolute errors. …”
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Using Hydrogen Peroxide for Rocket Fuel Tank Pressurization: Innovations, Advantages, and Challenges by Mykhailo Vorobei, Mykola Bondarenko

“…Through case studies and recent experimental data, the paper illustrates successful applications and practical solutions. …”
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Optimizing alpha–beta filter for enhanced predictions accuracy in industrial applications using Mamdani fuzzy inference system by Junaid Khan, Muhammad Fayaz, Umar Zaman, Eunkyu Lee, Awatef Salim Balobaid, Muhammad Bilal, Kyungsup Kim

“…Our proposed method has two important components: the primary predictor utilizing the alpha–beta algorithm, and a rule-based mechanism leveraging the Mamdani fuzzy inference system. To illustrate our approach and simplify the demonstration, we selected two types of sensors: temperature and humidity. …”
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Capsule neural network and adapted golden search optimizer based forest fire and smoke detection by Luling Liu, Li Chen, Mehdi Asadi

“…The combination of capsule neural networks with the golden search optimizer illustrates the potential of merging cutting-edge technologies to tackle intricate environmental issues efficiently.…”
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Hydrodynamic relationships between gravel pit lakes and aquifers: brief review and insights from numerical investigations by Jost, Anne, Wang, Shuaitao, Verbeke, Thomas, Colleoni, François, Flipo, Nicolas

“…This article first provides a review of these impacts from the hydrodynamic point of view, and illustrates them on simple numerical test cases. It also introduces the gravel pit lake module developed for the occasion within the integrated modelling platform CaWaQS, which formulation was tested on the same test cases against the Lak package, its Modflow counterpart. …”
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SGS method applied to damage location and uncertainty modeling for sensor grid in the ISHM by Pereira, Paulo Elias Carneiro, de Rezende, Stanley Washington Ferreira, Moura Júnior, José dos Reis Vieira de, Finzi Neto, Roberto Mendes

“…In this paper, we introduce a novel method based on Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS) to pinpoint damage locations on aluminum plates and create maps that illustrate the spatial uncertainty associated with damage index values throughout the structure. …”
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Cell-Sonar, an Easy and Low-cost Method to Track a Target Protein by Expression Changes of Specific Protein Markers by Sabrina Brockmöller, Lara Molitor, Franz Worek, Simone Rothmiller

“…Detailed microscopy for protein co-localization detection or omic technologies, which provide holistic network data, are elaborate, mostly complex, and expensive to apply. Our protocol illustrates a method to track a target protein by detecting expression changes of user-selected marker proteins that directly or indirectly interact with the target. …”
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Protocol-based set-membership state estimation for linear repetitive processes with uniform quantization: a zonotope-based approach by Minghao Gao, Pengfei Yang, Hailong Tan, Qi Li

“…At last, we valid the efficacy of the developed estimation approach via an illustrate example.…”
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Savoring the past, preserving the future: a mixed-methods examination of culinary traditions among Pontic Greeks in Northern Greece by Achillefs Keramaris, Eleni Kasapidou, Paraskevi Mitlianga

“…Integrated data analysis revealed a convergence regarding the importance of preserving culinary traditions in the face of societal change, illustrating the dynamic nature of Pontic Greek gastronomy. …”
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A review of the intertidal Medon Stephens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) with description of a new species on the East Asian coasts by Kee-Jeong Ahn, Gae-Nam Jeon

“…The new species is described with illustrations of diagnostic characters and a key to species of the East Asian coastal Medon is presented.…”
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Effects of the stress hormone norepinephrine on the probiotic properties of Levilactobacillus: antibacterial colonization, anti-inflammation, and antioxidation by Lingdi Niu, Mingchun Gao, Yifan Li, Chaonan Wang, Chaonan Wang, Chuankun Zhang, Haoyuan Duan, Hai Li, Fang Wang, Junwei Ge

“…These findings provide evidence that NE reduces the probiotic ability of Levilactobacillus and illustrates the plasticity of the probiotics in response to the intestinal microenvironment under stress.…”
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An Emerging Theory of School-Based Participatory Science by P. Sean Smith, Christine L. Goforth, Sarah J. Carrier, Meredith L. Hayes, Sarah E. Safley

“…Next, we describe the emerging theory and illustrate it with vignettes constructed from our data. …”
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I. PRAYERS OF FEMALE PROTAGONISTS IN GIUSEPPE VERDI’S OPERAS FENENA’S PRAYER: OH, DISCHIUSO È IL FIRMAMENTO by Adél FEKETE

“…Other such segments will be arias which bear bel canto influences (preghiere from Giovanna d'Arco and Stiffelio), but also ones illustrating the language transformation of the female prayer in more mature operatic works, such as Aida and Otello. …”
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