Reflections on the ecclesiastical interpretations of 6th April 1652 as a South African symbolic date by R. M. Britz

“…Consequently, theological and cultural inferences that played into the hands of an ideological understanding or appropriation of the past and its symbolic date, hampered a critical and responsible assessment. This was illustrated at the 1952 celebrations. To many blacks the date commemorated inaugurated three centuries of wrong. …”
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Metadiscourse in Lithuanian linguistics research articles: A study of interactive and interactional features by Anna Ruskan, Greta Maslauskienė

“…The analysis offers a number of methodological steps necessary for applying the interpersonal model of metadiscourse to Lithuanian data, and complements numerous investigations into Lithuanian academic discourse by illustrating and discussing the writer-reader interaction in linguistics in a larger corpus. …”
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Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity and refractory hypotension in Guillain-Barré syndrome with autoimmune encephalitis: a case report and literature review by Jun-Ping Wang, Yan-Bo He

“…After comprehensive treatment, he was successfully weaned off the ventilator, and his refractory hypotension resolved after more than six months. This case illustrates that severe autonomic dysfunction can occur at any stage of GBS companied with AE. …”
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Praising God or singing of love? From theological to erotic allegorisation in the interpretation of Canticles by H. Ausloos

“…In the third part, the evolution outlined in the previous two parts will be illustrated in an analysis of Canticles 2:16. …”
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Harnessing the Multi-Phasal Nature of Speech-EEG for Enhancing Imagined Speech Recognition by Rini Sharon, Mriganka Sur, Hema Murthy

“…Through thorough control checks and illustrative topographical visualizations, our observations are substantiated. …”
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Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key by T. J. Wood

“…This contribution produces a total of 13 species for the West Palaearctic region, and illustrates the degree to which persistent taxonomic problems exist even within small bee genera.…”
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New strategies to enhance the efficiency and precision of drug discovery by Qi An, Liang Huang, Chuan Wang, Dongmei Wang, Yalan Tu

“…To demonstrate the utility of these methodologies, we highlight exemplary small molecules discovered in the past decade, along with a summary of marketed drugs and investigational new drugs that exemplify their clinical impact. These examples illustrate how these techniques directly contribute to advancing medicinal chemistry from the bench to bedside. …”
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Assessing the Economic Burden and Benefit-cost of Treating Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Germany by Nikolaos Kotsopoulos, Mark P. Connolly, Esther Sobanski, Maarten J. Postma

“…In addition, this research aims at illustrating a cost-benefit analysis framework which could be applied to economically appraise the rate of return from investments in hypothetical health interventions targeting ADHD. …”
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Articulating (ultimate) commitments: historical, factual and systematic considerations by D. F. M. Strauss

“…This opened the way to illustrate the interplay between ultimate commitments and theoretical articulations with reference to the a priori commitment to gradualism (continuous change) as found in the thought of Darwin and neo-Darwinism. …”
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Stakeholder’s resource mobilization and sustainability of government funded agricultural projects in Uganda: A case study of potato projects in Kabale District by moses Agaba

“…The descriptive analysis required the presentation of just one variable and its properties, frequency tables were used to illustrate the data. A Pearson correlation matrix was used to analyze the bivariate correlations between the dependent variable and the predictor components. …”
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Project Feasibility Studies and Sustainability of Government Supported Projects in Uganda by Turyasingura John Bosco, Moses Agaba

“…Because the descriptive analysis required the presentation of just one variable and its properties, frequency tables were used to illustrate the data. A Pearson correlation matrix was used to analyze the bivariate correlations between the dependent variable and the predictor components. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…Darcy, challenge and subvert class norms, illustrating Austen’s critique of superficial social distinctions and her advocacy for personal merit over inherited status. …”
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Spatial Characteristics and Influence of Topography and Synoptic Systems on PM2.5 in the Eastern Monsoon Region of China by Shengli Zhu, Zhaowen Wang, Kai Qu, Jun Xu, Ji Zhang, Haiyi Yang, Wenxin Wang, Xiao Sui, Min Wei, Houfeng Liu

“…The spatial distribution and interregional influence of fine particle pollution under different synoptic weather and topography in the eastern monsoon region of China were illustrated. According to synoptic systems, regional PM2.5 pollution episodes were classified into three categories, including Uniform Pressure field (UP, 60.00%), Pre-High Pressure (PreHP, 30.91%) and Inverted-Trough (IT, 9.09%). …”
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One-pot low-temperature preparation of thermo-responsive self-ceramifiable glass fiber insulation tiles with exceptional mechanical and ablative properties by Fengchun Ji, Zhihang Peng, Xin Yang, Jian Feng, Yang Xiang, Zeyu Liu

“…The 20 mm thick sample shows low backside temperature only 216 °C, solid overall structure, and near-zero ablation after continuous burning at 1300 °C for 600 s. The detailed illustration of gradient inter-coupling effects among various thermal protection mechanisms is provided. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…The case of Porto –which in many ways illustrates the fast growth of short-term, rental-driven urban tourism in southern Europe– demonstrates that Airbnb’s global corporate narrative around property sharing, micro-entrepreneurship and tourism democratization hardly fits the urban reality of host professionalization, income concentration and growing massification. …”
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Freshwater fungi in the karst plateau wetlands from Guizhou Province, China: taxonomic novelties in Melanommataceae (Pleosporales) by Ling-Ling Liu, Yong-Xiang Liu, Ya-Ya Chen, Jiu-Lan Gou, Feng Chi, Yi Liu, Xiao-Feng Gu, Quan-Quan Wei, Meng Zhang, Zuo-Yi Liu, Si Zhou

“…The descriptions, illustrations, and notes of the novel taxa are provided along with an updated phylogenetic tree of Melanommataceae. …”
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Gastric Cytoprotection as Basis of Gastrointestinal Mucosa Protection and Repair in Erosive Ulcerative Lesions of Various Aetiologies by K. V. Ivashkin, E. A. Izatullaev, V. R. Korneeva

“…Assessment of efficacy and the mechanism of action of gastrointestinal mucosa (GM) protection in current treatment settings with methylmethionine-sulfonium chloride (vitamin U) to illustrate its applicability in erosive ulcerative lesions of various aetiologies.Key points. …”
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Diffusion-programmed catalysis in nanoporous material by Suvendu Panda, Tanmoy Maity, Susmita Sarkar, Arun Kumar Manna, Jagannath Mondal, Ritesh Haldar

“…Through the deployment of a thin film composed of a porous metal-organic framework catalyst, we illustrate how programming reactant diffusion within a cross-flow microfluidic catalytic reactor can concurrently amplify turnover frequency (exceeding 1000-fold) and enhance geometric selectivity ( ~ 2-fold) relative to conventional nano/microcrystals of catalyst in one-pot reactor. …”
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