D’Astarté à Tanit by Geneviève Mondon

“…Flaubert pouvait donc lui faire confiance lorsqu’il parle de la prostitution sacrée, des sacrifices d’enfants, et même du rôle mythique des animaux. …”
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Doing Justice to the Future: A global index of intergenerational solidarity derived from national statistics by Jamie McQuilkin

“… This paper proposes an index of national levels of “intergenerational solidarity”, defined as “investments or sacrifices that are intended to increase or sustain the wellbeing of future generations”. …”
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Segregation-dislocation self-organized structures ductilize a work-hardened medium entropy alloy by Bojing Guo, Dingcong Cui, Qingfeng Wu, Yuemin Ma, Daixiu Wei, Kumara L. S. R, Yashan Zhang, Chenbo Xu, Zhijun Wang, Junjie Li, Xin Lin, Jincheng Wang, Xun-li Wang, Feng He

“…We show here that when initial dislocations are in the form of SD-SOS, the textbook theory that dislocation hardening inevitably sacrifices ductility can be overturned. Our results reveal that the SD-SOS, in addition to providing dislocation sources by emitting dislocations and stacking faults, also dynamically interacts with gliding dislocations to generate sustainable Lomer-Cottrell locks and jogs for dislocation storage. …”
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The War in the Historical Memory of Nations by N. V. Pavlov

“…For the Russians - the victory in the Great Patriotic War which cost the Soviet Union incredible efforts, enormous sacrifices and material losses. Now when we celebrate the 70thyear since that epoch-making date we turn our attention once more to the lessons of history because the memory of the war has been imprinted deeply on our gene level of Russians and Germans. …”
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A Translation and Literary Analysis of Adebayo Faleti’s Poem: Ojo Ilayefun” by Ayodele Solomon Oyewale

“…However, sustaining such friendship through inter-personal relationship, which requires great sacrifices, is the most difficult aspect of it. This essay examines the Yorùbá concept of a mutual acquaintance, as depicted in one of Faleti’s poems titled “Ọjọ Ìláyẹfún.” …”
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Cuando los derechos son la jaula. Trasplante rígido del soft law para la gestión del desplazamiento forzado by Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez Mojica

“…Por tanto la suerte de quienes huyen es sacrificable en aras de obtener el fin último que persigue todo el modelo. …”
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Thulaganyo ya seretotumišo (sa Sepedi), pesalema (ya Bibele) le sefela sa kereke (ya Lutere) by Mawatle J. Mojalefa

“…A traditional poet praise ancestors and people by paying tribute at the graveyard, whereas a psalmist or hymnist prays to God by giving sacrifices and prayers in church. This helps us understand the differences in how a hymnist, psalmist, and traditional praise poet express reverence to their God or ancestors. …”
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<i>Turbat al-Ḥusayn</i>: Modern Presentation of an Early Shīʿī Practice by S. M. Hadi Gerami, Zinab Aghagolizadeh

“…Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, <i>turbat</i> was reinterpreted as a symbol of martyrdom and resistance, aligning with revolutionary ideologies and narratives that paralleled the sacrifices of Karbala with contemporary struggles. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new dimensions to <i>turbat</i>’s role, with its promotion as a medicinal remedy by religious figures, despite lacking historical precedent in traditional Shīʿī teachings. …”
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War and negotiations. How Vietnam defeated the American Colossus by A. M. Vasiliev

“…In 1975 its army was defeated the regime capitulated, which ensured the subsequent reunification of South and North Vietnam.The Vietnamese people defeated the American colossus, having suffered terrible sacrifices themselves, but achieved the national goal - the withdrawal of the Americans and the unification of the country. …”
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Information War in Syria by N. A. Smirnov

“…Analyzing numerous publications, photos and videos, largely specially rigged to achieve the desired result, it is difficult to say about the objective picture of what is happening, but it is an indisputable fact of enormous human sacrifices, millions of people who have fled their country and the destroyed country in the heart of the Middle East.…”
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Surgical treatment of Hallux Rigidus – arthrodesis or resection arthroplasty? Retrospective observational study by Dovydas Rapolis, Matas Urmanavičius, Aleksas Makulavičius, Valentinas Uvarovas

“…This surgery effectively and relatively quickly reduces painful symptoms but sacrifices joint mobility. An alternative is resection arthroplasty. …”
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A Low-Complexity Diversity-Preserving Universal Bit-Flipping Enhanced Hard Decision Decoder for Arbitrary Linear Codes by Praveen Sai Bere, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, Lajos Hanzo

“…Hard-decision decoding sacrifices the preservation of diversity order, leading to pronounced performance degradation in fading channels. …”
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Performance evaluation model of the narrators of Rahian Noor camps. by Abbas Alwardi, Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Mohammadjavad Pahlevanzadeh, Amirhossein Saffarinia, Mohammad Reza Fathi

“…Purpose: During the past years and after the holy defense, one of the biggest cultural events of the country that caused the transfer of experiences and retelling of the historical events and sacrifices of the warriors of Islam during the eight years of the holy defense was Rahian Noor. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…Although the transition from contingency standards to crisis standards is defined by the inability to provide functionally equivalent care, the difference in practice may merely be a distinction between visible, immediate sacrifices to patient well-being during crises and less-obvious, long-term decrements in community health due to protracted contingency care alterations. …”
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