POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND ITS CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA by Shuaib Olarewaju Moyosore

“…To this end, the conspiracy theory was adopted for this article. The research methodology consists of analysis and synthesis of secondary sources such as diverse literatures as well as primary source derived from discussions with some Nigerians. …”
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Setting Goals to Promote Academic and Personal Achievement by Eric D. Rubenstein, Andrew C. Thoron

“…This 3-page fact sheet assists instructors in developing their knowledge of goal theory, thereby allowing them to assist learners in utilizing their personal and academic goals to develop goal-directed achievement behaviors. …”
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Decolonising Bibles? Image, imagination, and imagin(in)g in the postcolonial academy by J. Punt

“…Antipathy towards cultural studies approaches such as postcolonial theory on the one hand is born from ideological preoccupation, intellectual comfort and turf-protection, but on the other hand deprives the biblical studies guild (and associated studies in theology and religion) from a broader spectrum of resources and reimagined engagements with biblical texts and their colonialist-infused legacies.…”
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LA FRUSTRATION IDENTITAIRE. QUELQUES IDÉES DE MIHAI MITREA-CELARIANU SUR L’ÉCOLE ROUMAINE DE COMPOSITION by Luana STAN

“…His way of writing music was largely influenced by the modern western music, the New Cinema and the New Novel (Alain Robbe-Grillet, Alain Resnais), the serialism, Karlheinz Stockhausen and the dreams theory. After the Romanian revolution (1989), many composers tried to express their point of view about the existence or the absence of a “Romanian music school” and so often, their opinion was influenced by their own situation as expatriate people in different occidental countries. …”
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Topological indices and their correlation with structural properties of carbon nanotube Y-junctions by Khawlah Alhulwah, Ali N.A. Koam, Nasreen Almohanna, Muhammad Faisal Nadeem, Ali Ahmad

“…In this work, the calculation of the Balaban, Forgotten, and Zagreb indices for the four types of CNT Y-junctions is carried out using chemical graph theory. The obtained results clearly show that all these topological indices increase progressively across the different configurations of the Y-junctions, which evidences a direct relationship among the structural complexity and stability with their electronic properties.…”
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The analysis of events in Biblical narratives by D F Tolmie

“…In order to rectify this, it is proposed in this article that scholars who follow a narrative-critical approach to Biblical narratives should take note of the sophisticated models already developed within theory of literature for the analysis of events. Some of these models are discussed and then illustrated by means of two examples: Genesis 2:4b-3:25 and Acts 27:1-44. …”
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Memory culture in the making: the Heidelberg Catechism in the memory of the Dutch Reformed Church (1862-1937) by H. van Tonder

“…In order to do so, the first two sections of the article deals with the theory of memory, the development of memory culture in communities, and the significance of such an analysis for historical thinking. …”
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N.P. VAN WYK LOUW AS SATIRIKUS by HP van Coller

“…In conclusion, two seminal poems by Van Wyk Louw that were, in the past, read as detached and reflective are interpreted as satirical, with reference to Speech Act Theory. …”
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Political economy of special economic zones location in Poland by Cieślik Andrzej

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Constraints and sources of nonequilibrium: a case of radical market transformation in Brazil by Andriani Pierpaolo

“…This paper analyses the ‘butterfly effect’ of the emergence of the quality coffee in Brazil in terms of complexity theory; and more specifically in terms of constraints and sources on nonequilibrium. …”
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IMPACT OF INTEGRATED SUPERVISION ON VOLUNTARY PENSION INSURANCE EFFICIENCY by Tatjana Rakonjac-Antić, Vesna Rajić

“…There are three models of supervision in the theory and practice of voluntary pension insurance: integrated, partially integrated, and specialized models of supervision. …”
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IMPACT OF INTEGRATED SUPERVISION ON VOLUNTARY PENSION INSURANCE EFFICIENCY by Tatjana Rakonjac-Antić, Vesna Rajić

“…There are three models of supervision in the theory and practice of voluntary pension insurance: integrated, partially integrated, and specialized models of supervision. …”
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Recent Advances in Chirally-Coupled Core Fibers by Mingheng Yuan, Mingheng Yuan, Yuan Sui, Yuan Sui, Zhenao Bai, Zhongwei Fan, Zhongwei Fan

“…Based on a brief description of the theory about CCC fiber, this article focuses on the research progress and application prospect of CCC fiber.…”
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A controversial legacy from the Romantic period. Al-Andalus echoes in films featuring tourists (1905-1975) by Alfonso Fernández-Tabales, María C. Puche-Ruiz

“…Furthermore, the secondary objectives are to analyse the intense debate, running since the beginning of the 19th century, about the image of Al-Andalus among Spanish intellectuals; and analyse the (re)production of “phantom image” linked to Al-Andalus in films with tourists, using a qualitative method of film image analysis that can be considered novel (Grounded Theory built through visual analysis with NVivo software). …”
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Uma investigação da relação entre o Produto Interno Bruto (PIB), a inflação e o desemprego no Brasil (de 1999 a 2015) by Diogo Del Fiori, Salomão Franco Neves, Hecília Ricardo da Silva, Raphael Ribeiro Costa

“…Now, in the analysis of the average rate of variation showed that the behaviour of the variables as per the theory of Okun’s Law and Phillips Curve, while for inflation and GDP was found a direct relationship in the period.…”
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LOVE IN A TIME OF SCARCITY by Chris Hermans

“…At the end of the article, the author summarises five elements of a theological theory on the virtue of love in a time of scarcity. …”
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THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN PEACE BUILDING: FOCUS ON PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA by TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LEMON BLESSINGS EBENEZER, KAJAN EMMANUEL MINDAT

“…political feud/elite conspiracy theory was adopted. …”
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DIDACTIC SCAFFOLDING LEADERSHIP PEDAGOGY: by G.E. Dames

“…Hermans’ (2003) didactics of learning as a theoretical learning theory is employed as a theoretical framework in response to the above research endeavour. …”
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DIGITAL MARKETING ADOPTION FACTORS IN ALGERIAN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: A TAM APPROACH by Hela DIOUANI, Amel GRAA, Khadidja BECHELAGHEM

“…In contrast, the results of this study support technology acceptance theory (TAM) to explain the willingness to adopt digital marketing in SMEs.…”

TEXTURALISM by Andrei C. COZMA

“…A delimitation of a notion that includes such a diversity of compositional methods into a stylistic unity still tapped into by composers is achieved by analysing some particular characteristics of a few textural pieces and other attributes that are common to various other pieces. The suggested theory of texturalism thus systemizes an important part of the 20th century music in which compositional techniques of other style defining musical practices are grouped together with singular technical features. …”
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