The Role of Rituals and Ceremonies in the Identity Struggle of a Society that Has Lost Its Language: the Example of Lithuanian Tatars by Mehmet Aça

“… Language, history, geography, belief, and culture have an important role in the societies to have a common identity and to maintain their existence by embracing this identity. Identity generally refers to a person or group’s defini­ tion of itself and its positioning among other people or groups. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of InsightApp for Anxiety, Valued Action, and Psychological Resilience: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial by Victoria Amo, Falk Lieder

“…Furthermore, individuals in the treatment group demonstrated a 7% higher tendency to align their actions with their values compared to the control group (t197=3.23; P=.002). …”
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Accent Choices of English Majors in the Netherlands: Patterns and Motivations by Gezina Christien Dorothé Huttenga, Dick Smakman

“…The results show that this particular group distinguished clearly between school norms and real-life norms. …”
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Une « culture de guerre universitaire » ? L’expérience des professeurs de l’enseignement secondaire français mobilisés dans la Grande Guerre by Matthieu Devigne

“…This medium-scale approach leads to more general observations than the analysis of trench literature would, but it is more accurate than studying a large group of officers. This approach also makes it possible for me to explore how war orders and imperatives, such as killing or being killed, are understood and embraced by soldiers, who use them as performative tools contributing to build up their own reasons to “hold out”. …”
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Discotheques, Magazines and Plexiglas: Superstudio and the Architecture of Mass Culture by Ross K. Elfline

“…Superstudio’s early pronouncements stating their abstention from building presaged their decision to investigate the radical potential of different non-tectonic mediums culled from consumer culture. Initially, the group embraced popular culture and mass-production for their ability to challenge the hidebound discipline of architecture, leading them to produce an assortment of interior furnishings designed to activate consumers to alter their own living spaces. …”
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TRADITIONAL FASHION INDUSTRY AND JUKUN CULTURE, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA by Bello Zakariya Abubakar, Hamisu Sani Ali

“…It is a concept that embraces not only the fashion business but arts and craft of fashion. …”
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World Café approach: exploring the future vision of oral anticoagulants for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in Ireland by Colin Bradley, Stephen McCarthy, Aileen Murphy, Stephen Brosnan, Paidi O’Raghallaigh, Ann Kirby

“…Objectives To explore and reflect on the current anticoagulation therapy offered to patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), potential challenges and the future vision for oral anticoagulants for patients with AF and healthcare professionals in Ireland.Design A multistakeholder focus group using a World Café approach.Participants Nine participants from academic, clinical and health backgrounds attended the focus group together with a facilitator.Results Enhanced patient empowerment; more effective use of technology and developing system-based medical care pathways would provide improved supports for AF management. …”
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The Importance of Positive Attitudes Toward Disability Among Future Health and Education Professionals: A Comparative Study by Luisa Gámez-Calvo, Jesús Muñoz-Jiménez, Margarita Gozalo

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Coping and Beliefs as Predictors of Functioning and Psychological Adjustment in Fibromyalgia Subgroups by Laura Rubio Fidel, Azucena García-Palacios, Rocío Herrero, Guadalupe Molinari, Carlos Suso-Ribera

“…The backward binary logistic regression suggested a final model with six predictors (guarding, task persistence, harm, emotion, solicitude, and age) that explained 31% of the variance of group membership. Discussion. These results suggest that only a subset of psychological variables uniquely and independently contribute to functional/dysfunctional group membership. …”
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O Nordeste e o Mercado Nacional de Fragrâncias: notas para um mapa da produção/consumo de perfumes no Brasil by Maria Salete de Souza Nery

“…From the symbolic embracing of the Boticário Group’s Distribution Center by the São Gonçalo community members (State of Bahia), at the interstate highway BR-101, this study seeks to understand fragrance market in Brazil and, specifically, the role the Northeast Region plays in it. …”
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A Generational Approach to the Crisis Parties: Common Origins and Common Features by Jorge Bronet, Rosa Borge

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La relation éducative : limites et « bonne distance » pour un bien-être partagé dans la classe by Stéphanie Frigout

“…Drawing on material from these interviews, this article, which follows a psychoanalytically-oriented clinical approach in education sciences, aims to demonstrate the relevance of questioning boundaries in order to reflect on educational relationships before offering group settings that could enable a peaceful and constructive relationship with pupils while respecting "the right distance".…”
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Health-related quality of life in a large cohort of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices A registry-based study. by Paolo Gatti, Carolin Nymark, Fredrik Gadler

“…The median age was 77 years with females constituting 38% of the PM group and 17% of the ICD group. The EQ-VAS and the EQ-5D index significantly increased after one year from the PM and CRT-P implant (EQ-VAS +2.8, standard deviations (SD) 23 and +5.8, SD 24.9; EQ-5D index +0.019, SD 0.114 and +0.051, SD 0.125) while only the EQ-5D index increased after one year from the ICD implant (+0.002, SD 0.104). …”
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End-to-end dataflow engineering framework of honey manufacturing from intermediates to process by TAS1R2@AuNPs/SPCE biosensor coupled with quality transfer principle by Xiaoyan Hu, Jingqi Zeng, Lijuan Ma, Xiaomeng Wang, Jing Du, Lu Yao, Zhisheng Wu

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De l’occidentalisation du soufisme à la réislamisation du New Age ? Sufi Order International et la globalisation du religieux by Alix Philippon

“…Sufi Order International (SOI) was founded in the West and for a Western clientele at the beginning of the XXth century by Hazrat Inayat Khan, a musician and a disciple of the Indian Sufi Order of the Chishtiyya. This group gives the example of a Western Sufism that has found its place in the New Age galaxy by embracing syncretistic forms of spirituality and by emphasizing the universalism of the Sufi message, beyond Islam per se. …”
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The Power of Inquiry-Based Chemical Change Lesson in Under-Resourced Classrooms by Nkosinathi Willy Nkosi, Abraham Motlhabane

“…Learners embraced the opportunity to explore concepts independently, seeking clarification from peers and cultivating a deeper understanding of the subject matter. …”
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« Penser base-ball » by Peter Marquis

“…A weapon against “juvenile delinquency” and communism, baseball was thought to shape the minds of future citizens and to convey the values the country embraced in its post-1945 reconstruction years. This belief, shared by a small group of Brooklyn youth experts, reflected and shaped attitudes and representations, especially regarding young African-Americans, the first to be passed over in the club’s charity work.…”
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Social Media Use For Internal Communication In Kenyan Organizations by Faith Moraa, Blessing Mbatha

“…While some employees embrace these digital tools, others persist with traditional methods. …”
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Wrestling on the Table: The Contemporary Wedding Meal in Latvia by Astra Spalvēna

“…The desire to embrace a modern lifestyle is the way in which to obtain a new identity in a rapidly changing post-socialist world. …”
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Responsible innovation goes south: critique, othering, and a commitment to care by Poonam Pandey

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