The Religious Work of Beverly Jenkins’s Black Historical Romance by Jeania Ree V. Moore

“…From Maria Stewart to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and beyond, Black chroniclers have written Black history with the sacred aim of rehabilitating Black historical consciousness: rewriting the past to empower the present and reimagine the future. …”
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Effects of emigration on home range and behavior of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) by Brittini A. Hill, Denise L. Herzing, Jeremy M. Bono

“…Due to climate change, animals are shifting their home ranges more rapidly than in the past. Understanding these changes is an important ecological characteristic of a species and is a priority in informing conservation efforts. …”
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Evaluating the validity of self-reported smoking in Mexican adolescents by James F Thrasher, Mauricio Hernandez-Avila, Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, María del Carmen Valladolid-López, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas

“…Sensitivity and specificity increased with smoking frequency.Conclusions This first validation study of self-reported current smoking used in the GYTS among Mexican adolescents suggests that self-reported smoking in the past 30 days is a valid and stable indicator of current smoking behaviour. …”
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Investigating the CREDIT History of Supernova Remnants as Cosmic-Ray Sources by Anton Stall, Chun Khai Loo, Philipp Mertsch

“…Supernova remnants (SNRs) have long been suspected to be the primary sources of Galactic cosmic rays. Over the past decades, great strides have been made in the modeling of particle acceleration, magnetic field amplification, and escape from SNRs. …”
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An Enhanced Text Steganography Technique (SHA-Logic): Based on Conditional Logic and SHA-3 (Secure Hash Algorithm 3) by Kisakye Diana Michelle, Ocen Gilbert Gilibrays, Odongtoo Godfrey

“…This technique has been used in the past, from ancient Greece's scytale tool to modern methods such as Lempel-Ziv-Welch compression and Reflection Symmetry. …”
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RESEARCH OF GENDER-BASED BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PURCHASING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by Dijana Tevšić, Arnela Nanic

“…Shopping habits and gender-based consumer attitudes are significantly different and have changed during the past several yea-rs. With the arrival of new technologies and the usage of modern marketing tools, these gender-based differences are remarkably changing. …”
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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. …”
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Exploring Inhibitory Control Processes in Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM): A Single Case Study by Jessica Talbot, Daniele Gatti, Marta Boccalari, Michela Marchetti, Danilo Mitaritonna, Gianmarco Convertino, Mara Stockner, Giuliana Mazzoni

“…The phenomenon remains extremely rare, and little is known about why these individuals can remember substantially more than the general population, without being continually flooded by past memories. According to the cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis, inhibitory processes modulate general autobiographical memory by determining which memories will (and will not) enter one’s consciousness. …”
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RESEARCH OF GENDER-BASED BEHAVIOURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE PURCHASING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by Dijana Tevšić, Arnela Nanic

“…Shopping habits and gender-based consumer attitudes are significantly different and have changed during the past several yea-rs. With the arrival of new technologies and the usage of modern marketing tools, these gender-based differences are remarkably changing. …”
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Understanding cannabis use in Singapore: profile of users and drug progression by Doris Xin Yi Chia, Charis Wei Ling Ng, Pezhummoottil Vasudevan Nair Asharani, Sabina Au Yong, Jun Wen Tan, Noor Azizah Bte Zainuldin, Samuel Kee Guan Chua, Lambert Tchern Kuang Low, Christopher Cheng Soon Cheok, Gomathinayagam Kandasami

“…Introduction: Cannabis has consistently been the third most commonly abused drug among drug arrestees in Singapore over the past few years. Accordingly, this study aimed to understand the profile of cannabis users in Singapore and explore the effects of cannabis use on drug progression. …”
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The situation of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia in the second half of 20th century by Peter Šturák

“…The past 20th century has many attributes and names. …”
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Multicultural heritage in historical towns: the problems of conservation and interpretation by Rasa Čepaitienė

“…These are related to the sensitivity of historical memory, which is linked with traumas and wrongs of the recent past. The strategic possibilities of using cultural riches accumulated in our historic towns are treated, referring to the ideas of conservation theorists such as G.J. …”
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The plot in Isaiah 40-55 by SL Stassen

“… In the past a great deal of confusion existed among scholats concerning the roles of the different characters in the "literay drama" of Isaiah 40-55. …”
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KAREL SCHOEMAN EN DIE LEEFWÊRELD VAN VROEË SENDELINGE IN SUID-AFRIKA – by G van der Watt

“…He retrieved often neglected but important voices from the past. Contrary to canonised, confessional and denominational church history, he opted to focus on missionaries (Black and White), slaves, women, and the historically marginalised. …”
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Taxation and Profitability of Small-Scale Business: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Kyoshabire, Patience

“…In addition, most SSBs in Uganda do not survive past their fifth-year birthday after inauguration which shows poor performance in the SSBs sector (Sebikari, 2014; MFPED 2012). …”
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30 Years of Research in Brand Personality: Mapping Knowledge and Analyzing the Thematic Structure by a Scientometrics Approach by Mohammad Rahim Esfidani, Mohsen Nazari, Shahriar Gharibzadeh, Nakisa Rezaie

“…It has attracted significant attention from researchers and marketers over the past three decades, leading to numerous studies in this field. …”
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Big Data Analytics For Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities and Its Effect on International Business Education by Twana Saeed Ali, Tugberk Kaya

“…The amount of data collected yearly has doubled in the past years and the concern for the volume of this data has reached its Exabyte yearly range. …”
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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. …”
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Resilience, Confidence-Building, and Performance: by Audrey Ricke

“… Adaptive digital learning courseware is becoming part of the instructor tool kit to support student performance and ultimately reduce DFWI rates. However, past studies of the effectiveness of adaptive digital learning platforms in elevating student performance on summative assessment have shown promising yet at times mixed reviews (e.g. …”
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Vestibular and balance dysfunction in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognitive disengagement syndrome risk groups by Zuhal Koc Apaydın, Emre Soylemez, Nefise Demir

“…Abstract Background In the past, cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were considered similar concepts. …”
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