The garden of love: some orthodox perspectives on the spirit and the Church by N. Dumitrascu

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The Conceptual Domain of Hunting and Its Negative Representation in Love: A Cognitive-Cultural Analysis by Raheleh Gandomkar, Masoomeh Hashemi

“…Sometimes, women are portrayed as valuable prey for male hunters, while in other instances, the roles are reversed. In this article, we address the following questions: 1) What are the micro-metaphors of the macro-metaphor "marriage is hunting" in the domain of love? …”
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Falling Back in Love with Trans-Inclusive Feminism: Canadian Creative Artists Re-Story Death and Choose Transformation by Devon Harvey

“…Rooted in Canadian author Kai Cheng Thom’s reckoning with the shortcomings of trans-exclusionary feminist thought, and informed by Chinua Achebe’s conceptualization of re-storying, this article explores how <i>I Hope We Choose Love</i> and <i>Falling Back in Love with Being Human</i> by Kai Cheng Thom, <i>Death Threat</i> by Canadian creatives Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee, and comics from <i>Assigned Male</i> by trans activist and Canadian comic artist Sophie Labelle re-story “necessary” trans death to orient queer death spaces around a trans-for-trans (t4t) praxis of narrativization. …”
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End of Life: A Family Narrative by Helen K. Black, Miriam S. Moss, Robert L. Rubinstein, Sidney Z. Moss

“…This paper is based on ethnographic research that examines family reaction to an elderly husband and father's end of life. From a group of 30 families in our study (family defined as a widow aged 70 and over and two adult biological children between the ages of 40 and 60), we offer an extreme case example of family bereavement. …”
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The Life Mission Theory III. Theory of Talent by Soren Ventegodt, Niels Jorgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…When we acknowledge our purpose as the essence of our self, when we take all our power into use in an effortless way, and when we fully accept our own nature — including sex and sexuality, our purpose of life takes the form of a unique talent. …”
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Quality of Life Philosophy III. Towards a New Biology: Understanding the Biological Connection between Quality of Life, Disease, and Healing by Soren Ventegodt, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…We believe that we need a radically new biology and medicine to give the scientific explanations of the structure, dynamics, and quality of life, and of its consciousness.…”
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BROTHEL OF TU BA – THE INTENSE PERIOD OF THUY KIEU’S LIFE by Nguyễn Hữu Sơn

“…We apply gender theory to understand the life of Thuy Kieu at the brothel of Tu Ba in relation to her entire life. …”
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Quality of Life as Medicine III. A Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of a Five-Day Intervention with Existential Holistic Group Therapy or a Quality of Life Course as a Modern Rit... by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Maja Langhorn, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…Existential group therapy seems to be a very efficient way of inducing the holistic state of healing, described in the holistic process theory of healing. We have designed a series of four quality of life (QOL) and health courses of 5-days duration called “Philosophy of Life that Heals – Courses in QOL and Personal Development”. …”
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Enhancing end-of-life care practices on the medicine units: perspectives from nurses and families by Julie C Reid, Deborah J Cook, Neala Hoad, Anne Boyle, Rajendar Hanmiah, Lucinda Landau

“…Background Death is a part of life. While most often a sombre event, opportunities exist to optimise the experience both for the dying patient and their loved ones. …”
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Hearing, sharing and applying: a qualitative study of the experiences of family caregivers’ end-of-life decision-making in Singapore by Gerald Choon Huat Koh, Pin Sym Foong, See Mieng Tan, Min Li Ong, Xingyu Xia

“…Finally, families often elect a lead facilitator within the family unit who manages the decision-making process, and collates multiple perspectives from all the stakeholders.Conclusions Based on these findings, we recommend that interventions to support family-based decision-making in Singapore should be based on the three principles of hearing patient values, sharing these values with other loved ones and providers and applying these values in collaboration with the providers and family members.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful, Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork) Improves Quality of Life, Health, and Ability by Induction of Antonovsky-Sal... by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…We had a success rate of treating low, self-assessed, global quality of life (measured by QOL1: How would you assess the quality of your life now?) …”
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Infertility and Social Issue Have the Most Significant Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Women in South India by L. Hariprasath, D. Selvakumar, V. Dharani, K. K. Durgalakshmi, V. G. Abilash, T. S. Gopenath, S. Nishu

“…Results: Hence, in our study, we developed a further new sixth domain called as 'social impact domain'. …”
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How Oyster Reefs Can Affect Finfish Recruitment by Gabrielle Love, Anna Braswell, Angela B. Collins, Edward Camp

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Effectiveness of an HIV peer support precision matching platform: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Xin Xie, Shuyu Han, Yangfeng Wu, Tao Huang, Junyi Duan, Dongmei Li, Shuyu Chen, Bo Zhou, Jiangping Zhang, Lili Zhang

“…The secondary outcomes include mental symptoms, quality of life, self-efficacy, medication adherence, and health behaviors. …”
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Poly ADP-Ribosylation in a Plant Pathogenic Oomycete <i>Phytophthora infestans</i>: A Key Controller of Growth and Host Plant Colonisation by Viktoriya O. Samarskaya, Sofya Koblova, Tatiana Suprunova, Eugene A. Rogozhin, Nadezhda Spechenkova, Sofiya Yakunina, Andrew J. Love, Natalia O. Kalinina, Michael Taliansky

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Implementation strategies: lessons learned during an e-learning intervention to improve dietary behaviors and feeding practices in early childhood education and care by Henrik Lian, Nina Cecilie Øverby, Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Anine Christine Medin, Natalie Garzon Osorio, Christine Helle, Tormod Bjørkkjær, Penelope Love, Harry Rutter, Mary Elizabeth Barker, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Sissel Heidi Helland

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Wearable microfluidic biosensors with haptic feedback for continuous monitoring of hydration biomarkers in workers by Julia C. Spinelli, Brandon J. Suleski, Donald E. Wright, Joseph L. Grow, Gabriel R. Fagans, Maura J. Buckley, Da Som Yang, Kaitao Yang, Steven M. Beil, Jessica C. Wallace, Thomas S. DiZoglio, Jeffrey B. Model, Shirley Love, David E. Macintosh, Alan P. Scarth, Matthew T. Marrapode, Corinna Serviente, Raudel Avila, Barrak K. Alahmad, Michael A. Busa, John A. Wright, Weihua Li, Douglas J. Casa, John A. Rogers, Stephen P. Lee, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Alexander J. Aranyosi

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First detection of fungal diversity associated with Prunus salicina Lindl malformation syndrome by Dan Huang, Po Pu, Xiaosi He, Mingxian Lan, Bang Du, Lixia Zhu, Qian Li, Yongli Yang, Rui Xiang, Longzhang Wang, Guizhen Li, Rongjiao Wang

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FROM ROSALINE TO JULIET: ROMEO'S ROMANTIC FICKLENESS IN ROMEO AND JULIET by Yadgar Faeq Saeed

“…Only Juliet, the love of his life, can bring him to the edge of genuine and profound love. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Metastatic Cancer by Søren Ventegodt, Elin Solheim, Mads E. Saunte, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…This is called “a blockage”, where the function of the cells is allocated from their original function in the tissue to a function of holding emotions. We hope to be able not only to improve the quality of life, but also to improve survival and in some cases even induce spontaneous remission of the metastasized cancer. …”
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