Debating Igbo conversion to Christianity: a critical indigenous view by F. Hale

“…Within the genre of the novel, West African writers like the Ibgos Chinua Achebe, John Munonye, and T. Obinkaram added their voices to the debate through their fictional reconstructions of the confrontation of missionary Christianity and traditional cultures. …”
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Re-establishment of Malletia sorror (Soot-Ryen, 1957), an endemic bathyal bivalve off Chile (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Nuculanoidea) by Michael L. Zettler

“…Fresh material of a nuculanoid bivalve of the genus Malletia, collected during an expedition of the R/V SONNE off Chile in 2023, allows the re-establishment of Malletia sorror (Soot-Ryen, 1957), a species previously considered a synonym of M. peruviana Dall, 1908. The morphology and anatomy of the new material is described and the characteristics that justify a separation from M. peruviana Dall, 1908 are worked out. …”
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Taxonomic note of Parnassia (Celastraceae): the identity of P. yui by Shi-Qi Wang, Xue-Mei Zhang, Yu-Min Shu

“…Based on field investigations, examination of herbarium specimens (including the types) and analysis of protologues and distributions, P. yui is hereby reduced to a synonym of P. farreri. Field and anatomy photographs and an updated morphological description of P. farreri are provided. …”
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"Garden of Eden" or "Paradise of delight"? The Septuagint's rendering of ??? in the book of Genesis by H. Ausloos

“…However, within the Hebrew text of Genesis 2-3, the term “Eden” seems to be used with a double entendre: on the one hand, the author intended to use the term ??? as a toponym; on the other hand, in his word choice, it appears that the author aimed to characterise the specific nature of the “Eden” as a place of plenty and wealth. …”
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Intervenção arqueológica no Alto do Calvário, Miranda do Corvo: a necrópole rupestre by Vera Santos

“…It is almost certain that the toponym Miranda has Latin origin, related to the function of the hill as a lookout. …”
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Nouvelles perspectives sur les Cañaris d’hier et d’aujourd’hui : la céramique des Andes méridionales de l’Équateur de 100 av. J.-C. jusqu’à nos jours by Catherine Lara

“…They claim to be the descendants of the homonym group which—according to archaeological data—inhabited the same territory between at least 100 BC and the arrival of the Incas and Spaniards between the xv and xvi centuries AD. …”
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Taxonomic notes on the genus Yunohamella Yoshida, 2007 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China, with two new species by Rui Zhong, Yang Zhong, He Zhang, Jie Liu, Changyong Liu, Kuai Chen, Changhao Hu

“…Yunohamella jiugongensis (Liu & Zhong, 2023), comb. nov. is transferred from the genus Cryptachaea Archer, 1946, and Y. lyrica (Walckenaer, 1841) is newly recorded from Hubei Province and is considered as a senior synonym of Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906).…”
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Gulf Bluestem, Maritime Bluestem, Schizachyrium maritimum by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…This plant is very closely related to little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and its taxonomic position is not entirely agreed upon by taxonomists; hence information may also be located using the taxonomic synonym Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg184 This publication is derived from information in SGEB-75/SG156, Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle, by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Christina Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg156. …”
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Easy Data Augmentation untuk Data yang Imbalance pada Konsultasi Kesehatan Daring by Anisa Nur Azizah, Misbachul Falach Asy'ari, Ifnu Wisma Dwi Prastya, Diana Purwitasari

“…Penelitian kami menyelidiki algoritma Easy Data Augmentation (EDA), yang berbasis parafrase kalimat dalam teks KKD dengan menggunakan teknik Synonym Replacement (SR), Random Insertion (RI), Random Swap (RS), dan Random Deletion (RD). …”
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Security Techniques for Prevention of Rank Manipulation in Social Tagging Services including Robotic Domains by Okkyung Choi, Hanyoung Jung, Seungbin Moon

“…Similarity is measured for ranking the grade of registered tag on the contents, and weighted values of each tag are measured by means of synonym relevance, frequency, and semantic distances between tags. …”
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The Enigma of the Temple Site and the Word-play ‘Moriah’ by Martin Prudký

“…This name is nowhere attested as a primary toponym. Its form is actually a common noun that generates significant semantic allusions to and connotations with several key motifs of the narrative in question. …”
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Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae by L.C. Costa, D.M. Macedo, R.W. Barreto

“…The name Catacauma feijoae, although now regarded as a later synonym of P. feijoae is still mistakenly in use (as, for instance, in the Brazilian list of fungi on plants). …”
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Subjects of law and their representation: Historical review by Prelević-Plavšić Snežana, Spasojević Đorđe

“…The term "legal person" appeared in medieval doctrine when Hugo used it as a synonym for corporations. Representation as a legal institute that allows a representative to express the will of the represented within the limits of the given authorization, which directly binds the represented, was first defined by the German Civil Code of 1896. …”
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Gulf Bluestem, Maritime Bluestem, Schizachyrium maritimum by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…This plant is very closely related to little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and its taxonomic position is not entirely agreed upon by taxonomists; hence information may also be located using the taxonomic synonym Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg184 This publication is derived from information in SGEB-75/SG156, Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle, by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Christina Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg156. …”
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Symptoms of Nitrogen and Iron Deficiency in Luffa by Qiansheng Li, Marina Gluck, Yanlin Wang, Wendy Mussoline, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, Guodong Liu

“… Luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca, synonym Luffa cylindrica) is a tropical and subtropical climbing plant belonging to the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae), natively cultivated in South and Southeast Asia. …”
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Idea zrównoważonego rozwoju jako idea rozwoju harmonijnego by Roman Tomanek

“…Oprócz dość ścisłych znaczeń, jakie odnajdujemy w nauce, dokumentach państwowych i międzynarodowych oraz gospodarce, w potocznym użyciu jest często modnym hasłem i etykietą. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza terminu i idei zrównoważonego rozwoju oraz jego statusu epistemicznego celem uchwycenia jego istotnego sensu. …”
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Typification of three Linnaean names in the genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) by P. Pablo Ferrer-Gallego

“…The name E. exigua var. acuta is lectotypified using a specimen preserved in the Clifford Herbarium at BM and is treated in this paper as a heterotypic synonym of E. exigua var. exigua. The name E. paralias had previously been “lectotypified” by Geltman in 2015 (repeated in 2020) on a specimen kept in S-LINN. …”
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A concise guide on the bionomics and key morphological characteristics for identifying Aedes pertinax (Grabham, 1906) – a mosquito species from neotropics by Ana L. Romero-Weaver, Michael T. Riles, Kristin Sloyer, Yoosook Lee, Lindsay P. Campbell, Bryan V. Giordano

“…Moreover, Ae. serratus, once classified as synonym of Ae. pertinax, was reported infected with yellow fever in Brazil in 2008. …”
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Intrauterine Growth Retardation and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children by Anna Alisi, Nadia Panera, Carlo Agostoni, Valerio Nobili

“…Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), the most important cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity, is defined as a foetal growth less than normal for the population, often used as synonym of small for gestational age (SGA). Studies demonstrated the relationships between metabolic syndrome (MS) and birthweight. …”
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On Cytheridella whitmani sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA), with a reappraisal of the taxonomy of the genus by Koen Martens, Nadiny Martins de Almeida, Michael Shribak, Janet Higuti, Isa Schön

“…Beside the type species and the new species, the genus currently includes only three further species from Africa: C. monodi Klie, 1936, C. damasi Klie, 1944 (with synonym C. chariessa Rome, 1977), and C. tepida Victor, 1987. …”
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