Liberal Citizenship Through the Prism of Shia Jurisprudence: Embracing Fundamental over Partial Solutions by Javad Fakhkhar Toosi

“…This article explores the compatibility of liberal citizenship with Twelver Shia jurisprudence, a topic previously analyzed from the perspective of Sunni schools, most notably in the extensive research of Andrew F. March. …”
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New Zealand and Slovenia : cultural contacts, 1923-2000 by Andrej Podbrežnik

“…Alma Karlin (Samotno potovanje), Miran Ogrin (Na jugu sveta) and Tomo Križnar (Samotne sledi) have all succeeded in acquainting the Slovene reading public with New Zealand and its people and culture. So that readers might understand more fully the observa­ tions offered by these writers, the author of this paper provides background information in the{orm of a short account of the history of New Zealand and of New Zealand literature, going on to focus on those New Zealand writers whose work has been translated into Slovene, most notably Katherine Mansfield. …”
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The representation of Irish affairs in La Gazette and in Nouvelles Ordinaires de Londres, 1649-1652 by Karine BIGAND

“…The monarchical crisis of the 1640s and the ensuing Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the British Isles were regularly reported and commented upon in France, notably in Théophraste Renaudot’s Gazette. Recent research has shown that its proximity with the Court and Mazarin’s government did not prevent the newspaper’s editor from constantly seeking news to feed its readers’ curiosity. …”
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Self-Transcendence and Its Discontents: Criticisms and Defences of the <i>Zhuangzi</i> in Wei-Jin Thought and Their Modern Significance by Benjamin Coles

“…For the latter, the spiritual self-transcendence that could be found in the <i>Zhuangzi</i> text was not only a source of personal satisfaction and joy but also served an important function in Confucian ethics, leading readers to transcend narrow obsession with individual self-interest, political power and social status. …”
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Study the effect of phenolic compounds extracted from some wild Iraqi plants as anti-leishmaniasis in vitro by Zainab Y. M. Hasan, Mohammad M. F. Al-Halbosiy, Israa H., Baraa A.

“…The violet color was then read at the wavelength (620 nm) using an ELISA Reader device to obtain the inhibition rates, as the intensity of the color is an expression of the number of living cells. …”
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Spatiotemporal changes in precipitation and drying-wetting patterns in the Yellow River Basin by MA Jie, LIAN Luyao, LIU Yuanfeng, SU Penghai, YANG Ruzhen

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A synthesis of the effects of summer interventions on secondary students with or at-risk of reading difficulties by Jordan T. Dille, Phil Capin, Johny Daniel, Elena A. Dille, Alice S. Cahill

“…Analysis of 13 studies revealed mixed results regarding the effectiveness of such interventions. Notably, teacher-led summer programs tended to be more effective than student-directed, home-based models that provided books without direct instruction. …”
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Combate moral: O moralismo ostentatório nos discursos sobre operações policiais e “violência urbana” by Vittorio da Gamma Talone, Alexandre Werneck, Caio Neves

“…To this end, we analyze how readers of news reports on police operations respond to those they interpret, within the scope of the articles, as bearers of a violent sociability and those supportive of them. …”
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TRANSLATING THE ADVERB “ONLY”: A STUDY OF THE BLUEST EYE AND ITS VIETNAMESE TRANSLATIONS by Pham Thi Bich Huyen

“…The study also explores how only is rendered in Vietnamese through expressions such as chỉ (“only/just”), duy nhất (“unique/sole”), and không gì khác ngoài (“nothing else but”). Notably, the translations demonstrate general consistency in the adopted strategies; however, in 2.86% of the instances, the meaning diverges slightly from the original to better resonate with Vietnamese readers. …”
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Eye Movement Patterns in Russian-Speaking Adolescents with Differing Reading Comprehension Proficiency: Exploratory Scanpath Analysis by Alexandra Berlin Khenis, Maksim Markevich, Anastasiia Streltsova, Elena L. Grigorenko

“…These groups were identified as “fast readers” and “slow readers”. Both groups exhibited similar oculomotor performance during the initial reading. …”
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The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature by Mostafa Hosseini

“…The author has two major goals in mind: a) to introduce The Shahnameh, to the Western readers, notably students (those who know English) and b) to challenge the concept of “World Literature” in the Western academia. …”
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Research on the Protection Status and Development Strategies for New Varieties of Lychee and Longan in China by Yingjie WEN, Zhixian TANG, Fachao SHI, Hailun LIU, Yonghua JIANG, Qian YAN

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Multifunctional Ultra‐Bright Plasmonic Gold@Fluorescence Nanoprobe for Biomedical Applications by Caiping Ding, Wenjing Li, Xiaolin Huang, Ben Zhong Tang, Youju Huang

“…Our attention is steadfastly directed toward the essential scientific questions and technical hurdles that remain to be surmounted, inviting readers to partake in an exciting exploration of this dynamic and promising field.…”
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medAL-suite: A software solution for creating and deploying complex clinical decision support algorithms by Ludovico Gennaro Cobuccio, Vincent Faivre, Rainer Tan, Alan Vonlanthen, Fenella Beynon, Emmanuel Barchichat, Alain Fresco, Quentin Girard, Sinan Ucak, Sylvain Schaufelberger, Ibrahim Evans Mtebene, Peter Agrea, Emmanuel Kalisa, Gillian A. Levine, Martin Norris, Sabine Renggli, Alix Miauton, Lisa Cleveley, Kristina Keitel, Julien Thabard, Valérie D’Acremont, Alexandra V. Kulinkina

“…Algorithms are subsequently automatically deployed in medAL-reader to service level clinicians in health facilities. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Awareness and Attitudes about the Risk of Periodontal Disease among Polycystic Ovarian Disease Patients Residing in Chennai, India: A Questionnaire based C... by S Varsha, Jai Santhosh Manikandan, Makesh Raj, Sai Krishna, Hemalatha, Nanda Kumar, Pravina Fernando

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Investigations on the Synthesis of Chiral Ionic-Liquid-Supported Ligands and Corresponding Transition-Metal Catalysts: Strategy and Experimental Schemes by Di Xu, Xin-Ning Wang, Li Wang, Li Dai, Chen Yang

“…We systematically present the structures and comprehensive synthetic pathways of the chiral ionic-liquid-supported ligands and the typical corresponding transition-metal complexes that have been readily applied to asymmetric processes, categorized by their parent ligand framework. Notably, the crucial experimental procedures are delineated in exhaustive detail, with the objective of enhancing comprehension of the pivotal aspects involved in constructing chiral ionic-liquid-tagged ligands and compounds for both scholars and readers. …”
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Diverse solitons wave structures for coupled NLSEs in birefringent fibers with higher nonlinearities using the modified extended mapping algorithm by Karim K. Ahmed, Njah A. Alsahafi, Hamdy M. Ahmed, Salah Boulaaras, M. S. Osman

“…Graphical depictions of some of the extracted solutions are included to aid readers in physically understanding the obtained solutions’ behavior and characteristics.…”
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Cultural and Intellectual Heritage and the Issue of Property Rights: Concepts and Trends by Mohamed HIRRECHE BAGHDAD

“…The general formulation of the legislation aimed to guarantee readers' access to the most recent knowledge. Most intellectual property and copyright laws have partially achieved this objective by protecting the interests of authors and publishers. …”
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S100 Protein Family in Lung Cancer: an Updated Narrative Review by Wang T, Liu R

“…This review, which presents an update on our previously published review of S100 proteins in lung cancer (2021), aims to enable readers having a deeper understanding of the roles of different S100 proteins in three main sub-types of lung cancer, as well as to facilitate their future researches. …”
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Reporting the standard error of the mean: a critical analysis of three journals in manual medicine by Alen Manovic, Ebba Immelsjö, Iben Axen, Per J. Palmgren

“…This is problematic because the SEM is consistently smaller than the SD, which could cause readers to underestimate variation in the data. In medical journals, inappropriate use has been found in 14–64% of articles. …”
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