L’altruisme, une condition de l’autorité éducative émancipatrice ? by Tommy Terraz

“…From a reflexive approach to the philosophy of education, we support the view that an educational ethic of altruism constitutes the precondition to accessing an educational and emancipatory authority, and then its correct actualization in each singular situation. …”
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A numerical study on predicting bond-slip relationship of reinforced concrete using surface based cohesive behavior by Minhajul Bari Prince, Debasish Sen

“…In addition, measurements of internal stress-strain components and damages of constitutive materials are also difficult in experimental endeavours. …”
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How can digitalization be used to develop community resilience in public health emergencies?: A qualitative comparative analysis from China. by Liqing Li, Zihan Li, Haifeng Ding, Meng Gao

“…However, no single variable alone constitutes a necessary condition for fostering community resilience. …”
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Computational Swarming: A Cultural Technique for Generative Architecture by Sebastian Vehlken

“…By taking advantage of the self-organisational capabilities of computational agent collectives whose global behaviour emerges from the local interaction of a large number of relatively simple individuals (as it does, for instance, in animal swarms), architects are able to understand buildings and urbanscapes in a novel way as complex spaces that are constituted by the movement of multiple material and informational elements. …”
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City-campus, or Educational Space of the City. Methodological Construct by S. A. Smirnov

“…Next, we look at specific cultural and historical forms, such as the Temple, School, Museum, University, etc., which constitute the basic infrastructure nodes of the city space itself. …”
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Covid-19, Congregational Worship, and Contestation over ‘Correct’ Islam in South Africa by Goolam Vahed

“…This struggle over congregational prayers brought into the open, differences among Muslims in South Africa that have been simmering for several decades and raised questions as to how to balance the post-apartheid Constitution’s accommodation of religious practices with the needs of a secular state[1]. …”
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Alternatives for scientific dissemination in universities by Mabel Rodríguez Moya, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, César David Fuentes Rodríguez

“…It is concluded that the university constitutes one of the institutions that can contribute the most to the dissemination of science, and to achieve this it is vital that university professors in their role as researchers develop skills for socializing their researches’ results.…”
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Por una economía orientada hacia la reproducción de la vida by Franz J. Hinkelammert, Henry Mora Jiménez

“…This article suggests that in order to attain this rationality, a criticism of the logic of empirical fetishism is necessary; so too, is a critique of our understanding of reality constituted entirely by market relations. This requires an answer to one critical question: what kind of society do we really want?…”
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Aquaporin-2 in the early stages of the adenine-induced chronic kidney disease model. by Lucas H Oronel, Maria Ortiz, Carolina Yarza, Sofía Gayone, Carlos Davio, Mónica Majowicz, Maria Florencia Albertoni Borghese

“…The 0.25% adenine diet induces progressive kidney damage, constituting an adequate model mimicking human CKD. Vasopressin (VP) was postulated as a mediator of CKD, mainly acting through its V2 receptors. …”
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Regulated microbe vaccines: from concept to (pre-clinical) reduction to practice by Richard Voellmy, David C Bloom, Nuria Vilaboa

“…Regulated microbes constitute novel vaccine platforms that may be employed for the development of more potent and/or more broadly effective vaccines.Areas covered We review the development and characterization of the vaccine potential of replication-competent controlled herpesviruses (RCCVs) which represent the first examples of regulated microbes used as vaccines.Expert opinion The RCCVs developed to date are suitable for application to the skin and can be activated deliberately to replicate efficiently, but only transiently, in the administration site. …”
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The Election System of the Swiss Confederation: Counting of Votes and Establishment of Election Results by M. A. Tarnavskaya

“…According to Art. 149 para. 2 Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation the elections to the National Council, which is one of two chambers of the Federal Assembly, are held according to proportional representation system. …”
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Perinatal characterization of multiple pregnancy in Cienfuegos city from 2001 to 2002 by Mariam Zam, Alberto Jorge Fernández, Gabriel Jiménez González, Alexis Díaz Brito, Cristóbal Torres González

“…This kind of pregnancy with more than 28 weeks of gestation as well as the deliveries taken place in the above mentioned hospital constituted the sample of this investigation. The influence of this kind of pregnancy in the main perinatal morbimortality indicators was analyzed. …”
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Poldérisation et préservation des paysages côtiers Singapouriens by Claire Doussard

“…These two mangroves originally constituted a single landscape entity which was subsequently broken up by different urban policies. …”
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Genetic and Biochemical Diversity among Valeriana jatamansi Populations from Himachal Pradesh by Sunil Kumar Singh, Rajan Katoch, Rakesh Kumar Kapila

“…The analysis of chemical constitution of oil of the populations from a specific region revealed predominance of specific constituents indicating possibility of their collection/selection for specific end uses like phytomedicines. …”
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Le bien-être au travail en mutation chez les enseignants - une nouvelle approche guidée par la théorie culturelle et historique de l’activité by Kirsti Launis, Annarita Koli

“…It is a serious problem constituting a threat to their health and well-being. …”
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Damage Evolution Law of Shale under Uniaxial Compression by Wenjie Wu, Chee-Ming Chan, Yilei Gu, Xiaopeng Su

“…Therefore, this paper presents experimental works on the correlation between AE and failure mechanisms of rock mass under uniaxial compression stress, with the aim of capturing the damage evolution leading to a new damage constitutive model. The experimental results indicate that the uniaxial compression process of shale can be divided into four stages according to AE characteristics. …”
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Multi-Scale Robotics: A Numerical Investigation on Mobile Micro-Tweezers for Micro-Manipulation with Extreme Requirements by Ahmet Fatih Tabak

“…Furthermore, addressable control of the position to the vortex would constitute a robotic system. In this study, a spherical micro-object composed of super paramagnetic particles tightly packed in a non-magnetic resin is rotated with a combined magnetic field of permanent magnets. …”
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The Curriculum of Iran: Emphasizing Citizenship Education by Saeid Sharifi Rahnmo, Seyed Mohammad Masoumi, Majid Sharifi Rahnmo

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Les relations centre-périphérie et la fragmentation socio-spatiale dans les villes moyennes brésiliennes : Mossoró/RN et Ribeirão Preto/SP by Cláudio Smalley Soares Pereira, Vanessa Moura de Lacerda Teixeira, Cleiton Ferreira da Silva

“…The cities of Mossoró, in Rio Grande do Norte, and Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo, highlight this phenomenon and they represent the process of socio-spatial fragmentation in Brazil, based on transformations in the urban structure and the constitution of a new social division of space. New housing developments for the elite and for residents of state-funded low-cost have been built on the periphery. …”
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Dispute Over the Legalization of Assisted Suicide in Italy in 2017-2022 by Andrzej Kobyliński

“…In 2017, the institution of the living will was introduced in Italy, which allows to make a declaration of intent for potential future loss of consciousness and ability to make decisions regarding one’s treatment and saving one’s life. In 2019, the Constitutional Court obliged the parliament to draft a law regulating the termination of life on request. …”
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