Initiations in the Burmese Ritual Landscape by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

“…This rich ritual landscape remains under-examined due partly to the Buddhist-studies bias of most of the scholars looking at religion in Burma. In this paper, I develop comparative analysis of a class of ritual, namely that of initiation, in three components of Burmese religion: Buddhist monasticism, Buddhist esotericism, and spirit worship. …”
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Samiri Tevratı'nın Kökenine Dair Araştırmalar Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme/An Assessment of Research on the Origins of the Samaritan Pentateuch by Fatma Gerçekçioğlu

“…In this study, claims concerning the origin of the Samaritan Pentateuch are evaluated historically within the context of scholarly research conducted after the discovery of the Abisha Scroll and the Dead Sea Scrolls. …”
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Les voyages dans les ghost stories de Montagu Rhodes James : à la découverte d’horizons inattendus by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…These prim and fussy bachelors embark on their scholarly field studies in a very buoyant mood, hoping to make key discoveries in situ although the prospect of travelling somewhat disturbs them, the more so as four out of five of them have to go abroad and stay at foreign inns or hotels... …”
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The Older Gamer in Games Studies: Marginalised or Idealised? by Wu Huan, Guo Chen

“…It is suggested that scholars undertaking future studies avoid ageism and ableism when studying older gamers or disabled gamers. …”
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Conceptualising Fan Persona by Kim Barbour, Mark Stewart

“…In this issue, we invited scholars to bring understandings of identity from fan studies into conversation with ideas of a strategic performance of self, extending existing work on fan personas from both within the Persona Studies journal and beyond. …”
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Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and Colonialism by Ìyábọ̀dé Baliquis Alága, Luqman Abísọ́lá Kíaríbẹ̀ẹ́

“…Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù, the two intelligensias of Yorùbá poetry, have been the focus of earlier scholarly works in Yorùbá, with little attention given to the comparative study of their poetry. …”
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Stakeholder Theory for Sustainable Cities and Society: A Humanist and Environmental approach for integrating People, Institutions, and Environmental Ecosystems by Donizete Beck

“… It needs to be clarified in the literature as to how humanism could embrace environmental ecosystems in cities and society. Some scholars argue that Stakeholder Theory could help bridge the environmental ecosystems under a humanist approach. …”
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A Study on Lexical Features of Bahr al-javāher by Masume Aminiyan

“…Therefore, its lexical and content features have been neglected, among which are: validating the definitions by referring to dozens of authoritative medical and, in some cases, non-medical sources; mentioning the opinions of doctors, scholars, and sages with a critical approach; referring to Arabic and Persian dictionaries, hadiths, and proverbs; applying Heravi dialect vocabulary; using rare Persian equivalents, novel combinations, Arabic forms, and infrequent simple and compound verbs. …”
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The influence of parental involvement on students’ math performance: a meta-analysis by Xueshen Wang, Yun Wei

“…This meta-analysis investigates the influence of parental involvement on students’ math performance, along with their moderators.MethodsThrough searching Google Scholar, ERIC, EBSCO, Web of Science and ProQuest databases, a total of 25 empirical studies between 2015 to 2024 were published and 42 independent effect sizes were included. …”
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Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and Colonialism by Ìyábọ̀dé Baliquis Alága, Luqman Abísọ́lá Kíaríbẹ̀ẹ́

“…Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù, the two intelligensias of Yorùbá poetry, have been the focus of earlier scholarly works in Yorùbá, with little attention given to the comparative study of their poetry. …”
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THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE AGE OF CORPORATE SCIENCE by MARIA CERNAT

“…We are now witnessing it’s transformation into a “multiversity” dominated by the competitive international academic market for students and scholars and “commodified” knowledge. The fiscal crisis of publicly financed universities forced them to constantly pursue other forms of income, the industry being the most obvious solution. …”
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Evidence-based management of dermatophytosis in India today by Aparajita Ghosh, Saumya Panda

“…Methods: We have searched and included the relevant literature on “Dermatophytosis” from the PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Results: The current situation has also brought into focus the glaring lack of evidence-based guidelines for the management of dermatophytosis. …”
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How Do College Students with Disabilities Do? Law, Self-determination, Self-advocacy, and Campus Resources by Jeong IL Cho, Kate Jones

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Pengaruh Metode Total Physical Response Terhadap Kemampuan Berbicara Pada Anak Usia 3-4 Tahun by zahrah ramadhani, Azizah Amal, Herlina

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How to Improve Fine Motor Skill Learning in Dentistry by Mohamed El-Kishawi, Khaled Khalaf, Tracey Winning

“…The following electronic databases were searched to identify relevant articles to our topic: PubMed, Medline, Google Scholar, and Scopus. Generic keywords, that is, factors, fine, performance, and dentistry, and MeSH terms, that is, “learning,” “instruction,” “patient simulation,” “motor skills,” “perception,” “tactile,” “neurophysiology,” and “working memory” were used to conduct our comprehensive search. …”
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Opioid Sparing Analgesics in Spine Surgery by Logan A. Reed, Mihir Patel, Kevin Luque, Steven M. Theiss

“…A narrative review of published literature was conducted using the search function in Google scholar and PubMed was used to narrow down search criteria. …”
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Don Luigi Sturzo. A Man Through Many Seasons by Giovanna Farrell-Vinay

“…Aided by British Liberal intellectuals, Labourists and progressive Catholics, he established himselfas a scholar, political moralist and leading anti-Fascist. …”
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Evaluation of the library management program as a learning resources with Discrepancy Model by A. Ardiansah, Diemas Arya Komara, Lien Halimah

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The Kalām-based Continous Re-creation Approach of Basil Altaie Compared to Quantum Divine Action Models from Christian Contexts by Hakan Turan, Hakan Turan

“…This article analyses the natural philosophy of the Muslim theoretical physicist and scholar of Islamic Kalām theology Basil Altaie, which can be interpreted as a quantum divine action model based on Islamic theology. …”
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Business models for the Blockchain: An empirical analysis by Nitin Upadhyay

“…The blockchain technology promises to disrupt the business models. However, the scholarly literature in blockchain research is only beginning to emerge, and the majority are focused on the technical aspect leaving aside the business model complexities for blockchain applications. …”
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