Martha’s Dialogue with Jesus (John 11,21-27) in Light of the Psalms of Lament by Richard Francis D’Souza OCD

“…While the first part of the dialogue corresponds to the plea section of a lament psalm with the constituent elements of address, complaint, petition, and motivation (Jn 11,21-22), the second part mirrors the praise section of the psalm which consist of words of assurance and divine praise (Jn 11,23-27). …”
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The Israeli–Palestinian Separation Wall and the Assemblage Theory: The Case of the Weekly Rosary at the Icon of Our Lady of the Wall by Elisa Farinacci

“…This weekly ritual represents both political dissent against the bordering action enacted by the Wall, as well as giving visibility to the plea of the Palestinian Christian right to live in this territory in the face of their status as an ethno-religious minority.…”
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Transcendentalist Women in Conversation: Margaret Fuller, Sophia Ripley, and “Woman” by Alice de Galzain

“…Originally written as homework for one of Fuller’s Boston Conversations (1839–1844), Ripley’s plea in favor of women’s right to education perfectly epitomizes the polyphonic nature of feminist social advances in antebellum America. …”
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William Robertson’s Unfinished History of America. The Foundation of the British Empire in North America and the Scottish Enlightenment by Florence Petroff

“…Secondly his study of New England society echoed the eighteenth-century controversy over the anti-Catholic laws in Scotland and supported his plea in favor of toleration.…”
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Het boek Prediker: een verrassende en uitdagende stem in de Bijbel by H. Debel

“…After some critical remarks on the traditional attribution of the book of Qohelet to king Salomon, its thematic statement that everything is ‘vanity’ is presented and analysed (3). Finally, a plea is made for reading the book of Qohelet in the present, post-modern context as it expresses authentic existential doubt and, within this context, the need to enjoy the earthly life (4). …”
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Unlocking innovation: Novel films synthesised and structurally analysed from poly (l-lactide-co-ethylene adipate) block copolymers blended with poly(lactic acid) by Athira John, Klementina Pušnik Črešnar, Johan Stanley, Sabina Vohl, Damjan Makuc, Dimitrios N. Bikiaris, Lidija Fras Zemljič

“…Films made from 30 wt% of pLEA 97.5/2.5 with 70 % of PLA by fast cooling exhibited outstanding mechanical properties, with a tensile strength 20 MPa higher than that of neat PLA films. …”
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No Sinecure Acting as Public Intellectual in Education by Siebren Miedema

“…The author has earlier made a plea for educators acting as public intellectuals in society to counteract still influential neo-liberal tendencies in educational policies and practices. …”
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'Gelukkig hij die uw kinderen zal grijpen' by H. G. L. Peels

“…This imprecatory prayer, which still forms one of the most troublesome dimensions of Scripture for modern Bible-readers, is usually explained very negatively as a human but intolerable expression of personal or national rancour/hostility, and as such put in sharp contrast with the New Testament message of love for the enemy. This article makes a plea for a more hermeneutically responsible exegesis, by paying attention to the background, context and intention of the imprecatory prayer itself. …”
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« Coume li chivalié d’antan avèn voua nosto vido au triounfle d’uno Idèio. » Folco de Baroncelli, du Félibrige à la Nacioun Gardiano, d’après les archives d’auteur du Palais du Rou... by Marjolaine Raguin

“…The presence in these collections of drafts, edited versions, translations from Provençal into French, first editions of some of his literary works, militant texts, and speeches, as well as unpublished works, allows for a necessary clarification and, based on a few examples of genetic criticism, a plea for an in-depth study of the content and critical editions that will give pride of place to the process of genesis of his texts.…”
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Skuld, ansvar och tillräknelighet by Bettina Schütz-Gärdén

“…The Swedish penal system regarding mentally ill or disturbed offenders differs from those of most other countries by having abolished the concept of criminal incapacity for acts committed under mental defects ("plea of not guilty by reason of insanity ") in 1965. …”
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Wealth: A Family Matter by Céline Bessière, Maude Pugliese

“…The accumulation of wealth brings into play the three major dimensions of kinship: descent, siblingship, and alliance.Objectives: To establish a dialogue between the literature on socio-economic inequalities and the social sciences of the family.Methodology: This introductory article is based on a literature review of various social science disciplines in economics, sociology, demography, history, anthropology, political philosophy and law.Results: This issue of the journal Enfances Familles Générations is a plea for the social sciences to take into account both family ties and family assets, based on the concrete issues of inheritance, marriage, indebtedness and home ownership. …”
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LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE AGE OF POSTMODERNISM by Marius ANDREESCU, Andra PURAN

“…In this context, we refer to some aspects that characterise the person and personality of the judge. This essay is a plea for the principles of law as a possible solution to solve and overcome the crisis of law and justice in postmodernism. …”
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H. G. Wells’s and E. M. Forster’s Transformative Arts: Theoretical Divergences and Formal Connections by Laurent Mellet

“…Wells’s books sometimes display an interrogation of the novel form in its interconnections with other prose genres (journalism, pamphlet, autobiography), while Forster’s novels often resort to liberal-humanist credos and other democratic stances which read as a plea for another society. These oscillations expose a common conception of prose fiction to reinvent itself but also the world out there which is typically Edwardian, liberal and democratic.…”
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Position statement of the Polish Society of Allergology and Polish Dermatological Society regarding the limited accessibility of materials necessary for patch testing. Part I: Tech... by Roman Nowicki, Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz, Elżbieta Grubska-Suchanek, Marta Kieć-Świerczyńska, Cezary Kowalewski, Beata Kręcisz, Jerzy Kruszewski, Maciej Kupczyk, Cezary Pałczyński, Jacek Szepietowski, Magdalena Trzeciak, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa, Radosław Śpiewak

“…First of all, the experts plea for urgent removal of bureaucratic barriers that limit the availability of diagnostic haptens that are indispensable in the state-of-the-art allergy and dermatology care.…”
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Reducción de costos de transacción e información asimétrica: experiencias de financiamiento rural en México by Maricela De La Vega Mena, Vinicio Horacio Santoyo Cortés, Manrrubio Muñoz Rodríguez, J. Reyes Altamirano Cárdenas

“…Objetivo: se estudian tres experiencias de fi-nanciamiento rural con el propósito de inves-tigar cómo sus tecnologías de crédito resuel-ven los problemas de información asimétrica y costos de transacción. Metodología: se em-plea el método de análisis de casos múltiples, para identificar los principios comunes de las tecnologías de crédito y sus adaptaciones a ca-da contexto específico. …”
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The participation of a juvenile victim’s representative in criminal proceedings: procedural and forensic aspects by I. O. Iemets

“…The significance of the victim’s representative’s participation in investigative (search) actions, as well as at the stages of concluding a plea agreement and familiarisation with the criminal proceedings is pointed out. …”
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INTERPRETING A POEM OF BEN JONSON, “SONG: TO CELIA” by Nanik Mariana Effendie

“…The speaker in "Song: To Celia" is a man who opens with a plea for his lady to express her love by gazing upon him. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…In his review of Giubilini’s The Ethics of Vaccination, Marius Kunte notes that it contains a “thought-provoking plea” for individual, collective and institutional obligations to reach high vaccination rates. …”
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Snahy šlechty českého severovýchodu o zmírnění následků pobělohorských konfiskací by Ondřej Tikovský

“…Furthermore, the protracted administrational procedure of the examination of pleas presented by the supplicants and also the way of legal argumentation of the respective committees, the court chamber and the attorney appears to have been consistent and in conformity with the provisions of law. …”
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Overcoming the Socio-Economic Challenges to Good Governance: Streamlining Cooperative Governance Model by Bhekabantu Alson Ntshangase, Kaizer Raseane Makole, Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa

“…However, despite numerous efforts and pleas by the Auditor-General of South Africa to responsible oversight structures like provincial governments and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts to curb financial malfeasance, corruption and lack of adequate and proper financial management skills, these pleas have fallen on deaf ears thus undermining cooperative and good governance mechanisms and systems. …”
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