Abstract In 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists shared their ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity’ with governmental leaders worldwide, calling for immediate action halt environmental degradation that threatens systems support life on Earth. A follow-up ‘Second Warning’ was released in 2017, over 15 000 scientists as signatories, describing lack progress adopting sustainable practices nec...

One of the peculiarities in studying Vasyl Stefanik’s creative life is his relationships with prominent Ukrainian singers Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872–1952) and Mykhailo Golynsky (1890–1973). Having strong national cultural identity talent they filled artist’s spiritual new colors, impressions, feelings. Being all-arounder personalities paid tribute to writer’s talent, supported him difficult p...

Introduction.-Living systems consist of relatively few common chemical elements,' yet have unique properties which set them aside from the rest of matter: they are able to control their exchanges with the surrounding medium and to respond to changes therein; they can transform energy and metabolize matter; and especially they are capable of self-duplication. These remarkable properties, express...

This article examines the state of religion in contemporary Japan from perspective consumerism and marketization, focusing on influence spirituality movements have had established religious traditions Buddhism Shinto as well traditional practices such visiting family graves. By introducing statistical data, analyzes popular notion shifts “away temples” shrines” Japanese society. As a case study...

All the Dr D. L. N. Murti Rao Orators so far have been persons who knew Dr D.L.N. Murti Rao personally. Some like Professor N. N. Wig, Professor A. Venkoba Rao and Professor A. Verghcse had been his students. Others like Professor K. C. Dube and Col. Kirpal Singh knew him in course of their professional interactions. I am possibly the first Dr D. L. N. Murti Rao Orator who was not fortunate eno...

Local belief systems such as indigenous religions and social taboos have been credited with helping to conserve animal and plant species and particular sites worldwide. Certain species and sites are protected because they are considered sacred. Although the meaning of sacred varies across cultures, religions, and languages, in general sacred entities are distinguished from the everyday world an...

In its current state of early development, the field of knowledge management (KM) is increasingly characterized by a small number of recurrent dichotomies. Chief among these is the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge that Nonaka and others seem to have borrowed from Polanyi’s educational theory. The reverence this dichotomy is now accorded is considerable, and nearly every work wri...

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