Dispersion of the Yorùbá to the Americas: A Fatalist Hermeneutics of Orí in the Yorùbá Cosmos – Reading from Tutuoba: Salem’s Black Shango Slave Queen by Emmanuel Adeniyi

“…I used metaphysical fatalism as a theoretical model to interrogate prognostications about dispersion of the Yorùbá from their matrix as expressed in their mythology. …”
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BLOUNT DISEASE EVALUATION OF THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT WITHIN 2006-2014 IN DR. SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL SURABAYA by Komang Agung Irianto Suryaningrat, I. G. Ng. Dodo M. Ranuh

“…Background: Blount disease is a growth disturbance of the medial side of the proximal physeal of the tibia, epiphyseal and metaphyseal. Clinically this disease marked by varus angulation and internal rotation of the tibia on the metaphyseal area below knee. …”
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Didacticism and Philosophical Tenets in Ọbasa’s Poetry by Arinpe Adejumo

“…Tis essay, therefore, identifies the basic tenets of philosophy in the form of ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological aspects of Yoruba philosophy in Obasa’a poetry with a view to establishing the way Yoruba philosophy is used to teach morals in the poems. …”
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The Empiricist Impulse: Doers and Thinkers in Sixteenth-Century Spain by Portuondo María M.

“…This essay explores the tension that existed between empiricism and the metaphysical underpinnings of Aristotelian natural philosophy in Spain during the sixteenth century. …”
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The wilderness wanderings: a theo-liminal pedagogy for mind decolonisation in African Christianity by C. J. Kaunda

“… This article argues that the current economic and political underdevelopment in the majority of African countries is a symptom of a profound metaphysical and intellectual crisis in the African person’s imagination and consciousness, a consequence of conceptual alienation wrought about mind colonialism. …”
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La "dissolution" paradoxale du sujet dans la période nietzschéenne de la "maturité" by Nicolas Quérini

“…Are we to understand, then, that any self is illusory and constitutes a metaphysical illusion, i.e., that the becoming in which we are always caught according to Nietzsche must make any position of a self impossible, and at the very least diminishing? …”
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Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African “Ritual Archives”: Disciplinary Formations in African Thought by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…This response is organized in five parts, representing my understanding of the five major thematic strategies through which the central idea is laid out and expanded. 316 Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju The first section, “Developing Classical African Expressions as Sources of Locally and Universally Valid Theory” explores Falola’s advocacy for an expanded cultivation of theory from Africa created and Africa inspired expressive forms. “Epistemic and Metaphysical Integrity in Ifá”, the second part, examines his argument for a re-centering of studies in classical African thought within the epistemic and metaphysical frames of those bodies of knowledge, using the Yoruba origin Ifá system of knowledge, spiritual development and divination as an example, an illustration I analyze through my own understanding of the cognitive and metaphysical framework of Ifá. …”
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The Problem of Evil: by A.S. Antombikums

“… Open theism argues that traditional responses to the problem of evil fail to provide comfort amidst suffering because of their notion of metaphysical determinism and over-dependence on Greek philosophy. …”
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The revelation of God: How and to whom does God reveals God self to? by H. Mdingi

“…However, that being the case, there is a strong metaphysical and existential leaning in terms of Spirit and the world. …”
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Adapting Yorùbá Epistemology in Educational Theory and Practice in Nigeria by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…In its engagement with Nigerian educational dynamics, the essay concentrates, first, on Yoruba epistemology in its intersection with ethical and metaphysical perspectives from Yoruba thought. Second, the essay deploys the African art-centered investigations of the role of the senses in relating with art, understood as paradigmatic of navigating the world. …”
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Engaging Rian Venter’s trinitarian theology: a Trinity of space and time

“…Still, the focus on the relation between the Trinity and time could be explored in more detail, while his emphasis on the transcendent nature of the Trinity created some unresolved metaphysical challenges. …”
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Gendered Species of Yoruba Plants: An Ecofeminist Perspective by Adeola Adijat Faleye

“…This is to emphasize the significance of the abo-female as supported by nature and other iconic materials within the sacred/metaphysical realm. …”
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The Social Burden of Witchcraft accusation and Its Victims: An Exercise in Philosophy by Olusegun Stephen Taiwo

“…We shall argue therefore, that once we are able to explain witchcraft causal reasonable explanation, the kind of metaphysical change of mind on witchcraft and the subsequent incidence, accusations and extrajudicial sanctions against witches would be reduced. …”
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A Rare Case of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Calcaneum: A Case Report by Chayan K Pal, RP Raghavendra Raju, Athmaram Meda, Chennur Shaik Mohammed Sibghatulla Mazhar, Navya Pulimi, Y Kiran Kumar

“…The most common site of lesion is metaphyseal lesions of long bones like the femur, tibia, and radius. …”
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A Translation and Literary Analysis of Adebayo Faleti’s Poem: Ojo Ilayefun” by Ayodele Solomon Oyewale

“…The study also foregrounds the cultural, metaphorical, and metaphysical meanings of the Yoruba concept of mental imbalance (wèrè) beyond the conventional meaning or common knowledge about it in the Yorùbá socio-cultural milieu. …”
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Mid-Term to Long-Term Outcomes of Total Hip Arthroplasty Using a Cementless Trochanteric Sparing Short Stem Through Direct Anterior Approach: A Single-Center Study by Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi, MD, Pouya Tabatabaei Irani, MD, Mohammad Poursalehian, MD, Mahsa Mahanrad, MD, Peyman Mirghaderi, MD, Mohammadreza Razzaghof, MD, Sadegh Saberi, MD

“…Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is increasingly performed in younger patients, necessitating long-term femoral bone preservation. Metaphyseal engaging short stems offer potential benefits by reducing stress shielding and preserving bone stock. …”
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Inferior outcome of stand-alone short versus long tibial stem in revision total knee arthroplasty. A retrospective comparative study with minimum 2 year follow-up by Abdelatif Elsayed Ahmed, Abu Mukh Assala, Elsaid Ahmed Nady Saleh, Youssef Ahmed Omar, Foissey Constant, Servien Elvire, Lustig Sebastien

“…To obtain the benefits of short stem and improve the longevity of the construct; adjuvant zone II (metaphyseal) fixation might be the clue.…”
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