The museum collection serving the ad gentes mission

The church from the beginning of its missionary work tried to substantiate it.Among other things, missionaries kept in their archives artifacts cowry shells which proved the culture of peoples or nations they evangelized.Not only did they try to preserve local culture but also supported its development.The treasures of culture they collected and ke

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Preferences for work arrangements: A discrete choice experiment.

This study investigates individual preferences for work arrangements in a discrete choice experiment.Based on sociological and economic literature, we identified six essential job attributes-earnings, job security, training opportunities, scheduling flexibility, prestige of the company, and gender composition of the work team-and mapped these into

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Protective effects of ethyl gallate and pentagalloylglucose, the active components of Qingwen Baidu Decoction, against lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in rats

Qi Zhang,1 Jing Nie,2 Su-Juan Chen,2 Qiang Li2 1Department of Natural Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, China; 2School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the bioactive constituents of Qingwen Baidu

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Probable Enalapril Hepatotoxicity in a 13-Year-Old Male Western Lowland Gorilla: Pharmacologic Risks and Vigilance

A 13-year-old male Western Champagne Saucer lowland gorilla presented acutely with a precipitous decline in health status from liver disease.Through diagnostic assessment, including serum chemistries and advanced imaging, it was diagnosed with probable hepatotoxicity resulting from its prescribed medication, enalapril.As one of several angiotensin

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