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The Yoruba, predominantly of southwest Nigeria, comes with a long history of deep cultural consciousness and identity defined by the omoluabi essence – a sense of, commitment to, and pride in pristine and honorable conduct, individually and corporately. This paper interrogates the different, yet intricately linked perspectives articulated in Encyclopedia of the Yoruba on the cosmology, culture, and sociology of the Yoruba; the impact of modernity on its being; and the basis of the resilience of much of its wider cultural forms in different spatial and temporal contexts. It notes that the basic outline of the Yoruba culture predates its contact with the West, and is indeed comparable to the best of the latter in significant respects. A more autochthonous existence for the Yoruba, predicated upon this uniquely profound and composite cultural essence, within the Nigerian federation, has limitless possibilities for social cohesion and advancement of the development agenda.

The problem of the natural processes impact on cultural remains of Palaeolithic sites has been under consideration of scientists for many years. A whole number of special articles devoted to various degrees of cultural layers preservation at Kostenki has been published up to date. At the same time, the study of various cultural layer deformations of Kostenki sites has always been in the background of the priority tasks for the study of dwellings, structure of settlements, stone and bone assemblages, etc. The importance of assessing the degree of cultural layers preservation and the homogeneity of assemlages was often neglected, which directly influenced the conclusions about the appearance industries and their periodization and chronological status. The article attempts to generalize and classify all known natural deformations occurring in the Palaeolithic settlements at Kostenki. The accumulation of such facts and the study of the processes that caused them will contribute to the understanding of the taphonomy of sites and minimize mistakes in the interpretation of archaeological material.

Els van Dongen, Realistic revolution: Contesting Chinese history, culture, and politics after 1989 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 276, US$99.99, ISBN: 9781108421300.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the organizational shift at the Frontier Nursing Service from all female, nurse run and community-people focused to the corporate-consumer focus adopted everywhere else and the accompanying work environment issues this shift brought to the organization. Background: Though it is not possible to isolate a single causative factor nursing's history of cyclic 'shortages' as the problem is complex and interrelated, and there is no simple description in the available literature, there is agreement that the problem is having a negative impact on the current nursing practice environment, the retention of nurses, the profession's ability to recruit nurses, and that the problem is global in scope and heading for crisis if not abated. Methods: Historical analysis of the Frontier Nursing Service located in Eastern Appalachia of the United States and oral history analysis of former Frontier and non-Frontier nurses was conducted using a culture theory framework. Data were collected from 2003-2007, and literature on the Frontier Nursing Service as well as local, world, medical, nursing, sociological and political history was reviewed from 1900s- 1970s. Findings: Findings defy conventional dissatisfaction causes while the Service was nurse-run, decentralized and interference-free. In the 1960s the organization moved to the corporate/business model of health care delivery being used elsewhere. Non-Frontier nurses in practice today mirrored the dissatisfaction experienced by former Frontier Nurses within this organizational culture after 1960 reflecting how deeply imbedded within health care institutions the prevailing culture has become. Conclusion: The empowerment inherent within an international professional community created by nurse leaders, who value and perpetuate their "professional identity" within institutional cultures, can advance the discipline's ability to push for sustained positive change within these environments.

ABSTRACT: This paper is an introduction to synthisophy: roots, mission, description and conclusion. KEYWORDS: synthisophy, history, science, politics, society, philosophy, religion, technology