La nuit mamelouke.Contribution à l’histoire du quotidien au Caire et à Damas à la fin du Moyen Âge by Mathieu Eychenne

“…Examining cases and narrative sources in Cairo and Damascus, this paper presents the complex reality of a Mamluk city that cannot be reduced to the dangers felt by its inhabitants at nightfall. …”
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Le touriste malgré lui : John Edgar Wideman et la Martinique by Michel Feith

“…African-American writer John Edgar Wideman chose the French Caribbean island of Martinique as setting and object of his travel narrative for his dual relationship to the place. He is both an outsider—in matters of language and citizenship—and an insider—as a member of the African diaspora in the Americas, and through his French girlfriend. …”
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Postcolonial/Decolonial Critique and the Theory of International Relations by Aziz Elmuradov

“…Postcolonial/decolonial approaches foster critical engagement with Eurocentric narratives in social sciences, countering teleological or linear representations of modernity. …”
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(Retail) platform legitimation through municipal partnerships? by Sina Hardaker, Alexandra Appel

“…The study demonstrates the role of municipalities and government institutions in shaping the narrative of platforms as urban problem-solvers and highlights the absence of strategic planning by municipalities in their collaborations with digital platforms, noting that some urban actors promote a positive local perception, thereby potentially legitimizing increasing platformization. …”
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DENTAL ANXIETY – A PSYCHOSOCIAL CAUSE AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by Andreea Sălcudean, Laria-Maria Trușculescu, Ramona Amina Popovici, Nicoleta Șerb, Ciprian Pașca, Cristina Raluca Bodo, Ramona Elena Crăciun, Iustin Olariu

“…Dental anxiety is a prevalent psychosocial issue that significantly affects the quality of life for many individuals, influencing their willingness to seek dental care and ultimately affecting their oral health. The present narrative review aims to highlight some forms in which anxiety can manifest, including fear of pain, negative past experiences, and social factors, which collectively contribute to a cycle of avoidance and deteriorating oral health conditions. …”
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Translating culture: the rise and resonance of Chinese contemporary literature in the Portuguese-speaking world by Xin Huang, Xiang Zhang

“…It then analyzes the reviews of well-received translations, including the Three-Body Problem trilogy, Iron Widow, and The Good Women of China, to determine how Portuguese-speaking readers interpret Chinese elements, historical references, narrative styles, and themes. The findings indicate the formation of the overarching impression of the ‘Chinese’ image among Portuguese-speaking readers and the potential development of the stereotypical views of Chinese women. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF MAQAM IN THE HISTORICAL PROCESS (13th-20th CENTURIES) by Emre Akgün

“…In the research, it is seen that the fifteenth century was a transition period as a maqam expression style, and since this century, maqam narrations have been made with note and course focusing rather than quartets and quintuplets.…”
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Accessibility information and rhetoric: an evaluation of the website communications of three New Zealand hotels by Eshwar Atul Shetty, Alison McIntosh

“…Rhetorical analysis reveal how the three websites used persuasive communication to create a common social narrative around inclusive hospitality.…”
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Cellular therapy for the peripheral arterial disease treatment: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mónica Rodríguez-Valiente, Cristina Fuente-Mora, Javier Sánchez-Gálvez, Micaela Ortín-Pérez, Manuel Pardo-Ríos, José Manuel Sánchez-Sáez, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Grasiela Piuvezam, Laura Ramos-Petersen

“…The findings will be presented in narrative summary tables and in a meta-analysis.…”
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Local English teachers’ voices from a marginalized lens: Inequality practices and identity construction in the workplace by Sahril Nur, Ismail Anas, Reski Pilu, Nurfajriah Basri

“… This article reports on a narrative case study that showcases the local English teachers’ perceived inequality practices and identity construction in Indonesia’s micro-reality context of a private language school domain. …”
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The Mystery of the Past Haunts Again: Jane Eyre and Eugenie Marlitt’s Die zweite Frau by Ivonne Defant

“…In Jane Eyre and Die zweite Frau the house motif is a pivotal element that leads to our understanding of the female characters, but it is above all the mystery that reverberates through the houses of the two novels, represented by two women, the Creole Bertha  and the Indian Lotusblume, which, being crucial to the articulation of the discursive thrust underlying the two narratives, discloses the multi-layered construction of femininity.…”
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An Approach to the Rhetoric of Boebert and Díaz-Ayuso’s Political Tweets on X: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis by María Milagros del Saz Rubio

“…This study contributes to understanding the dynamics of online political communication, highlighting the implications of negativity in shaping public opinion and political narratives.…”
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Clearing the forest, adding social struggles: territorialities and alternatives in the Argentinian environmental disaster by Joaquin Ulises Deon

“…This article explores the several collective narratives developed by participants of the social and environmental struggles, in response to the many ecological disasters that plagued Argentina in the last decade. …”
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Le texte victorien à l’âge postmoderne : jouvence ou sénescence ? Fingersmith de Sarah Waters et le mélodrame victorien by Georges Letissier

“…Through a contrastive, dialogic method of reading, it can be shown that Waters felicitously weaves together masterly-contrived plots from her Victorian predecessors, in order to sustain suspense, while setting the lesbian issue high on her narrative agenda. Yet, far from tiring today’s readers of Victorian fiction, Waters arouses a genuine interest for its intricacies and obliquity. …”
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Leadless Pacing: Current Status and Ongoing Developments by Richard G. Trohman

“…In order to clarify the role(s) of leadless pacing, this narrative review was undertaken by searching MEDLINE to identify peer-reviewed clinical trials, randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses, and review articles, as well as other clinically relevant reports and studies. …”
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Restoring Autonomy out of Context. Selective Heritagisation of the Drama Theatre in Veliky Novgorod by Ksenia Litvinenko

“…To contextualise these findings, the article contrasts the narratives promoted by the competition with the historical realities and discourses it obscured, including Soviet postmodern and institutional critiques, the constraints and opportunities embedded in the state construction and financing system, and the forms of creativity available to architects within it.…”
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The Emerging Role of Sonoelastography in Pregnancy: Applications in Assessing Maternal and Fetal Health by Abdulrahman M. Alfuraih

“…Sonoelastography, a novel ultrasound-based technique, is emerging as a valuable tool in prenatal diagnostics by quantifying tissue elasticity and stiffness in vivo. This narrative review explores the application of sonoelastography in assessing maternal and fetal health, with a focus on cervical, placental, pelvic floor, and fetal tissue evaluations. …”
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Sur le problème de la méthode dans les cultural studies et ce que nous apprend leur différend fondateur by Thierry Labica

“…Trying to deal with the problems of method and teachability which practitioners of cultural studies have repeatedly raised since the institutional consolidation of the field from the late eighties onward, two types of responses appear to have recurred: discarding the question altogether, or, harking back to CS’ original moment and founding theoretical figures, the chosen option generally implying either a departure from- or alternatively, the reactivation of- a reference to Marxism. The narrative of CS’ inception and later growth from an allegedly foundational Marxist frame of reference from the early 1960s onward, then followed by an erosion and disappearance of the Marxist baggage, has been a common one for some time. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF TEA LOCAL COMPANY THROUGH BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY by Akbar Daffa Raharja, Roaida Yanti, Qurtubi, Rahma Fariza

“…Furthermore, the proposed four-step performance framework, the variables that must be leveled are product quality, advertising, the appearance of the company, the ease of finding products, and promotion, and the variable factors created are the renewal of the company's image (re-branding), and the addition of a narrative to the product menu.…”
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Virginia Woolf’s “New School of Biographies” and Eighteenth-century Life-Writing: a Sense of Kinship by Maryam Thirriard

“…At the same time, her essay provides a lengthy history of the genre and Woolf takes her readers back in time to Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, connecting him to the New Biographers and their narrative techniques. This paper explores the way in which Woolf, Lytton and Nicolson describe, through their criticism of biography, the eighteenth century as being a golden age for biography, in accordance with the principles Woolf set in her essay “The New Biography”. …”
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