Utopian Gossip: “The Homosexual in Society” from Robert Duncan to New Narrative by Eric Sneathen

“…The first half of the essay focuses directly on Duncan’s composition of the essay, his emendations of 1959, his experiences with the editor John Crowe Ransom, and Duncan’s portions of interviews with gay poets throughout the 1970s that brought out new details about “The Homosexual in Society” essay. …”
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Looking for “I”: Casting the Unnamed Heroine in Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick’s Adaptation of Rebecca by Milan Hain

“…Drawing on archival documents from the Selznick Collection at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, and on the surviving screen tests of several candidates for the main role, the author compares Fontaine’s screen tests with those of her most immediate “rivals” – Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, Margaret Sullavan and Loretta Young – and relates them to the vibrant exchange of opinions between Selznick and director Alfred Hitchcock for whom the film marked his Hollywood debut. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIONS ON TACKLING BANDITRY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA by ABDULRAHMAN BARAU YUSUF

“…These security challenges include kidnapping for ransom, displacement of the rural dwellers, closure of schools and other social facilities, increase in abandoned farmland, and loss of lives and properties. …”
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Analyzing the 2021 Kaseya Ransomware Attack: Combined Spearphishing Through SonicWall SSLVPN Vulnerability by Suman Bhunia, Matthew Blackert, Henry Deal, Andrew DePero, Amar Patra

“…REvil has had a tremendous impact performing ransomware operations, including worsening international relations between Russia and world leaders and costing considerable infrastructure damage and millions of dollars in ransom payments. We present an overview of Kaseya’s defense strategy involving customer interaction, a PowerShell script to detect compromised clients, and a cure-all decryption key that unlocks all locked files.…”
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THE MENACE OF BANDITRY AND KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF SHEIKH GUMI'S MEDIATORY ROLE IN THE RELEASE OF GREENFIELD UNIVERSITY KIDNAPPED STUDENTS by SOLOMON AYANTAYO OJO, OLUSEGUN STEVE ADEGOKE

“… The increase in banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria has created significant security challenges in recent years, particularly with attacks on educational institutions where students are abducted for ransom. Military and non-military strategies have been employed to address these problems but have not yielded the desired result, highlighting the potential of a mediation strategy. …”
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INTERROGATING THE EFFECTS OF ARMED BANDITRY ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S NORTH-CENTRAL REGION (2015-2022) by YUSUFU Ahmed Audu, ODAUDU Alfred Idachaba, ILEVBARE Igheoise Trust

“…Findings revealed that armed banditry mostly manifests in the form of kidnapping of people for ransom in the north-central region of the country. …”
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A Critique of the Theory of Civil Liability of Aviation Operators: Focusing on Iranian Law and Jurisprudence and International Regulations by Ahmed Mozafari, Majid Banaeioskoei

“…In the Iranian law, with the approval of the Law on Determining the Limits of Liability of Airlines in Iran on 5/11/2012, and despite the many criticisms leveled at this law, the amount of liability of domestic companies towards Iranian passengers on domestic flights is equivalent to ransom and what about foreign passengers. In domestic and international flights, it is equal to 16600 Sdr and in front of Iranian passengers in international flights, it is equal to 16600 Sdr. …”
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Some Customary Law Nuance on that Hagiography: Attempt of Interpretations by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Vaitiekus was sacrificed to gods, how would Prussians later render his head or body as a ransom to Polish Duke Boleslaw the Brave? In the case of St. …”
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THE ROLE OF INFORMANTS IN THE ACCENTUATION OF ARMED BANDITRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE by TUKUR ABDULKADIR, ABDULNASIR UMAR

“… The north-western region of Nigeria has been hit by an unprecedented wave of insecurity such as kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling and armed banditry which has led to maiming, killings, displacements of people and disruption of socio-economic activities due to the havoc wreaked by armed bandits in the region. …”
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The influence of using fermentated rumen content at quail feed to the protein of yolk and albumen of quail eggs by Gesa Cantya Primatara, Mohammad Anam Al Arif, Tita Damayanti Lestari, Widya Paramita Lokapirnasari, Sri Hidanah, Suharsono Suharsono

“…The aims of this research was to find out whether the usage of fermentation cattle ruminal content in quail’s feed ransom can influence the protein content inside the yolk and albumen of an egg. …”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…This paper draws largely on correspondence, conference reports, and the personal papers of Tutuola and his elite contemporaries housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as on interviews transcribed by the Transcription Centre in London, the periodical Africa Report (1960–1970), and Robert M. …”
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Russian Black Sea Trade in Early 19^th Century by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…Relations with the highland communities proved difficult, as they frequently captured Russian ship crews and demanded ransoms. Even after the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, when these territories became part of the Russian Empire, the local populations resisted submission to the new government, just as they had resisted the authority of the Turkish Sultan previously.…”
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CHURCH RESPONSE TO SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE by Oyebode Paul Jegede, Abare Yunuwa Kallah

“…Kidnapping has become a lucrative business in which ransoms running to several billions of naira are being demanded. …”
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Warming alters plankton body-size distributions in a large field experiment by Dania Albini, Emma Ransome, Alex J. Dumbrell, Samraat Pawar, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Thomas P. Smith, Thomas Bell, Michelle C. Jackson, Guy Woodward

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Characteristics of commercial determinants of health research on corporate activities: A scoping review. by Raquel C Burgess, Kate Nyhan, Naisha Dharia, Nicholas Freudenberg, Yusuf Ransome

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Religion, faith, and spirituality influences on HIV prevention activities: A scoping review. by Vivian Vigliotti, Tamara Taggart, Mahaya Walker, Sasmita Kusmastuti, Yusuf Ransome

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Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. by Muzzammil Imran Muhammad, Amna Hassana Abdulsalam, Fadhina Petit-Clair, Amber Acquaye, Autumn Nobles, Brian Fleischer, Chigoziri Konkwo, Yusuf Ransome, Elijah Paintsil

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