Quentin Tarantino : du cinéma d’exploitation au cinéma by Philippe Ortoli

“…So much so that, following on the success of Pulp Fiction (1994), critics and scholars who previously frowned upon exploitation cinema were now displaying vast knowledge of these films. …”
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PARAMETER EQUIVALENT METHOD OF STATOR ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL BASED ON MODAL ANALYSIS by TANG YouLiang, LV PinDe, ZHANG Jin, LI ShouJun

“…Accurate calculation of the mode shape and natural frequency of the motor stator is the basis for reducing motor noise and vibration. At present, scholars have disputes about the setting of stator core and winding material property parameters. …”
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Religious faith traditions tussle with rampant corruption toward sustainable development: Search for the missing links in light of ubuntu by E. Chinyena

“… There is a raging debate in scholarly discourse on the role of religious faith traditions in influencing firm dispositions on various institutions and economic growth. …”
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Masculinity and Femininity in the Qur’an: Reflections on the Personalities of the Prophet Muhammad and Siti Khadijah by Moh Soim, Zein Fuady, Muhammad Zahid

“…Data analysis uses the interpretation of past and present scholars on verses related to the theme and opinions of scientists. …”
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Interoperability of Multimedia Network Public Opinion Knowledge Base Group Based on Multisource Text Mining by Yanru Zhu

“…Internet public opinion is an important expression of sociological intelligence at present, and multisource text mining technology has become a commonly used form of expression based on unstructured data by research scholars, providing relatively important technical support for public opinion information data analysis. …”
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Missing Poetry: A historiography of Albanian Literature during the Communist Regime by Edlira Macaj

“…The fragmentary presentation of Albanian poetry and poets in informative scholarly and university texts on literature highlights the complications and the problems derived from this one-sided representation. …”
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The utility of practical theology: mapping the domain, goals, strategies and criteria of practical theological research by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“… Historically practical theology entered the theological encyclopaedia as a discipline of ‘crises’ in the praxis which ministers, congregations and churches experienced in making the Christian tradition relevant in the life of individuals, communities or in society as a whole. Among scholars in practical theology there is a deep consensus that practical theology starts with practical concerns and contributes to practice, but what is the utility of practical theology? …”
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Color Confinement and Spatial Dimensions in the Complex-Sedenion Space by Zi-Hua Weng

“…His method inspires subsequent scholars to introduce the quaternions, octonions, and sedenions to research the electromagnetic field, gravitational field, and nuclear field. …”
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The Death of American Studies by Simon J. Bronner

“…The essay posits that the American Studies movement as it was conceptualized within the American Studies Association in the United States went into decline in the late twentieth century, largely because of the association’s inability, or unwillingness, to resolve differences between “Americanist” research-based scholars, many international, working within an American Studies tradition identified by Dorson and those coming to it from outside American Studies supposedly following “critical” thought. …”
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Beyond the Convergence-Divergence Divide: Comparing Banking Regulation in Latin America by Mario Schapiro

“…Abstract Over the last few decades, the rivalry between regulatory convergence and divergence has dominated scholarly debate. In accordance with this divide, countries tend to either converge toward Basel rules, becoming globally standardized players, or diverge from them, leaving their local institutions untouched, particularly within developmental States. …”
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Immersivity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Spaces of Immersion by Florian Freitag, Céline Molter, Laura Katharina Mücke, Helena Rapp, Damien B. Schlarb, Elisabeth Sommerlad, Clemens Spahr, Dominic Zerhoch

“…This article proposes to shift the scholarly focus from the conceptually, terminologically, and methodologically fuzzy notion of “immersion” to the concept of “immersivity,” and thus from a discussion of experiences to an analysis of the productive forces that enable such experiences (aesthetic and otherwise). …”
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Risk Analysis of Waterlogging under Combination of Short-duration Heavy Rainfall and Tidal Level in Foshan City by YANG Fan, XU Liang, HAN Jing

“…With the rapid development of the urban agglomerations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-MacaoGreater Bay Area, urban waterlogging has drawn great attention from society and scholars. In orderto explore the probability of waterlogging risks in a specific city and provide scientific basisfor the study of urban waterlogging risks in the Pearl River Delta region, from the perspective ofthe causes of waterlogging, this paper takes Foshan as a typical research area, systematicallyanalyzes the probability of encountering storms and high tide levels, constructs a probabilisticmodel for the risk of encounter of rainstorm and high tidal level in urban area of Foshan, andquantitatively evaluates the encounter probabilities and change trend under multiple combinationsof rainstrom and tidal levels in urban area of Foshan by the time-series trend analysis, stormfrequency change statistics, sequence wavelet analysis, and Copula function. …”
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Degree Mobility in the Higher Education Context: Could the English Language be a Key Driver of Internationalisation? by Tuğba Elif Toprak Yıldız

“…While these pressures cement the position of English as the medium of instruction and scholarly activities, this article examines the possible relationships among internationalisation, degree mobility, Englishisation, and language policies in the light of the OECD 2019 and 2020 data. …”
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Social Mobility in the Balkans: Border Policing Practices Are Potentially Letting Through Mostly the Members of the “Elite Club” by Tibor Bardóczy

“…This topic is currently one of the most important ones among scholars from different fields of study, especially among social scientists. …”
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Rituals and Social Cohesion: Cultural Preservation Through Djawa Sunda Cosmology in Cigugur, Kuningan, Indonesia by Muhammad Alfan

“…The application of this research provides insights for scholars and policymakers interested in cultural preservation and religious pluralism in indigenous communities. …”
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"He Has Rescued Me from Danger" by Sarah Bishop

“…The secondary goal is to explore resonances between their accounts and scholarly observations about potential roles of music-making in trauma resilience across disciplines. …”
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An extensive examination of the influence of financial technology (Fintech) on advancing financial inclusion: a bibliometric investigation by Varun Kesavan, Aruna Polisetty

“…The forthcoming research has the potential to enlighten and influence regulators, politicians, and future scholars.…”
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PHUBBING BEHAVIOR IN THE QUR’AN: A THEMATIC STUDY OF THE OPINIONS OF INDONESIAN MUFASSIR by Alisa Aura Zanuba, Musolli Musolli

“…Primary sources include interpretations by Indonesian scholars such as Quraish Shihab and Buya Hamka, while secondary sources consist of literature related to the discussion. …”
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Building an African Counter-Terrorism Architecture by Jolaade Omede, Arinze Ngwube

“…Thus, the search for practical solutions has been a challenge to scholars, state functionaries, and even attack victims. …”
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Encoding Crime and Punishment in TEI: The Digital Processing of Early Modern Broadsheets from Vienna by Claudia Resch, Daniel Schopper, Tanja Wissik, Daniela Fasching

“…The broadsheets, entitled “Death Sentences,” belong to a little-explored genre of print media distributed to advertise public executions and have not been subject to closer scholarly examination before now. In their investigation of the sources, the ACDH employs a mixed-method approach combining traditional and digital methods. …”
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