Writing (at) the End: Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge by Brian Chappell

“…In doing so he has done more than any American author to reveal to readers the posthuman future. …”
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A Comparative Study of: the Allegorical and Symbolic Expression of Paradise and Hell in “Ardavirafname” and the Movie “What Dreams May Come” by Alireza Pourshabanan, Amir Hossein Pourshabanan

“…Adavirafname (narrative and prose) of Iranian literature and the movie "What Dreams May Come" is the product of American cinema, among which the allegorical journey to heaven and hell is depicted in them, and this paper attempts to analyze and answer the main question to about the allegory of this course and the function of the symbols in these works, what are the similarities and differences, and the reasons for these different interpretations in a descriptive way. …”
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Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin NSC-68 Çerçevesinde Uyguladığı Soğuk Savaş Stratejisi ve Türkiye’ye Yansımaları by Serpil GÜDÜL

“…In order to fight with this threat, the report number 68 (NSC-68) was prepared and implemented by the American National Security Council in 1950. In this study, in addition to the analysis of the NSC-68 which was one of the most significiant documents of the Cold War, its Cold War strategy implemented against the USSR and its relations with Turkey are examined accordingly. …”
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Janet Flanner’s The Cubical City and the Life She Left Behind by Rai PETERSON

“…Recent critical attention has shed light on lesbian roman à clef works by English and American expatriates published in 1928, including Djuna Barnes’ Ladies Almanack, Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, and Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. …”
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Desplazados de Haití: movilidad intrarregional sudamericana y las medidas compulsivas en Brasil y Chile by Joseane Mariéle Schuck Pinto, Rodrigo Ríos Álvarez

“…In relation to the procedure to be adopted, it is observed that through qualitative research it will be possible to account for the different representations on the subject under study, without neglecting the quantitative method, as it will contribute to the evaluation and categorization of contained data in government information databases, such as data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil, the National Institute of Statistics and the Judiciary of Chile, and the Institute of Public Policies and Human Rights of Mercosur, with the elaboration of a diagnosis of the displacement of Haitians in South American countries, with special emphasis on the migratory realities of Haitians in Brazil and Chile. …”
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Recurrent CSF Rhinorrhea Misdiagnosed as Chronic Allergic Rhinitis with Subsequent Development of Bacterial Meningitis by Michael T. Ulrich, Lawrence K. Loo, Michael B. Ing

“…A 36-year-old African American female with significant medical history of obesity and hypertension presented to the emergency department with headache, altered level of consciousness, fever, and neck stiffness. …”
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Heating Has No Effect on the Net Protein Utilisation from Egg Whites in Rats by Ryosuke Matsuoka, Yayoi Takahashi, Mamoru Kimura, Yasunobu Masuda, Masaaki Kunou

“…Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=36, 198±1 g) were divided into six groups and fed American Institute of Nutrition-76 chow containing unheated EW, soft-boiled EW, boiled EW, milk whey protein, soybean protein, or no protein over a 10-day period using pair-feeding. …”
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Comparative genomic analysis revealed that dietary habits affected the adaptation of Bifidobacterium bifidum to the intestinal tract in different geographic populations by Min Li, Jie Yu, Weicheng Li, Qiong Wu, Jiaqi Sun, Zhihong Sun

“…Results at the genome level indicated that the GC content of American isolates was significantly higher than that of Chinese and Russian isolates. …”
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INNA N. GOLUBOVSKAYA AS THE FOUNDER OF A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEIOTIC GENE MUTATIONS IN MAIZE AND A TALENTED RESEARCHER OF THE PROBLEM OF MEIOSIS GENETIC CONTROL by Yu. F. Bogdanov

“…Golubovskaya’s contribution to the studies on maize genetics and genetic control of meiosis was expressly extolled by American geneticists.…”
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Asian Options Pricing and Parameter Estimation of Uncertain Mean-Reverting Currency Model With Exponential Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Exchange Rate by Lujun Zhou, Zhigang Fu

“…The parameters of the model are estimated using real financial data from Canada and the United States, including the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), the American Federal Funds Effective Rate (AFFER), and the monthly average exchange rate of the US Dollar to the Canadian Dollar (USDCAD). …”
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Adrenal Incidentalomas with Supraphysiologic Response to ACTH Stimulus: A Case Report by Marianna Antonopoulou, Asya Perelstein

“…A 72-year-old African American male had a CT scan of the abdomen showing right and left adrenal masses measuring and , respectively. …”
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Flann O’Brien’s Anti-Manifestos by Julian HANNA

“…For some he is the peer of Joyce and Beckett; for others his work is modernist pastiche; still others regard him as a reactionary satirist; while for another group he is the forerunner of American postmodernism. His work is often loosely labelled “surreal” or “absurd.” …”
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Walker 256 Tumor Growth Suppression by Crotoxin Involves Formyl Peptide Receptors and Lipoxin A4 by Patrícia Brigatte, Odair Jorge Faiad, Roberta Cornélio Ferreira Nocelli, Richardt G. Landgraf, Mario Sergio Palma, Yara Cury, Rui Curi, Sandra Coccuzzo Sampaio

“…We investigated the effects of Crotoxin (CTX), the main toxin of South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom, on Walker 256 tumor growth, the pain symptoms associated (hyperalgesia and allodynia), and participation of endogenous lipoxin A4. …”
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INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES MARKETS by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timohov

“…The article uses empirical data from a forecast study of the global radiopharmaceuticals market made in 2015 by a research company «Markets and Markets» for the European, North American and global markets. The paper also analyzes the statistical data on the global export and import of natural uranium, enriched and depleted uranium, plutonium, thorium and some stable isotopes of non-medical purposes, presented by a company «Trend economy» in 2014. …”
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Resilience and Adaptation: Yukon River Watershed Contaminant Risk Indicators by Lawrence Duffy, La’Ona De Wilde, Katie Spellman, Kriya Dunlap, Bonita Dainowski, Susan McCullough, Bret Luick, Mary van Muelken

“…Despite a long history of human activity, the Yukon River has not received the holistic and interdisciplinary attention given to the other great American river systems. By using hypothesis-based monitoring of key watershed functions, we can gain insight to regime-shifting stresses such as fire, toxins, and invasive species development. …”
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Optical Model of Laminated Remote Phosphor Films and Its Application in White LED by Yong-Hao Chen, Ning-Ze Zhuo, Peng Jiang, Shao-Wen Cheng, Peng-Fei Shen, Hai-Bo Wang

“…The photochromic properties of the phosphor films were studied by TM-30-15 method proposed by the North American Lighting Association. The investigation discloses that the normalized cross correlation of single-layer phosphor film spectral power distribution between the simulation and experimental results is about 99%, and the deviation of color coordinates is within 0.01. …”
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Strongyloides Hyperinfection in a Renal Transplant Patient: Always Be on the Lookout by Murtaza Mazhar, Ijlal Akbar Ali, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita

“…Strongyloides infection in renal transplant patient is very rare and often presents with hyperinfection, associated with high mortality rates. The American Transplant Society recommends pretransplant screening with stool examination and Strongyloides stercoralis antibody in recipients and donors from endemic areas or with eosinophilia. …”
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Incidence of Extrusion Following Type I Polypropylene Mesh “Kit” Repairs in the Correction of Pelvic Organ Prolapse by James C. Lukban, Roger D. Beyer, Robert D. Moore

“…Data were pooled from two prospective multicenter studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Perigee and Apogee (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minn, USA) to treat anterior and posterior/apical prolapses, respectively. …”
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Structure Diversity and Properties of Some Bola-like Natural Products by Valentin A. Stonik, Tatyana N. Makarieva, Larisa K. Shubina, Alla G. Guzii, Natalia V. Ivanchina

“…In their shapes, molecules of some bipolar metabolites resemble the so-called bola, a hunting weapon of the South American inhabitants, consisting of two heavy balls connected to each other by a long flexible cord. …”
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A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States by James Rineer, Nicholas Kruskamp, Caroline Kery, Kasey Jones, Rainer Hilscher, Georgiy Bobashev

“…We use publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates from the 2015–2019 ACS. …”
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