INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE NOVELS OF ORHAN PAMUK by Tuan Anh Pham

“…Research results show that his novels address many issues in the social life of Turkey, a country with extremely important geopolitics, acting as a bridge for Eastern and Western cultural interference and dialogue. Recreating a chaotic hyperreality, Pamuk reveals his sense of humanity in modern life. …”
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Honeymoon Tourism as Romantic Consumption in China by Weiqi Yan, Junmin Liu, Yujie Zhu

“…This article explores the rise of honeymoon tourism in China, a modern phenomenon inspired by Western influences that amalgamates wedding celebrations and tourism. …”
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Book spreaders in the towns of Samogitian principality in the XVIII century by Elmantas Meilus

“…Maulevičius was engaged in book trade and other cultural activities until 1783-1784. Besides M. Maulevičius and J. …”
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Internationalization of Education: La Peau de Сhagrin of the Russian Language by R. M. Petruneva, L. F. Belyakova, T. L. Sidorova

“…The article provides an information on the expansion of Western and Eastern countries into the educational system of these countries. …”
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THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE MIRROR OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES by M. M. Lebedeva, M. V. Harkevich

“…The article deals with the evolution of Western theories of international relations in the postSoviet Russia, it analyzes the world view of Russian international scholars, as well as their reflection on the epistemological foundations of the probable Russian IR school. …”
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Iodine activates NLRP3 inflammasomes in PBMCs of patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and regulates Th1 and Th17 cell differentiation by Ying Wu, Qingling Guo, Yongping Liu, Xun Gong, Wei Sun, Yushu Li, Chenling Fan, Weiping Teng, Zhongyan Shan

“…In PBMCs, the mRNA and protein expressions of certain inflammasome constituents (e.g., NLRP1, NLRP3, absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) and caspase-1), interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 were assessed using qRT-PCR and western blotting. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) assessed the serum levels of IL-1β and IL-18. …”
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Development of Sustainable Rural Tourism by Sandra Kantar, Kristina Svržnjak

“…This paper presents a sociological view of possibilities for the development of sustainable rural tourism in Koprivnica-Krizevci county, which is located in the north-western part of Croatia. The possibilities for developing rural tourism within the concept of sustainable development have been researched through qualitative empirical research interview method. …”
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Bush versus Bin Laden in Time by Johann de Wet

“…It was found that the cultural code translates into: the United States and the Western World are the beacons of democracy and freedom, while Islam (more specifically Muslim fundamentalists) represents authoritarianism, repression and bondage. …”
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Reimagining and Decolonizing the Language of Design by Nidhi Singh Rathore

“… This article examines how traditional design methodologies predominantly serve Western and colonial interests, urging designers to rethink their foundations through decolonial theories and methods. …”
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Les mémoires d’une automobile (pas) comme les autres. La Coccinelle VW et ses mises en histoire by Pierre LANNOY

“…The never-ending social practices which make these channels active give to the VW Beetle its mythic stuff and its peculiar place in the cultural landscape of Western societies.…”
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The Potential of Silence in Education: Methodological and Didactic Prerequisites by A. D. Korol

“…The paper presents a comparative analysis of the didactics of Eastern and Western cultures core parameters as creativity, dialogism, interactivity. …”
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High hemolytic activity in Staphylococcus aureus t1081/ST45 due to increased hla protein production and potential RNAIII-independent regulation by Yu-Tzu Lin, Ngoc-Niem Bui, Yu-Syuan Cheng, Cheng-Wen Lin, Chun-Li Lee, Tai-Fen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

“…The expression of the transcriptional regulators mgrA and saeR was also similar between the two groups. Western blotting revealed increased Hla protein in the t1081 isolates. …”
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Inhibition of id-1 reduces osteosarcoma growth and metastasis through mediation of snail by Rongbing Shu, Zhuanyi Yu, Jianmin Wu, Qiuxin Cheng, Zhihao Peng, Huaqiang Zhou, Min Zhao

“…In cell-based experiments, four osteosarcoma cell lines (Saos-2, U2OS, MG-63, and 143B) and the human osteoblast cell line hFOB 1.19 were cultured. The expression of Id-1 and Snail was evaluated by RT-qPCR and Western blotting.Cells were randomly divided into the Control group, sh-NC group, and sh-Id-1 group using lentiviral infection. …”
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The Formation of Ethnically Distinct Villages in Jember during the Colonial Period (1870-1942) by Ratna Endang Widuatie, Retno Winarni

“…The colonial government responded by bringing in workers from western East Java, the Vorstenlanden, and Madura Island. …”
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Immanuel Wallerstein's Theory of the Capitalist World-System by Darius Žiemelis

“…This theory was formulated in opposition to Eurocentrism, which is characterized by a belief in the endless (linear) progress of European civilization and which discounts other (non-European) cultures. Wallerstein's popularity and influence in Western social sciences reached its zenith in the 1970s and 1980s, so that while perhaps coming late in the game, nonetheless knowledge and acquaintance with the ideas of this author can be useful for the conceptual renewal of modern Lithuanian historiography and for the investigation of problems in the socio-economic history of Central and Eastern Europe. …”
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On the “Periphery” of the Neolithic: hunter-gatherers of Europe by Ekaterina V. Dolbunova, Andrey N. Mazurkevich

“…Special attention is paid to the discussion of hunter-gatherer pottery in Northern, Central, and Western Europe. The study of the latter indicates different ways of origin of various cultures, as well as fundamental differences between them. …”
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Louis Vuitton’s Strategies for Enhancing Customers’ Engagement on Instagram and Weibo by Xincheng Wu

“…Collectivism and individualism are favored by Weibo and Instagram, respectively, which is in line with Eastern and Western preferences.…”
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“Obuchenie Sluzheniem” or “Service Learning”? A Discussion on the Conceptual Foundations of the Pedagogical Approach by V. S. Nikolskiy

“…It is not correct to speak of a simple identity between indigenous service learning and the Western approach because of the great variety of existing implementation models. …”
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Epistemic Disruptions. Autofiction and Identity Politics in Paul B. Preciado’s Can the Monster Speak? (2020) and Kim de l’Horizon’s Blutbuch (2022) by Stephanie Bremerich

“…Both texts use autofiction as a means of epistemic disruption, that is as a critical questioning of Western epistemology, especially with regard to academic discourse (Preciado) and cultural memory (de l’Horizon). …”
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Russian conservatism: outlines of a responsible political course by A. P. Vorobev

“…The current socio-political situation indicates that Russian society refuses to accept liberal Western values, giving preference to values of a conservative nature. …”
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