The Concept of Medieval Stasis: From Medieval Studies to Medievalism, from Medievalism to Political Culture by Maksym W. Kyrchanoff

“…It is shown that 1) the concept of medieval stasis in modern historiography is gradually perceived as part of the intellectual history of the medieval studies, 2) medievalism perceives the stability of feudal structures as its positive characteristic, 3) the use of the concept of medieval stasis in modern medievalism allows to construct the preservation of chronologically prolonged images of Middle Ages, 4) within the framework of the idealization of the Middle Ages, modern medievalist discourse synthesizes the “real” and the “magical”, which excludes the development of narrative structure and the transformation of social, economic and political relations and institutions, 5) the archaic vision of the Middle Ages through the prism of stasis confirms the limitations of the cognitive capabilities of medievalism.…”
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The Biphasic Effect of Vitamin D on the Musculoskeletal and Cardiovascular System by Armin Zittermann

“…This narrative review summarizes beneficial and harmful vitamin D effects on the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system. …”
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The use and impact of virtual reality programs supported by aromatherapy for older adults: A scoping review protocol. by Lillian Hung, Joey Wong, Haopu Ren, W Ben Mortenson, Angelica Lim, Jennifer Boger, Christine Wallsworth, Yong Zhao

“…Data analysis and synthesis will be discussed by the whole research team, mapped in the literature table and accompanied by a narrative summary. Scoping review data will be collected from publicly available articles; research ethics approval is not required. …”
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A Framework for Comprehensive Dairy Calf Health Investigations by Kristen Y. Edwards, David L. Renaud

“…The objective of this narrative review is to provide a systematic framework for veterinarians to investigate dairy calf health, focusing on critical control points and key performance indicators (KPIs) to address morbidity and mortality challenges in preweaned calves. …”
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Sustaining the Fabric of Time: Urban Heritage, Time Rupture, and Sustainable Development by Kaixuan Wang, Kalliopi Fouseki

“…While it presents challenges to the continuity of urban heritage, it also creates opportunities to redefine historical narratives and enrich cultural meaning. By introducing a temporal framework, this study examines the dynamic interplay between heritage preservation and modernity, advocating for adaptive, context-sensitive strategies that move beyond static conservation methods. …”
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Saving Souls and ‘Trees’: An Emerging Model of Pentecostal-Charismatic Eco-Missions in the Church of Pentecost, Ghana by Christian Tsekpoe, Emmanuel Awudi

“…However, there is a noticeable shift in this narrative in Ghana, as shown in the case of the Church of Pentecost, which is increasingly becoming involved in initiatives aimed at preserving the earth and its inhabitants. …”
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Balancing Technology, Ethics, and Society: A Review of Artificial Intelligence in Embryo Selection by Roberto Aufieri, Francesco Mastrocola

“…The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in embryo selection during in vitro fertilization presents distinct ethical and societal challenges compared to the general implementation of AI in healthcare. This narrative review examines ethical perspectives and potential societal implications of implementing AI-driven embryo selection. …”
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Orthorexia nervosa: Healthy habit or pathology? Experiences and expansion of the consciousness of the correct diet by Ginés Mateo-Martínez, Antonio Vázquez-Sellán, María Luisa Díaz-Martínez, María Carmen Sellán-Soto

“…Findings: The phenomenological field of healthy eating intermittently unfolds in both experience and discourse, akin to a process of expansion and contraction, in the narrative “Expanding the Consciousness of Healthy Eating”. …”
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Corps (é)conduits : La construction d’un regard-machine dans Crash (1996) et Cosmopolis (2012) de David Cronenberg by Guilhem Billaudel

“…Attachment, dependency and eroticism as represented here are but the outcome of the way film history has given an increasingly complex and central focus to the car, paralleling its ever-growing fetishization within Western culture. When narrating the quest for the perfect car-crash in a group of fin de siècle fetishists or the physical and mental dissolution of a trader locked in his limousine, Cronenberg always makes the car become more than a prop or a means of transportation. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF WOMEN WORKERS WITH DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GAINING THEIR ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND SECURING THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN by Bediha Şahin

“…After deciphering the interviews, women's narratives and the concepts of modernization and conflict theories were used to form thematic analysis units. …”
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Rising Value of Turkish Foreign Policy: Cultural Diplomacy by Fırat Purtaş

“…As a country which has a universal narrative story of its own to tell the world, Turkey’s way to expressing itself in a correct and efficient way, goes through the development of individual rights and freedoms, the granting of a sense of belonging to its citizens which they will be proud of as well as the support of cultural diplomacy carried out by NGOs. …”
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Similarities and Differences Between Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools: A Social-Ecological Review of Risk and Protective Factors by Zehra Sahin-Ilkorkor, Sarah Jane Brubaker

“…In this conceptual article, the authors provide a narrative review of literature on bullying and sexual harassment in K-12 schools framed through a comparative analysis of risk and protective factors for both forms of violence across the social-ecological spectrum. …”
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Owen and Sassoon Reconsidered by Cristina Pividori

“…I claim that the First World War has served as a foundational narrative that has been reinterpreted to address contemporary concerns and sensibilities and that the interaction between contemporary and World War One poetry reveals not only the enduring impact of transgenerational trauma and cultural memory on the disruption and transformation of individual and collective identities, but also the idea that the interpretation of conflict through post-lenses transcends specific historical backgrounds. …”
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"Magic Dirt": Transcending Great Divides in Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia by Eva-Maria Müller

“…This paper explores how the aesthetic, narrative, and stylistic strategies of Crapalachia help navigate the local, national, and global routes of fictions of disregard. …”
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DISCOURSE OF POWER AND DISCOURSE OF MASSES IN MODERN PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: CULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS by S. R. Karpenko

“…On this basis even the key aspect of mass discourse breaks – the mass narrations about the power, because the power performs the direct intervention in the mass discourse structure of sense-creation by the way of suggestion.…”
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Entre architecture, sémiotique et physique, y a-t-il place pour la force comme outil descriptif ? by Manar Hammad

“…Le modèle syntaxique de la sémiotique narrative lui a été appliqué pour décrire les phénomènes dynamiques observables lors de l’utilisation par des hommes. …”
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Knowledge, distributed leadership and (structured) agency: a view on academic policy curation by Françoise McKay

“…The discussion will underscore their importance as not simply translators but narrators of academic policy. The piece will close with some reflections on the personal, cultural and structural constraints that limit the value that these professionals can bring to their universities. …”
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French Islamophobia: How Orthopraxy Is Conceptualized as a Public Peril by Christina Lienen, Samir Sweida-Metwally

“…For over two decades, France’s Muslim population has faced a series of legal measures and hostile public narratives aimed at problematizing their faith. Notable examples include the 2004 national ban on “ostentatious religious symbols” in state schools, which prohibits obligatory religious dress in various settings. …”
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Images of War in Late Victorian War and Adventure Novels for Children by Dorothea Flothow

“…Through a number of formulized conventions and strategies, the narratives downplay the dangers of war and stress the inevitability of British victories. …”
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Factors of Building and Developing an Academic Career: Systematic Theoretical Analysis by A. V. Pesha

“…The method of analyzing the digital footprint in online systems for collecting data on the scientific competitions winners (the results of the RNF competitions for 2021, n=146 projects), narrative interview and written survey of university teachers to clarify the moti- vation and awareness of their choice of academic career (n=52 people). …”
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