« A unique aura of ancient, elemental evil » : les migrations du feu dans The Great God Pan (1894) d’Arthur Machen by Anne-Sophie Leluan-Pinker

“…The latter, the monstrous progeniture of the young patient and of the eponymous satanic entity, is repeatedly associated with an impure underground fire, a sign of her transgressive all-consuming sexuality. Naturally, her dark protean character is to be aligned with other late-Victorian representations of venomous females, often characterized by the presence of flamboyant motifs. …”
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Engineering isospectrality in multidimensional photonic systems by Lee Dayeong, Park Hyungchul, Yu Sunkyu

“…The systematic, free-form, and multidimensional natures of the proposed method show great potential for the platform-transparent design of multichannel devices.…”
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Seismic hazard zoning in Urmia urban area. by Ali nasiri

“…Today, the resiliency of the human centers, especially urban centers against the natural hazards such as earthquakes, is one of the main challenges in the targeted management of urban. …”
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Perceptions communautaires sur les services écosystémiques d’approvisionnement fournis par le peuplement ligneux de la Réserve de Biosphère du Ferlo (Sénégal) by Daouda Ngom, Mohamed M. Charahabil, Oumar Sarr, Amy Bakhoum, Léonard E. Akpo

“…The analysis of relations between local communities and their natural environment is more and more based on the concept of ecosystem services. …”
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Direct Evidence of Reduction of Cloud Water after Spreading Diatomite Particles in Stratus Clouds in Beijing, China by Qiang Zhang, Mengyu Huang, Xuexi Tie, Xincheng Ma

“…This is a very difficult scientific issue, which is related to complicated cloud physical science, such as to accurately predict the large natural variability of cloud formation and precipitation. …”
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Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon by Mitali Mishra, Surbhi Saraswat

“…It contends that, contrary to the abstract ideal of a “natural” mother, the subjectivity of the mother in the story is shaped by patriarchal forces that produce a profound and traumatic ambivalence about her identity and belonging. …”
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From Presbyopia to Cataracts: A Critical Review on Dysfunctional Lens Syndrome by Joaquín Fernández, Manuel Rodríguez-Vallejo, Javier Martínez, Ana Tauste, David P. Piñero

“…Dysfunctional lens syndrome (DLS) is a term coined to describe the natural aging changes in the crystalline lens. Different alterations in the refractive properties and transparency of the lens are produced during the development of presbyopia and cataract, such as changes in internal high order aberrations or an increase in ocular forward scattering, with a potentially significant impact on clinical measures, including visual acuity and contrast sensitivity. …”
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The role of foresight in public policy: lessons from deliberative democracy and perspectival realism by Brian Galvin

“…One of these challenges is in establishing its epistemic authority when compared to natural science and social science disciplines.  This paper argues foresight can benefit from developments in political theory and philosophy of science.  …”
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Contribution of Neuronal and Glial Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channels in Health and Neurological Disorders by Yuncheng Luo, Lu Huang, Ping Liao, Ruotian Jiang

“…K2P channels give rise to leaky K+ currents, which stabilize cellular membrane potential and regulate cellular excitability. A range of natural and chemical effectors, including temperature, pressure, pH, phospholipids, and intracellular signaling molecules, substantially modulate the activity of K2P channels. …”
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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Liquid Storage Tanks Isolated by Sliding-Based Systems by Alexandros Tsipianitis, Yiannis Tsompanakis

“…Liquid-filled tanks are effective storage infrastructure for water, oil, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Many such large-scale tanks are located in regions with high seismicity. …”
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Balancing nutrition for successful reproduction in ruminants by Yitong Ding, Xinyue Liu, Yueming Guan, Zimu Li, Mengcheng Luo, Duanqin Wu, Lan Ye, Liu Guo, Leli Wang, Yongjuan Guan

“…Grazing, which allows ruminants to feed on natural pasture in open environments, contrasts with indoor feeding, which is conducted in more controlled settings. …”
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Le Bestiaire d’amour de Gustave Flaubert (1) by Loïc Windels

“…Thus, the present article (and the one that will follow) strive less to reopen an already well-fed debate than to approach it in a slightly different manner: namely, by choosing from amongst the episodes where animals play a leading role, those which seem to pair up to form – by leaps and gambols – a narrative behind the story and those which, at the same time, appear desirous of being compared to other texts (the rest of Flaubert’s work, Medieval bestiaries, ancient and modern natural history, mythological writings) and a few images.…”
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Analysis of student preparedness behaviour in facing lava rainfall disasters by Hadiyati Nur Hafida Siti, Dila Putri Yuliani Ayu, Dahniar Vina, Mulia Iqlimah Aghnia, Regita Sukamto Rachma, Musiyam Muhammad, Nasurullah

“…Students are vulnerable to natural disasters. This is further exacerbated by the large number of schools located in disaster-prone areas, so student preparedness behaviour needs to be continuously improved. …”
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Stevioside mitigates metabolic dysregulation in offspring induced by maternal high-fat diet: the role of gut microbiota-driven thermogenesis by Jin Ye, Renjie Shi, Xiaoning Wu, Hua Fan, Yapei Zhao, Xinyun Hu, Lulu Wang, Xiaowei Bo, Dongning Li, Yunshu Ge, Danna Wang, Bing Xia, Zhenting Zhao, Chunxia Xiao, Beita Zhao, Yutang Wang, Xuebo Liu

“…Microorganisms acquired from the mother early in life critically affect the host’s metabolic functions. Natural non-nutritive sweeteners, particularly stevioside (STV), play a crucial role in reducing obesity and affecting gut microbiota composition. …”
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The role of the patients register in early diagnostics of familial adenomatosis coli by A. M. Kuzminov, A. V. Karpuhin, Yu. Yu. Chubarov, I. Yu. Sachkov, T. A. Savel’yeva

“…Of them 117 proposituses with detailed hereditary history taken to the present time, and 118 their natural relatives actively involved in investigation, were included in the Register of family adenomatosis.Results. …”
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Évolution de la conscience morale hippocratique by Kazimierz Szałata

“…Together with the questioning the Aristotelean-Thomism anthropology, the doubts appeared related to the matter of protection of life since the conception until the natural death. Whereas new, legal regulations connected with the progress of in medical studies request deep anthropological and philosophical reflection, which would bring back the importance of the forgotten Hippocratic tradition, where in the center of medical actions is a man who needs help.…”
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Impacts and Internal Mechanisms of High-Standard Farmland Construction on the Reduction of Agricultural Carbon Emission in China by Shuangqiang Li, Mingyue Li, Jiaojiao Chen, Siyuan Shao, Yu Tian

“…This study takes high-standard farmland construction (HSFC) implemented in 2011 as the standard natural experiment and adopts the continuous differences-in-differences (DID) model to explore the impact and internal mechanism of HSFC on agricultural carbon emissions based on a panel data of 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China from 2003 to 2021. …”
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Vibration Characteristics Analysis of Composite Double-Layer Explosive Vessel Shell Subjected to Explosion Loading by Quan Wang, Jie Gong, Zhimin Li, Shanghao Liu, Chi-Min Shu, Yangfan Cheng, Xuejiao Li

“…The results showed that the special “steel plate–buffer interlayer–steel plate” structure can effectively attenuate the explosion vibration effect, and the frequency distribution range of vibration signal at the inner surface was wider than that at the outer surface, and furthermore the main vibration frequency was close to the natural frequency at the inner surface. Meanwhile, vibration amplitude and the main vibration frequency decreased obviously compared with the outer surface, and the vibration time of 0–200 Hz low-order frequency was shortened. …”
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Biosynthesis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by New Klebsiella oxytoca Free and Immobilized Cells on Inorganic Matrices by Valéria R. Celloto, Arildo J. B. Oliveira, José E. Gonçalves, Cecília S. F. Watanabe, Graciette Matioli, Regina A. C. Gonçalves

“…While many natural and synthetic compounds exhibit auxin-like activity in bioassays, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is recognized as the key auxin in most plants. …”
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Assessing the Proteomic Activity of the Venom of the Ant Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) by Juliana Rocha da Silva, Aline Zanotelli de Souza, Carlos Priminho Pirovani, Helena Costa, Aline Silva, João Carlos Teixeira Dias, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Renato Fontana

“…Our findings may contribute to the identification of new natural prototypes of molecules to be synthesized and used in several areas of pharmacology.…”
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