‘For God’s Sake Look at This!’: Physiognomy in Bleak House by Michael Hollington

“…I survey the successful observers of physiognomy in the novel, such as Esther and Woodcourt, and what they observe—not just faces but ’manner’ or ’body language.’ …”
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Sirka: An alternative to the formalin fixative by Suhasini P. Gotur, Nagaraju Kamarthi, Vijay Wadhwan

“…Here we have demonstrated an interesting and novel idea of using sirka or sugar cane vinegar as an alternative to the formalin with the adequate result.…”
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Delay-Dependent Robust Exponential Stability and H∞ Analysis for a Class of Uncertain Markovian Jumping System with Multiple Delays by Jianwei Xia

“…Based on the reciprocally convex approach, some novel delay-dependent stability criteria for the addressed system are derived. …”
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Seeing Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind with Fresh Eyes by Emmeline Gros

“…By examining the ways in which Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone With the Wind (and the character of Scarlett O’Hara specifically) contests heteronormative, patriarchal, masculine constructions of Southern (ideal) femininity, this essay argues that Scarlett’s “ugliness” forces us to widen our perspective on Southern feminine beauty and purity and contributes to challenging the tropes of white Southern masculinity and femininity. …”
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La densité des mots dans Bouvard et Pécuchet by Norioki Sugaya

“…In the wake of many Flaubertian genetic studies, we will try once again to ponder the meaning of this encyclopedic novel’s textual opacity which reflects both its own genesis and the cultural context of that period. …”
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The Effect of Initial State Error for Nonlinear Systems with Delay via Iterative Learning Control by Zhang Qunli

“…By introducing the λ-norm and being inspired by retarded Gronwall-like inequality, the novel sufficient conditions for robust convergence of the tracking error, whose initial states are not zero, with time delays are obtained. …”
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POSTURE MEASUREMENT AND BIOMECHANICAL COMPUTER SYNTHESIS OF HUMAN MOTIONS by N. B. Sotsky

“…The paper proposes a novel approach to the study of physical exercise, which has at its core measurement parameters determining the pose of a man, and then use this information as a basis for computer synthesis of motor actions. …”
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La révolution au pluriel. Pour une historiographie de la question messaliste by Nedjib Sidi Moussa

“…The text deals more particularly with the congress of Hornu to show the determinist character of the first narratives before turning toward a growing Messalist reappropriation which has accompanied the movement against authoritarianism in Algeria as well as the recent trend of literary popularization through the example of Mohammed Benchicou’s last novel.…”
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The properties of nonuniformity analysis of high dimensional data by Vydūnas Šaltenis

“… A novel approach to outlier detection and clustering on the ground of the distribution of distances between multidimensional points is presented. …”
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Recent Developments in Solar Energy Harvesting and Photocatalysis by Junwang Tang, Songyuan Dai, Jawwad A. Darr

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PROSPECTS FOR APPLICATION OF FLEXIBLE ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SYSTEMS IN MEDICINE AND ENGINEERING by V. T. Minchenya, D. A. Stepanenko

“…The article also presents some results of the authors in this field, particularly modelling techniques developed for the design of flexible waveguides and ultrasonic technologies and equipment for ultrasonic thromboectomy, heating of frozen fuel and ultrasonic drilling of brittle materials. Novel technology for manufacturing flexible waveguides based on electrolytic-plasma machining is also described…”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Is Involved in Geniposide-Induced Hepatotoxicity by Yixuan Liu, Baoyue Liu, Mingzhu Shi, Tianxiang Ye, Huifang Li

“…Inhibition of the inflammasome presents a promising novel therapeutic target for mitigating geniposide-induced hepatotoxicity.…”
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Camins de Viaur dins los romans occitans de Ferran Delèris by Claire Torreilles

“…In his novel Pèire e Marià, Ferran Delèris (1922-2009) born on the Segala plateau that dominates the Viaur valley (Rouergue), depicts a young country couple that the war is going to keep apart in 1917 and 1918. …”
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« Il n’y a que vous ! » Lecture(s) d’une phrase singulière by Jacques-David Ebguy

“…All of that at the same time, perhaps, because of the tension established between all and nothing, and the ambiguous way in which the novel considers the “in between”: there are nothing but interpretations.…”
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The Salon as an Arena of Secularization. Music performed on Intimate Stages in the last decades of the 18 century. New perspectives on the function of the Salons by Merethe Roos

“…Bach breaks with the prevailing norm for such songs, and by doing so, he creates tension between the traditional religiosity of the text and the novel secularization of the setting. …”
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Note sur la mémoire du lecteur de L’Éducation sentimentale by Guillaume Perrier

“…Examining these mnemonic regularities and variations helps us to define the role of narrative memory in the interpretative process during the act of reading the novel.…”
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Food for Thoughts for Prospective Biomanufacturing by Ralf Takors

“…This editorial aims to prepare the ground for prospective developments so as to the seed of novel ideas will prosper.…”
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Artificial Intelligence-Powered Materials Science by Xiaopeng Bai, Xingcai Zhang

“…Major challenges in AI-driven materials science are evaluated. Novel case studies are incorporated, demonstrating their impact on accelerating material development and discovery.…”
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'UF-331' and 'UF-340' - Two University of Florida Dwarf Caladium Varieties for Containers and Landscapes by Zhanao Deng

“…ENH-1109, a 7-page illustrated fact sheet by Zhanao Deng, describes these two new lance-leafed caladium varieties with novel combinations of foliar characteristics — their origin, description, tuber production, container forcing and performance, landscape performance, recommendations and availability. …”
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