“Virtuoso[S] Of Departure” by Sarah Bouttier

“…This paper reads three poems on absence in the light of current theories of the object, hoping to clarify various trends in contemporary poetry’s relation to absence. …”
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Do romance ao romance histórico: algumas considerações sobre a teoria marxista do romance de György Lukács by Rafael da Rocha Massuia

“…For that, we will make a brief resumption of the context of the emergence of his literary-aesthetic work, which emerges with a striking contrast to the previous theories carried out in the field of Marxism on the said theme. …”
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As Camp as a Row of Pink Tents: Stephen’s Portrait of Mr W. S. by Samuel Slote

“…Stephen’s apparent disbelief in his own theory echoes Oscar Wilde’s ‘Portrait of Mr W. H.’, which is referenced within ‘Scylla’, and which also propounds a theory of Shakespeare’s artistic production in terms of his biography. …”
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TYPOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN BUSINESS EXPANSION BY MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by A. Sapuntsov

“…Methodology explanation of such expansion requires the increases of mainstream MNE theories adequacy level. These models are primarily applicable to MNEs from developed countries and should be upgraded by accounting specificities and conditions relevant to the operations of MNEs from the developing world. …”
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Hopf Bifurcation of a Differential-Algebraic Bioeconomic Model with Time Delay by Xiaojian Zhou, Xin Chen, Yongzhong Song

“…Regarding time delay as a bifurcation parameter, we show that a sequence of Hopf bifurcations occur at the positive equilibrium as the delay increases. Using the theories of normal form and center manifold, we also give the explicit algorithm for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcations and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions. …”
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Reflexividade e agência na teoria sociológica contemporânea by Camila Penna

“…The discussion is developed through the idea of spectrum, along which different theories are positioned according to the capacity of agency and of reflexivity ascribed to the actors. …”
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A Mathematical Approach to Establishing Constitutive Models for Geomaterials by Guang-hua Yang, Yu-xin Jie, Guang-xin Li

“…Traditional constitutive theories can be considered as its special cases. The framework also enables modification of traditional constitutive models.…”
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Their City: Feminist Urban Experiences as a Process of Learning and Co-Creation in Viña del Mar by Maria Soledad Larrain Salinas

“…Divided into three stages, it highlights the importance of studying and applying feminist theories, co-creating knowledge as a learning methodology, and exploring the street as a teaching space, emphasizing the need to break away from androcentric viewpoints to highlight the everyday experiences of women and diverse communities within urban contexts. …”
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Interaction between Dark Matter and Dark Energy and the Cosmological Coincidence Problem by Kourosh Nozari, Noushin Behrouz, Narges Rashidi

“…We consider a quintessence model of dark energy inspired by scalar-tensor theories of gravity where the scalar field is nonminimally coupled to gravity and dark matter. …”
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Le fondement démocratique du droit de décider des Catalans by Mercè Corretja Torrens

“…The article draws the outlines of the new right, distinguishing it from other related or similar concepts, like the right of self-determination of peoples or the theories of secession. The bearer of this new right is the individual, although the right is exercised jointly by a group of individuals. …”
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The K-Theoretic Formulation of D-Brane Aharonov-Bohm Phases by Aaron R. Warren

“…The K-theoretic classification of Ramond-Ramond fields in Type II and Type I theories is used to produce formulae for the Aharonov-Bohm phase associated with a torsion flux. …”
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Forest Semiosis by Jacob Vangeest

“…In turn, Stiegler is brought closer to the theories of entangled care presented in the work of theorists such as María Puig De La Bellacasa and Natasha Myers, allowing for a more dynamic design process. …”
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Ending(s), Seriality And Interdiscursivity by Elsa Lorphelin Blaise

“…Far from being a self-sufficient literary production anymore (according to E.A. Poe’s theories for instance), the short-story discusses and re-evaluates the notion of ending, but also elaborates upon the rejection of one final ending inside the collection, thus creating effects of echo, repetition and intertextuality. …”
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Improved operation efficiency strengthens organizational quality in higher education by Péter Levente Lakatos

“… This paper examines quality assurance as an effective tool for organizational development, reviewing the theories and history of quality management. After describing the theoretical foundations used in the USA, focusing on heavy industries, it discusses European models such as TQM, ISO and EFQM systems in more detail, then moves on to critical approaches, especially with regard to the applicability and effectiveness of quality assurance in education and higher education. …”
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Une doctrine implicite de la déterritorialisation by Frédéric Giraut

“…Including the related discourses, all these initiatives could be interpreted in terms of governementality as being driven by a common and coherent doctrine of deterritorialization which is linked by some aspects with  the "New geographic economy" and the "Public choice" theories. The implicit doctrine promote control and closed boundaries in the field of security and migrations but selective sovereignty for economic purpose to the profit of the power strongholds which assign peripheries to a function of exploitable and secured spaces.…”
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A hypothesis of 'How Advertising Works' and implications for marketers and advertisers by Brian McMillan

“…COMMUNICARE also encourage contri- butions from the industry to ensure a two- way flow of communication between theory and practice. Especially when these contri- butions show how theories and models studied in the communication discipline can be applied in practice, and in its turn stimulate further research. …”
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Leadership by the Spirit in Pentecostalism: by M.S. Kgatle

“…In this article, this kind of leadership is theorised as pneumatocracy and is discussed in contrast to other leadership theories such as autocracy and democracy. The article seeks to demonstrate that pneumatocracy in the Pentecostal movement is important. …”
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Nontrivial Periodic Solutions for Nonlinear Second-Order Difference Equations by Tieshan He, Yimin Lu, Youfa Lei, Fengjian Yang

“…Under some conditions concerning the first positive eigenvalue of the linear equation corresponding to the nonlinear second-order equation, we establish the existence results by using the topological degree and fixed point index theories.…”
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As correntes interacionistas e a sua repercussão nas teorias de Anthony Giddens e Bruno Latour by Karine Pereira Goss

“…Initially it introduces the main theories and authors that influence each one of those approaches. …”
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Neck-Tongue Syndrome: Viewpoints on Etiology in a Patient with Bilateral Symptoms by Jonathan S. Sidlow, Mark J. Raden, Richard Sidlow

“…We present below a case involving a patient whose bilateral symptoms were intermittently present from the age of five to the age of twenty-one years and discuss this case in light of the present theories of the anatomic substrate underlying this syndrome.…”
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