Feminist Mothers and Daughters in Top Girls and Yerma by Florentina Gümüş

“…Through feminist theories of motherhood, this essay discusses the mother-daughter relationship, a dominant feature of two British plays, Top Girls (1982/1991) by Caryl Churchill and Yerma (2017) by Simon Stone, the latter being an adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s (1934/1968) play with the same title. …”
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From the ethology of animals to the human ecology by Zbigniew Łepko

“…The title “From the ethology of animals to human ecology” acknowledges both the theories of evolution developed in numerous scientific fields of science, and the academic achievements of Konrad Lorenz and his partners, the development of which are shown through the order of studies they published, from the scope of classical ethology and the row of humanities, to philosophy and human ecology. …”
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Konstruktywizm i pedagogika różnorodności w kontekście edukacji włączającej by Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa

“…The posthuman critique of social constructivism formulates the second of the questions I want to answer in the text: how can the constructivist approach cooperate with some new contemporary social theories, especially the new realism (materialism) and pedagogy of things? …”
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Educational Video Quality on TikTok for Vocabulary Teaching by Bella Syifa Zulfia, Yokke Andini

“…The criteria used to assess the quality were theories by Brame and Lopez. The study revealed that elements in the video showed a significant match against the criteria of educational video and criteria for vocabulary teaching contents. …”
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Cinema and city placement of Porto: from Manoel de Oliveira to Gabe Klinger by Xosé Somoza Medina

“… The adoption by local governments of neoliberal theories and strategic planning, which promotes the use of competitiveness scales and business marketing criteria in urban management, generated a series of changes in cities with the aim of reversing the closure of factories and shops and attracting new businesses, residents and tourists. …”
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Peridynamic Formulation for Coupled Thermoelectric Phenomena by Migbar Assefa, Xin Lai, Lisheng Liu, Yang Liao

“…Modeling of heat and electrical current flow simultaneously in thermoelectric convertor using classical theories do not consider the influence of defects in the material. …”
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Outrigger and Belt-Truss System Design for High-Rise Buildings: A Comprehensive Review Part II—Guideline for Optimum Topology and Size Design by Wael Alhaddad, Yahia Halabi, Hu Xu, HongGang Lei

“…This guideline will give an explanation and description for the used theories, assumptions, concepts, and methods in the reviewed articles for optimum topology and size design. …”
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New Stabilization Results for Semi-Markov Chaotic Systems with Fuzzy Sampled-Data Control by Tao Wu, Jinde Cao, Lianglin Xiong, Haiyang Zhang

“…Finally, the validity and merits of the developed theories are shown by two numerical examples.…”
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The use of the mentoring institute on the example of teaching economic disciplines: patterns and implementation specifics by M. N. Rybina

“…Mentoring for young teachers, graduate students, masters in teaching economic disciplines, along with the regularities of the process has its own significant features, which arise from the economic reality study specifics, as well as the presence of numerous concepts and theories that interpret this economic reality itself and on the basis of this proposing a certain state economic policy. …”
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Elastic and nonlinear crack tip solutions comparison with respect to failure probability by Valery Shlyannikov, Andrey Tumanov, Natalia Boychenko

“…The elastic SIF were experimentally obtained for studied materials and specimen geometries whereas the plastic SIFs were numerically calculated for the same material properties, specimen configurations and loading conditions according to classical J2 and strain gradient plasticity theories. Different specimen types with varying relative crack lengths and thicknesses were investigated. …”
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Three Cases with Visual Hallucinations following Combined Ocular and Occipital Damage by Bogusław Paradowski, Edyta Kowalczyk, Justyna Chojdak-Łukasiewicz, Aleksandra Loster-Niewińska, Monika Służewska-Niedźwiedź

“…In two cases, diagnosis showed coexistence of occipital lobe damage with ocular damage, while in the third case it showed occipital lobe damage with retrobulbar optic neuritis. Theories of pathogenesis and the neuroanatomical basis of complex visual hallucinations are discussed and supported by literature review.…”
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Syntactic Analysis of Movement Transformation in Bahasa Indonesia by Ruly Adha

“…The theory used in this article was taken from the theory of Transformational Generative Grammar (TGG) introduced by Noam Chomsky. …”
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IMPACT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON MARKET PRICE OF VIETNAMESE LISTED COMPANIES FROM 2010 TO 2017 by Hoàng Mai Phương, Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân

“…The research results support the hypothesis that in less-developed financial markets, such as those in Vietnam, positive effects of paying dividends, as suggested by existing theories in finance, tend to be neutralized by the costs that firms have to endure due to insufficient cash. …”
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Les mystérieuses antiquités de Prosper Biardot (1805–1873) by Angélique Allaire

“…His publications contain contrasting ideas fluctuating between very innovative positions on restorations and now outdated theories on the symbolism of the terracottas, which were part of the trends of the times. …”
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Ethnic minority immigrants and their British descendants in the UK labour market: an investigation of Black African and Black Caribbean current employment status in the UK by Scott Foster, Ben George

“…Our thorough analysis of their experiences and the factors influencing these disadvantages, using human capital and social capital theories, provides crucial insights for understanding and addressing this issue and offers practical interventions. …”
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An Empirical Study on the Influencing Factors of the Returning Intention of Overseas Talents by Liu Liu, Fan Tian

“…Many scholars have carried out a large number of studies on the factors influencing the intention of returning overseas talents based on different theories. This study integrates two theoretical perspectives at macro and individual levels, puts forward a new theoretical framework for analyzing the intention of returning overseas talents, and constructs a theoretical model including the intention of returning overseas talents, talent ecological environment of the host country, prospect expectation of home country, talent growth expectation, and perceived opportunity. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: The Dean Ornish Program (“Opening the Heart”) in Cardiovascular Disease by Søren Ventegodt, Efrat Merrick, Joav Merrick

“…In this paper, we analyze the rationale behind his cure in relation to contemporary holistic medical theory. In spite of a complex treatment program, the principles seem to be simple and in accordance with holistic medical theories, like the Antonovsky concept of rehabilitating the sense of coherence and the life mission theory for holistic medicine. …”
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A New Buckling-Restrained Brace with a Variable Cross-Section Core by Liang Li, Tianhua Zhou, Junwu Chen, Jianfeng Chen

“…The practical design equations of the BRB-VCC are derived based on mechanical and mathematical theories. Six specimens are designed and tested to clarify the mechanical behaviours of the BRB-VCC and to validate the reliability of the proposed equations. …”
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From the island’s point of view. Warfare and transformation in an Andean vertical archipelago by Tristan Platt

“…The article combines John V. Murra’s theory of the « vertical archipelago » – a dynamic model of the changing historical relations between Andean societies, the complementary ecologies they inhabit, and emergent « State »-formations – with transformationalist theories developed among Amazonian peoples. …”
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Parkinson's Disease: Is It a Toxic Syndrome? by Seham A. Gad ELhak, Abdel Aziz A. Ghanem, Hassan AbdelGhaffar, Sahar El Dakroury, Mohamed M. Salama

“…A long history of trials, suggestions, and theories tried linking PD to a specific causation. …”
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