An Intermediate Value Theorem for the Arboricities by Avapa Chantasartrassmee, Narong Punnim

“…Thus, for an arbitrary graphical sequence d and π∈{a,a1}, the two invariants x(π)=min(π,d):=min{π(G):G∈R(d)} and  y(π)=max(π,d):=max{π(G):G∈R(d)} naturally arise and hence π(d):={π(G):G∈R(d)}={z∈Z:x(π)≤z≤y(π)}. We write d=rn:=(r,r,…,r) for the degree sequence of an r-regular graph of order n. …”
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Quelle place pour la Grande Guerre dans l’histoire contemporaine du Japon ? Quelques éléments de réflexion à partir d’un témoignage japonais by Frédéric Danesin

“…Though it is easy to notice how little attention is given to Japan’s role in this war, at least as little attention is granted to this war in Japanese modern history. Is it possible to write the history of Japan evading the years from 1905 to 1931? …”
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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

“…“It is necessary to identify two point of views [in Crash]: that of the characters […] and that of the audience”, Paul-Marie Battestini writes in his work on David Cronenberg’s film. It may nevertheless be fruitful to question the possibility of a third perspective, that of the cars on which Crash and Cosmopolis focus, inasmuch as they are essential and close to being actual characters. …”
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Ambiguity and confusion around the celebration of the Mawlid. by Mehdi Berriah

“…Among these scholars, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328), one of the most divisive and influential medieval theologians in contemporary Islamic thought, seems to be a particular case. Indeed, his writings are cited by both supporters and opponents of the Mawlid to give more weight to their speeches. …”
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Literatura populară în lumina tiparului. Bibliofilie românească în colecţiile Bibliotecii Naţionale a României by Andreea Răsboiu

“…Representing successive vernacular translations and abridgments in many cases of intermediary slavic versions and not very often of the Byzantine, Italian or German original, these writings have blended in with the cultural mentality, folklore and local spirit, achieving authenticity and resemblance to the Romanian real life from that time. …”
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WRITER'S STRATEGIES IN THE INTERCOURSE WITH THE READER IN BELLES-LETTRES by A. S. Komarov

“…In the article, the author singles out and gives descriptions of such dimensions of the book's content as its topical and emotional dimension, its depth, human nature dimension and interpersonal relations dimension as well as of strategies used by the writer in order to involve the reader into his writings. The author argues that a successful strategy is based on managing to touch the reader to the quick, i.e. his or her subjectivity, and the result of successfulness can be measured by the reader's readiness and willingness to sink into one of the dimensions suggested. …”
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Europa in the Late Middle Ages and Development of Society and Culture of Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Rimvydas Petrauskas

“…Nevertheless, throughout the whole period in question, one can observe gradual spreading of elements of the late medieval European civilization in GDL - concepts of a monarch and the ruling house, idea of Christian estates and knightly ideology, church foundations, patronage and the cults of saints, the early noble parliamentarianism, the urban and rural self-government as well as self-government of ethnic and confessional groups, large landownership and colonization, political and literary writings, codification of the law and historical thinking. …”
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Mémoires et patrimonialisation d’un passé antéislamique : Mubârak al-Mîlî et l’ethnogenèse du peuple algérien by Aomar Hannouz

“…Thanks to James McDougall’s work, History and Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, the foundational work on national construction by Tawfiq al-Madanî (d. 1983) is well documented. Yet the writings of another historian close to the Association of Algerian Ulemas, Mubârak al-Milî (d. 1945) were no less important. …”
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La fase final de unas migraciones de larga duración: gallegos hacia Buenos Aires (1946-1960) by Nadia Andrea De Cristóforis

“…Finally, we will postulate that the migrations of Galicians to Buenos Aires, after the Second World War, developed with a high degree of autonomy, with respect to the prevailing normative, institutional and political frameworks on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.For this study we have used the following sources: migration statistics of the Ministerio de Trabajo (Spain) and the Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (Argentina); libros de desembarco, actas de inspección marítima and official documents on migratory policies of peronism (Archivo General de la Nación, Buenos Aires); records of the Comisión Católica Española de Migración de La Coruña (Arquivo da Emigración Galega, Santiago de Compostela); documents of the Archivo General de la Administración (Alcalá de Henares) and the Archivo del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (Madrid); newspapers of the time (Faro de Vigo or Nuevo Correo, among others) and writings of officials and politicians from the mid-20th century (Martí Bufill or Vicente Borregón Ribes).…”
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"Magic Dirt": Transcending Great Divides in Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia by Eva-Maria Müller

“…Scott McClanahan, rising star of the US Indie Lit world and "Poet Laureate of Real America" (Moran), writes miasmic chronicles of life in a West Virginian holler. …”
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Acculturation in the Professional Activities of Specialists in International Relations by N. Romanenko

“…The article marks the mission of Russian culture as a medium of traditions, moral and spiritual values that built the Russian nation as a single community and state. The author writes that ethno-cultural component brings together many cultures, ethnic groups and nationalities of Russia, forms a common multicultural ground and brings about the need for cross-cultural awareness in international relations. …”
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Covid era and online payment systems in India by Chauhan Saraswati, Singh N.P.

“…For the discussion and results, secondary data is collected from various sources, including websites, portals, annual reports, blogs and write-ups, and so on. The research approach used in this study is exploratory and descriptive, which analyze the various online payment or financial technologies adopted and used by different financial companies, including Indian banks. …”
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Behind the Iron Curtain: Sylvia Plath and Hungary during the Cold War by Dorka TAMÁS

“…I contextualise Plath’s knowledge and engagement with Hungary, which contributes to an inclusive reading of her writings, biography, and experiences of the early Cold War.…”
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COLLOCATIONAL PATTERNS AND SENSE RELATIONS IN THE EXPLICATION OF MEANING IN ARMAH’S NOVELS by GODWIN F. AKPAN

“… When literary writers write, they do so with the aim of conveying meaning. …”
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‘Des mémoires sur la vie de cet illustre philosophe’: George Leman Tuthill’s Unwritten Biography of Diderot by Caroline Warman

“…This essay analyses for the first time two letters written in 1805 by an Englishman, George Leman Tuthill (1772–1835), to Diderot’s literary executor Jacques-André Naigeon (1735–1810), stating his desire to write a biography of Diderot in English and asking to see the unpublished manuscript of Naigeon’s Mémoires sur Diderot. …”
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On a verbal offence against religious feelings – commentary on the European Court of Human Rights’ judgement of 15 September 2022 in Rabczewska v. Poland by Lidia K. Jaskuła

“…No. 8257/13), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the conviction of a Polish singer for her statement made during a press interview – “It’s hard to believe in the writings of someone wasted from drinking wine and smoking some weed,” referring to the authors of the Bible – violated Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. …”
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Exilul „concentraţionar” şi poezia ca libertate by Sorin Ivan

“…A form of exile is the concentrationary exile, in an era of terror, during the installation of the communist regime in Romania. Caraion writes a poetry of resistance, a political poetry, of extraordinary virulence, which accuses the communist regime and its dehumanizing ideology of crimes against human being and humanity. …”
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Re-Creation, Re-Membrance, and Resurgence: Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse by Celia Cores Antepazo

“…Thus, the paper draws on Michi Saagiig scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s writings on Indigenous radical resurgence to explore the retrieval of Indigenous ways of existing in the world as the way towards decolonization and Indigenous sovereignty. …”
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‘It’s bawdier in Greek’: A.C. Swinburne’s Subversions of the Hellenic Code by Charlotte Ribeyrol

“…This article therefore proposes to focus on the dichotomy of the Hellenic code, split between the learned and the obscene, between high and potentially low culture, in the writings of the hellenophile Victorian poet, who was equally drawn to the alluring calligraphy of Greek, the language of beauty and formal perfection, as well as to the more fleshly promises suggested by certain Hellenic words and images.…”
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Some Episodes from E. Turauskas' Life and Activities by Aldona Vasiliauskienė

“…Edvardas Turauskas was director of the political department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, the plenipotentiary minister of Lithuania for Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania, Lithuania's delegate at the Union of Nations, the counsellor of the Embassy in Berne, Switzerland, the director of the ELTA who served the longest term in this office in inter-war Lithuania, a participant of international conferences, the editor of the daily „Rytas" and co-worker of numerous newspapers and magazines, a scholar, a person with deep Christian beliefs, an activist of the Ateitininkai movement (the first to write its history), and a member of the LCAS. He lived and worked for Lithuania; he fought for its freedom and independence... …”
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