The Power of Conformity: Music, Sound, and Vision in Back to the Future by Marc Priewe

“…After an overview of the movie’s cultural contexts, the focus shifts to the interplays between sound and cinematic mise-en-scène, with a particular emphasis on popular music. I argue that the film employs music strategically in order to convey a nostalgic view of American culture and society in the 1950s by including certain songs and excluding others, as well as by a score that is deeply rooted in the traditions of Hollywood film music. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films and Solar Cells Fabricated from Quaternary Cu-Zn-Sn-S Target by Min Xie, Daming Zhuang, Ming Zhao, Zuolong Zhuang, Liangqi Ouyang, Xiaolong Li, Jun Song

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Analysis of Thermo-elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Characteristic of the Internal Meshing Gear Transmission System by Qingqing Zhu, Qiang Sun, Yuanyuan Li, Juan Song, Guangxiao Jian

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Film Review: Jagun Jagun, Nigeria, 2023. Produced by Euphoria 360 Media. Netflix. 129 minutes, Yoruba (with English subtitles). No price reported. Directed by Tope Adebayo and Adeb... by Yemi Atanda

“… I intend to argue in this review that the Yoruba film Jagun Jagun represents the transition of the Yoruba Travelling Theatre into the big screen motion picture. …”
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Sound, Vision, and Embodied Performativity in Beyoncé Knowles’ Visual Album Lemonade (2016) by Johanna Hartmann

“…In 2016, Beyoncé published Lemonade, a work of art that exists in various manifestations: as a music album that includes twelve songs, as live performances (including her world tour and her appearance at the Superbowl halftime show), and as a “visual album,” an art film that consists of the music video clips for each individual song and visually and auditorily complex “chapters” which feature the poetry by Warsan Shire. …”
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The Role of Lyrics in Estonian Literature: Three Exemplary Cases by Anneli Niinre

“…The article examines three cases in Estonian literature where melodised poetic texts have played a significant role in Estonian culture and are considered to be core texts: “Mu isamaa on minu arm” (My Fatherland is My Love) by Lydia Koidula, songs from the feature film Viimne reliikvia (The Last Relic), lyrics written by Paul-Eerik Rummo, and “Laul Põhjamaast” (“Song of the Northern Land”), lyrics by Enn Vetemaa. …”
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Une « drôle de guerre » à l’écran : Khalkhin Gol by Alexandre Sumpf

“…First, it aims to mobilize the general public with the story of an absolute victory and the exaltation of the red soldier through a song written for the film, while serving as a tactical manual for unit leaders, particularly armoured units. …”
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OPTIMAL DESIGN OF MODIFIED SPUR GEARS BASED ON MINIMUM FLASH TEMPERATURE by YU DongYang, JIANG JinKe, SONG Qiang, FANG ZongDe

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Analysis of Static Characteristic of Hydrodynamic Bearing with Different Surface Roughnesses by Hong Guo, Lanlan Song, Shaolin Zhang, Weipei He

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Popular Culture as Pedagogy : Teaching “Il Canto di Ulisse” from Dante to Jovanotti in the American College Classroom by Marzia Caporale

“…In particular, the study addresses the role of subtext that the “Canto di Ulisse” plays to rap-pop artist Jovanotti’s song “Bruto” (Album : Buon Sangue, 2005) and to director Emanuele Crialese’s film Terraferma (2011). …”
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Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí as a Yorùbá Novelist by Lere Adeyemi

“…An average Yorùbá reader of Fálétí’s novels, poetry, plays and viewer of his films usually responds with delight because of his powerful use of Yorùbá language and captivating story lines, plot construct, narrative techniques and thematic contents. …”
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Hierarchically structured, Janus optical nanoengineered wastepaper for switchable radiative cooling/heating by Zifan Song, Zipeng Zhang, Xueting Zhang, Jingyang Liu, Wanjie Wang, Jianfeng Wang, Xiuxiu Jin

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Corrosion inhibition performance and mechanism analysis of high-efficiency imidazoline quaternary ammonium salt on Q235 by WANG Pengjie, SONG Yuhao, FAN Lin, DENG Kuanhai, LI Zhonghui, MEI Zongbin, GUO Lei, LIN Yuanhua

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Postindustrialny soul, czyli przestrzeń afroamerykańskiego getta w filmie by Ewa Drygalska

“…Ossie Davis), Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (reż. Melvin Van Peebles), Super Fly (reż. Gordon Parks Jr.), Chłopaki z sąsiedztwa (reż. …”
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THE STUDY ON CALCULATION METHOD OF THE TEARING FORCE FOR A TEARING DEVICE ON AEROSTAT by YI HuiCheng, YI Jie, SONG Miao

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Clinical efficacy of 0.1% cyclosporine A in dry eye patients with inadequate responses to 0.05% cyclosporine A: a switching, prospective, open-label, multicenter study by Sook Hyun Yoon, Eun Chul Kim, In-Cheon You, Chul Young Choi, Jae Yong Kim, Jong Suk Song, Joon Young Hyon, Hong Kyun Kim, Kyoung Yul Seo

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Ghostly (re)visions: Embodying the Indian Caribbean churile by Christopher L. Ballengee

“…Using four key examples — Vanessa Godden’s performance film Churile (2016), Sabiyha Rasheed’s song ‘Choorile’ (2020), Kevin Jared Hosein’s short story ‘Maiden of the Mud’ (2016) and Ryan Persadie’s drag persona Tifa Wine in his ongoing Coolieween project — I discuss how the churile becomes a potent symbol for confronting the legacies of indenture. …”
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ANALYSIS AND PARAMETERS OPTIMIZATION OF TOOTH PLATE OF IRON ROUGHNECK CLAMPING PLIERS by PEI JunFeng, SONG ChuanZhi, LIU ZhiGang, CHEN Jie, SHEN Hui, MIAO HongJian

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Towards Transformation of the Nigerian Youths: The Place of Yoruba Popular Music by Kayode Olusola

“…This paper concludes that the Nigerian government should use appropriate agencies like the National Film and Records Censor Board and Nigerian Copyright Council to prevent music that contains lyrics that can encourage violence and criminal acts circulated into Nigerian markets. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Flow and Solidification Behavior of Medium Mn steel in Thin Slab Mold by Tian　Runyu, Song　Bingjun, Peng　Zhongyuan, Qiu　Yarong, Kong　Lingzhong, Yang　Jie

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