Paul Auster, Report from the Interior.“From you to you, and conversely” by Jean-Louis CLARET

“…In Report from the Interior by Paul Auster the personal pronoun you is used in an unconventional manner as it places the readers in a position that is both uncomfortable and delightful. …”
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Exporting Antiquities and Protecting Monuments: Beginnings of Ottoman legislation on the protection of ancient heritage as recorded by Polish travelers by Dominika Dziewczopolska

“…These testimonies offer, though in a somewhat sketchy manner, insight into the birth and growth of antiquities collection in the first Ottoman museum. …”
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Analytical solutions for Maxwell-scalar system on radially symmetric spacetimes by I. Andrade, D. Bazeia, M. A. Marques, R. Menezes, G. J. Olmo

“…In this formalism, the charge density must be written exclusively in terms of the components of the metric tensor and the scalar field is governed by first-order equations. We also find a manner to map the aforementioned equation into the corresponding one associated to kinks in (1, 1) spacetime dimensions, so we get analytical solutions for three specific spacetimes. …”
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Les métaphores comestibles dans les rituels mexicains by Danièle Dehouve

“…Starting from the idea that, in a ritual nothing is unpredictable and everything has a sense, it introduces a reflection about the categories of metaphor and metonymy conceived as two founding mechanisms of the human mind, at the same time distinct and closely linked, which express themselves in a verbal and material manner. Difrasismos, often considered to be linguistic techniques typical of ritual mesoamerican speeches, are considered here to be particular cases of « definition by extension », which forms « metonymical series ». …”
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The Effect of Intermittent Signal on the Performance of Code Tracking Loop in GNSS Receivers by Chung-Liang Chang

“…The blanking effect is usually caused by buildings that obscure the signal in either a periodic or random manner. In some cases, ideal blanking is used to remove random or periodic interference. …”
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Challenges ahead for Bulgarian’s competitiveness as a mountain tourism destination by Mariya Stankova

“…It is recognised that tourism must be developed and managed in a controlled, integrated and sustainable manner. With a joint effort, an attempt could be made to realise objectives like improvement of quality, competiveness and sustainability of tourism products offered regardless of the particular scale – national, regional, or international – by “pursuing” tourists’ needs. …”
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A Geography of Cultures: Or, Why New York’s Lower East Side Is an Important Case Study by Mario MAFFI

“…The essay traces these developments, against the background of the economic and social transformations of the city, of the rhythms and manners of associate life and of the patterns of production of popular and mass culture.…”
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Conceptualisation of evil in African Christian theology by C. Wethmar

“…The paper commences with a brief survey of the manner in which the notion of evil features in the Christian Scriptures and tradition. …”
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Deviation in Poetry of Indian Style by محمد رضایی, آرزو نقی زاده

“…The share of each of the deviations is different in different periods of literature and in a manner different from literary texts. It included at the beginning of tenth centuries in Indian style, to evade existing norms of the lyrics timuri and with using the deviation created contributions in the field of language. …”
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On the Use of Weighted Least Squares for Time Domain Modal Parameter Identification by Jonathan E. Cooper

“…The approach enables standard identification methods to be employed in the usual manner, except that sections of the time records with high signal-noise ratios are given a greater emphasis in the identification process. …”
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Effects of Sodium Fluoride on Water and Acid Secretion, Soluble Mucus and Adherent Mucus of the Rat Stomach by Kamel Gharzouli, Smain Amira, Seddik Khennouf, Akila Gharzouli

“…The amount of Alcian blue bound to adherent mucus was reduced in a pH-independent manner by sodium fluoride. The absence of a correlation between soluble glycoproteins and adherent mucus suggests that sodium fluoride does not stimulate mucus secretion, but rather acts as a barrier-breaking agent by its accumulation, together with acid, into the mucosa.…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Peritalar Injuries in the Acute Trauma Setting: A Review of the Literature by Abdul R. Arain, Curtis T. Adams, Stefanos F. Haddad, Muhammad Moral, Joseph Young, Khusboo Desai, Andrew J. Rosenbaum

“…The bony and ligamentous structure of the foot is a complex kinematic interaction, designed to transmit force and motion in an energy-efficient and stable manner. Visible deformity of the foot or atypical patterns of swelling should raise significant concern for foot trauma. …”
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Keine Experimente ! by Ayaal Herdam

“…The rules of the « electoral slogans » genre, and specifically the need to present complex information in a striking manner, in few words, while also taking into account prosodic aspects and visual impact, mean that these small texts are particularly rich in verbless utterances. …”
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The Effect of Managerial Ability on Risk Reporting in Indonesia: Evidence for Energy and Palm Oil Companies by Zairin Gentiga Muhammad, Khairunnisa Hera, Respati Dwi Kismayanti, Putri Nur Afni Camelia, Sang Lim Thien, Ulupui I Gusti Ketut Agung

“…Management’s discretionary disclosure behavior allows it to exercise subjectivity in determining both the content and manner of disclosure. This research identifies a risk reporting factor associated with competent managers that indicates their desire to disclose risk-related information in annual reports in highly competitive markets. …”
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Las metáforas comestibles en los rituales mexicanos by Danièle Dehouve

“…Starting from the idea that, in a ritual nothing is unpredictable and everything has a sense, it introduces a reflection about the categories of metaphor and metonymy conceived as two founding mechanisms of the human mind, at the same time distinct and closely linked, which express themselves in a verbal and material manner. Difrasismos, often considered to be linguistic techniques typical of ritual mesoamerican speeches, are considered here to be particular cases of « definition by extension », which forms « metonymical series ». …”
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El Greco's Italian paintings (1560-76) based on Bible texts by Estelle Alma Maré

“…Through study and experiment, and by following the examples of other artists who had achieved artistic mastery and was of proven Catholic orthodoxy, he educated himself as an artist in the Western manner. Even during his years as an apprentice El Greco’s art is proof that he aspired to the highest humanly accessible values exemplified by Renaissance artistic theory, humanism and Christian spirituality — all of which later came to fruition in an unprecedented original combination in Toledo, Spain, where he settled permanently in 1577. …”
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Dire ce qui n’est pas encore là. Le statut logique de l’usage dans les énoncés de conception architecturale by Louis Vitalis

“…The use would thus be simulated by speech acts mimicking normal assertions in the manner of fictional speech. But the pragmatics of design also suggests some distinctions from fiction, notably in its aim of reality. …”
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'Kingsman', Not 'My Fair Lady:' Dialect and Stereotype in the Films 'The Secret Service' and 'The Golden Circle' by Carla Soares

“…This article focuses on the portrayal of lead and supporting actors in the two instalments of Kingsman, The Secret Service and The Golden Circle (2014 and 2017 respectively, both by Mathew Vaughn), departing, in the first case, from a Pygmalionesque transformative idea and, centered in Harry/Galahad’s (Colin Firth) motto “Manners Maketh Man” to partially portray social context in Britain and extending its “tongue-in-cheek” critique to the American Southern culture in The Golden Circle, in purposely biased portraits. …”
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Quand l’ordre scolaire s’ajuste à la rue : éduquer des jeunes déscolarisés dans un centre associatif à Tripoli (Liban) by Simone Spera

“…In order to establish closeness with the learners and foster their autonomy, it can also lead to reappropriating tropes in a playful manner, such as cunning in defiance of teacher authority.…”
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Throughput-Optimal Scheduling for Cooperative Communications in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks by Thong Huynh, Won-Joo Hwang, Suk-Hwan Lee

“…In addition, we derive a simple and lightweight framework to implement the proposed policy in distributed manner. The simulation results show that the proposed scheduling policy outperforms the noncooperative policy and multihop relay policy.…”
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