The (im)possibility of communication by Bert Olivier

“…It is shown that the same aporia that confronts the reader of Ulysses, namely that a counter-signature to the text is possible as a novel event and is simultaneously not possible as such, faces participants in communication: communication is and is not possible. …”
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Alexandre de Humboldt et Aimé Bonpland, botanistes de l’Amérique hispanique (1799-1804) : de la taxonomie à l’épistémologie by Michèle Guicharnaud-Tollis

“…Well beyond, this reinforced intuitions previously only glimpsed: the making of herbariums led to theories about plants’ geography (1805) and novel epystemological reflections about their « metamorphosis » and integration inside a living and evolving Cosmos.…”
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The postfigurative Christ in Morley Callaghan's Such is my beloved by F. Hale

“… Symbolic Christ figures, i.e. characters whose lives to greatly varying extents mirror those of Jesus of Nazareth without being fully fledged allegories thereof, were frequently employed as fictional devices in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature as means of expressing diverse qualities, lessons, mores, and values in the modern world. …”
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Le théâtre de Pierre : espace urbain et (inter)textualité dans Pierre, ou les ambiguïtés by Ronan Ludot-Vlasak

“…This article, which explores the textuality, intertextuality and fictionality of urban space in Melville’s Pierre aims at challenging the apparent opposition between urban and rural spaces in the novel. The hero’s departure from Saddle Meadows does not put an end to his distorted and distorting vision of reality: the urban space Pierre is confronted with is nothing but a new imaginary construct filtered through his readings. …”
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A microbiota-derived metabolite, 3-phenyllactic acid, prolongs healthspan by enhancing mitochondrial function and stress resilience via SKN-1/ATFS-1 in C. elegans by Juewon Kim, Yunju Jo, Gyumin Lim, Yosep Ji, Jong-Hwa Roh, Wan-Gi Kim, Hyon-Seung Yi, Dong Wook Choi, Donghyun Cho, Dongryeol Ryu

“…While previous studies primarily focus on the discovery of novel bioactive bacteria and alterations in the microbiome environment to explain potential probiotic effects, our research delves into the role of living Lactiplantibacillus (formerly known as Lactobacillus) and their conditioned media, highlighting that only the former, not dead bacteria, enhance the healthspan of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). …”
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A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Early Cost-effective Assessment from the Total Posterior Spine Sys... by Jared D. Ament, Amir Vokshoor, Yaser Badr, Todd Lanman, Kee D. Kim, J. Patrick Johnson

“…**Background:** Given the increased attention to functional improvement in spine surgery as it relates to motion preservation, activities of daily living, and cost, it is critical to fully understand the healthcare economic impact of new devices being tested in large FDA randomized controlled trials (RCT). …”
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Impact socio-économique de l’aménagement hydro-rizicole de Guiguidou dans la sous-préfecture de Divo (Côte d’Ivoire) by Joachim Koffi Kotchi, Yagnama Rokia Ouattara-Coulibaly, Guillaume Kouassi N’guessan

“…The analysis of the data collected shows the recipients had access to farming novel methods and the socio-economic impact is remarkable with job creation. …”
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The Rising of “Modern Actinobacteria” Era by Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Bey-Hing Goh, Learn-Han Lee

“…These actinobacteria are valuable sources for various industries which can contribute directly/indirectly towards the improvement in many aspects of our lives.…”
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Non-Invasive Detection of Tumors by Volatile Organic Compounds in Urine by Tomoaki Hara, Sikun Meng, Yasuko Arao, Yoshiko Saito, Kana Inoue, Aya Hasan Alshammari, Hideyuki Hatakeyama, Eric di Luccio, Andrea Vecchione, Takaaki Hirotsu, Hideshi Ishii

“…We explore the possibility of novel cancer biomarker candidates and novel diagnostic methods.…”
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O romance dos pais, o romance dos filhos: os personagens secundários de Alejandro Zambra by Isabela Cordeiro Lopes

“…According to the notion of « secondary characters » this paper aims to investigate the relations introduced by the narrator of the novel Formas de voltar para casa, (Ways to go back home), Alejandro Zambra, specially in contexts of family and school lives. …”
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Camille Laurens, Marie Darrieussecq : du « plagiat psychique » à la mise en questions de la démarche autobiographique by Anne Strasser

“…Beyond the similarities noticed by Camille Laurens, the latter denies Marie Darrieussecq the right to tell about the death of a child whereas she had not lived through it herself. This quarrel happened through written work, articles, novels and essays. …”
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A Geography of Cultures: Or, Why New York’s Lower East Side Is an Important Case Study by Mario MAFFI

“…During the 19th century, but especially in the crucial turn-of-the-century decades, the quarter—an immigrant ghetto of appalling living and working conditions as well as a hotbed of radical politics—also functioned as a sort of cultural laboratory, a key factor in the development of such diverse but distinctive American arts such as the realist and naturalist novel, the budding movie making, the Ash Can School of painting, theatre, etc.…”
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Unraveling the Anti-Cancer Mechanisms of Antibiotics: Current Insights, Controversies, and Future Perspectives by Nikolaos Nektarios Karamanolis, Dimitris Kounatidis, Natalia G. Vallianou, Krystalia Dimitriou, Eleni Tsaroucha, Georgios Tsioulos, Ioanna A. Anastasiou, Evangelos Mavrothalassitis, Irene Karampela, Maria Dalamaga

“…Cancer persists as a significant global health challenge, claiming millions of lives annually despite remarkable strides in therapeutic innovation. …”
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Cyclin-dependent protein kinases and cell cycle regulation in biology and disease by Ilenia Pellarin, Alessandra Dall’Acqua, Andrea Favero, Ilenia Segatto, Valentina Rossi, Nicole Crestan, Javad Karimbayli, Barbara Belletti, Gustavo Baldassarre

“…We hope that the effort we made in collecting all available information on both the prominent and lesser-known CDK family members will help in identify and develop novel areas of research to improve the lives of patients affected by debilitating chronic diseases.…”
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Educational Needs During COVID-19: MOOCs Experiences Among Global Family Physicians by Özden Gökdemir, Halime Seda Küçükerdem, Sudip Bhattacharya, Maria Bakola, Mohammed Idris Shariff

“…This gave them capacity to save and improve the lives of countless patients infected by the novel coronavirus worldwide. …”
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An integrated approach using proximity labelling and chemical crosslinking to probe in situ host-virus protein–protein interactions by Jiaqi Li, Zhewang Lin

“…In this perspective, we discuss the integration of two latest proteomic techniques, based on in situ proximity labelling and chemical crosslinking methods, to uncover host-virus protein–protein interactions in living cells.…”
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Perioperatory antibiotic prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery (Part I: abdominal surgery) by Sergio Luis González López, Luis Marcano Sanz, Rafael Trinchet Soler, Zoe Quintero Delgado, Carlos Cabrera Machado, Lorenzo Pérez Romano, Guillermo Cortiza Orbe, Berta Fonseca Romero

“…Is considered that it has saved more lives than any other novel procedure in surgery in the last 20 years. …”
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Perioperatory antibiotic prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery (Part II: non-abdominal surgery). by Sergio Luis González López, Luis Marcano Sanz, Rafael Trinchet Soler, Zoe Quintero Delgado, Carlos Cabrera Machado, Lorenzo Pérez Romano, Guillermo Cortiza Orbe, Berta Fonseca Romero

“…Is considered that it has saved more lives than any other novel procedure in surgery in the last 20 years. …”
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Sanatoriul – spaţiu al erosului şi al thanatosului în romanul lui Max Blecher by Anamaria Ciobotaru

“…The ailment is the common point for everyone. Each character lives a love story, each being destined to die in a certain way. …”
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Psychosis as Eluding Agency: Perspective of Phenomenological Psychopathology by Kristina Baranovaitė

“…For this reason, it is emphasized that, in psychotherapy, it is important not to try to replace the subject’s narrative with a rationalized narrative created by the therapist, but rather to involve the subject in a cooperative dialogue about the personal meaning of their lived experiences. …”
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