The Dweller on the Threshold: Whiteness, the Family and the End of Classical Cinema by Conall Cash

“…Wilderson III, the article considers how, in these films, the protection of the white family reveals its mythical status as an ideally ahistorical unit of civilisation. …”
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Obscene beasts: the stage behind the scenes in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mathilde La Cassagnère

“…This is a fairly convincing anticipation of Gaston Bachelard’s statement in Water and Dreams, “a ghost [a beast in this particular instance] complacently described loses its effect.” Thus, through the mechanicals’ theatrical misadventure, Shakespeare ironically includes in A Midsummer Night’s Dream a “how-not-to” guide for mimesis, a reversed mise en abyme of his own challenging conception of a play teeming with an unstageable and infinite variety of creatures great and small, wild and tame, familiar and fantastical, its presence all the more haunting as it is never staged strictly speaking. …”
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Cities in Africa before 1900. Historiography and Research Perspectives by Clélia Coret, Roberto Zaugg, Gérard Chouin

“…This special issue proposes a historiographical review of research conducted on cities, taking into account the most recent methodological reflections on the issue of the relationship between the urban territory and the exercise of power before the 20th century, focussing on its material and symbolic aspects. Case studies in the Maghreb, West Africa’s forest and Sahelian regions and East Africa examine these stakes.…”
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Topological Indices of Total Graph and Zero Divisor Graph of Commutative Ring: A Polynomial Approach by Sourav Mondal, Muhammad Imran, Nilanjan De, Anita Pal

“…The topological index is utilized as a significant tool in the study of the quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) and quantitative structures property relationship (QSPR) which correlate a molecular structure to its different properties and activities. Graphs containing finite commutative rings have wide applications in robotics, information and communication theory, elliptic curve cryptography, physics, and statistics. …”
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HMGB1 lactylation drives neutrophil extracellular trap formation in lactate-induced acute kidney injury by Li Zhu, Li Zhu, Qiang Zheng, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Hao Ding, Mengqing Ma, Jiaxin Bao, Yawen Cai, Changchun Cao

“…Although renal replacement therapy (RRT) remains the cornerstone of treatment for advanced AKI, its implementation can potentially pose risks and may not be readily accessible across all healthcare settings and regions. …”
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Application of a data-driven XGBoost model for the prediction of COVID-19 in the USA: a time-series study by Wei Wu, Zheng-gang Fang, Shu-qin Yang, Cai-xia Lv, Shu-yi An

“…Objective The COVID-19 outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China, and has been acknowledged as a pandemic due to its rapid spread worldwide. Predicting the trend of COVID-19 is of great significance for its prevention. …”
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Osmanlı Devleti’nde Frengi İle Mücadeleye Adanmış Kısa Bir Ömür: Hüdavendigar Vilayeti Seyyar Frengi Tabibi Nuri Ömer Efendi by Mehmet GÜNEŞ

“…Syphilis which started to be seen as an epidemic especially in Kastamonu province and in Central Black Sea Region, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and the Balkans beginning from the second half of the 19th century became an important problem for the Ottoman State from the end of the century and maintained its influence also in the 20th century despite the precautions taken. …”
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Systemic Poverty Modelling: Case of Central Asia by F. I. Arzhaev, V. Y. Andriukhin, D. V. Saprynskaya

“…The proposed recommendations are formed considering the complexity and unrealizability of complex and simultaneous solutions to the problem of poverty and are designed to launch a mechanism for assessing the situation and its initial resolution.…”
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« Pas de retour à nos maisons sans satisfaction de nos revendications ». Le Hirak du Rif en actes face au Makhzen by Ahmed Chapi

“…The looser, more horizontal division of activist labor at work in the Hirak, in comparison with traditional activist organizations, favors the reconfiguration of the movement in terms of protest tactics, locations and profiles, enabling it to sustain itself over time.…”
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EFL pre-service teachers’ challenges in teaching English to young learners during Kampus Mengajar program in rural areas by Wahidah Nurul Hikmah, Irma Windy Astuti

“…To gather the data, this study employed interviews as its primary data collection technique, complemented by documents as the secondary means. …”
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The Russian-Indian Scientific and Technological Cooperation in the First Decade of the 21st Century by Konstantin P. Kurylev, Larisa A. Chereshneva, Mariia N. Starikova, Liudmila A. Belousova

“…It analyses the main directions, goals and already achieved results of this partnership, as well as prospects for its future. The authors use official documents and materials pertaining to bilateral relations, international Russian-Indian acts, and declarations on scientific, technological cooperation various fields, including exact sciences, biology, biotechnology, oceanography, environmentally friendly technologies, pharmaceuticals, military-technical production, space exploration, and meteorology. …”
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Systematic review of bidirectional interaction between gut microbiome, miRNAs, and human pathologies by Lorenzo Drago, Lorenzo Drago, Luigi Regenburgh De La Motte, Loredana Deflorio, Delia Francesca Sansico, Michela Salvatici, Emanuele Micaglio, Manuele Biazzo, Fabiana Giarritiello, Fabiana Giarritiello

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Scenario-Based Risk Assessment for Düzce Province by Zeynep Mıhçı, Hüseyin Bayraktar

“…Subsequently, on 9 December 1999, Düzce was declared the provincial capital city, having 20 neighborhoods, 97 villages, and 7 districts under its administration. The main components featured in this study are 10 urban neighborhoods of Düzce that are all comprised of structural and natural environments located in the vicinity of the North Anatolian Fault Line. …”
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Preliminary study on the correlation between thyroid magnetic resonance parameters and radiation dose after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Kuan Lu, Chenxia Zhou, Jiaming Ren, Jialu Ni, Weisen Yang, Yeqing Wang, Dan Jin, Jianjun Qian, Yaqun Zhu, Dai Shi, Wentao Hu, Liang Xu

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained prominence in thyroid imaging, leveraging its non-ionizing radiation, high spatial resolution, multiparameter and multidirectional imaging. …”
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Leveraging an Enhanced CodeBERT-Based Model for Multiclass Software Defect Prediction via Defect Classification by Rida Ghafoor Hussain, Kin-Choong Yow, Marco Gori

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Ephedra extract-mediated gold nanoparticles on Kaolin: A natural approach for reduction and stabilization, with evaluation of antioxidant and anti-ovarian cancer activities by Hui Yang, Cui Wang, Qingjiang Wang, Feng Han

“…The biological activity of the composite was evaluated through cytotoxicity tests using the MTT assay. In addition, its potential anti-ovarian cancer properties were tested against several ovarian cancer cell lines, including TOV-21G, OV-90, SW 626, and UWB1.289, with IC50 values found to be 112, 250, 278, and 243 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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A Mixed Prediction Model of Ground Subsidence for Civil Infrastructures on Soft Ground by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kiyoyuki Kaito

“…Through a case study, this paper discussed the applicability of the proposed method and illustrated its possible application and future works.…”
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Sistem Pesantren Yang Telah Diterapkan Di Kalangan Pondok Pesantren Yang Sudah Ada Di Indonesia by Ngimadudin Ngimadudin, Muhamad Akip, Megi Andika, Muhammad Arsyad, Malikul sahan

“…Following Indonesia's independence, pesantren education grew increasingly regimented and its curriculum more set, particularly during the New Order transition and the country's rapid economic expansion. …”
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Time-selective data fusion for in-network processing in ad hoc wireless sensor networks by Jaanus Kaugerand, Johannes Ehala, Leo Mõtus, Jürgo-Sören Preden

“…For example, assigning processing intervals of network nodes, defining validity and simultaneity requirements for data items, determining the size of memory required for buffering the data streams produced by ad hoc nodes and other relevant aspects. …”
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Adaptation to climate change in pastoral communities: a systematic review through a social-ecological lens by Matilda Azong Cho, Onisimo Mutanga, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

“…Originality/value – The study used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses approach to ensure a thorough and systematic investigation. …”
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