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Ironing the Bugs Out : Mixed Metaphors [PDF]

, 2001
The mixed metaphor has long been vilified by language lovers. After all, a metaphor per se is often a stretch. The attempt to combine two or more vastly dissimilar figures of speech usually result in a jarring incongruity and an absurd image.
Hauptman, Don
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Upper Limits in the Case That Zero Events are Observed: An Intuitive Solution to the Background Dependence Puzzle [PDF]

, 2000
We compare the ``unified approach'' for the estimation of upper limits with an approach based on the Bayes theory, in the special case that no events are observed.
Astone, P., Pizzella, G.
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Do Linking‐Expression Substitutions Mitigate Deterministic Interpretations of Genetic Information?

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is a common concern that broader audiences interpret scientific information about the genetic correlates and causes of complex human traits in an overly deterministic manner. A frequently proposed way to address this issue is to carefully select the linking expressions used to describe gene–trait relationships when communicating genetic ...
Riin Kõiv
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The Experiment of Rebelling in Beckett: The Impact of Camus and Havel [PDF]

Polish Journal of English Studies, 2018
The infinite and useless struggles of Camus’s Sisyphus have long informed discussions of the philosophy and theatre of the absurd. In the Greek myth, which Camus reductively appropriates, Sisyphus relentlessly repeats his efforts to roll the rock up the ...
Ivan Nyusztay
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Le théâtre de Buzzati : regarder l’invisible

Arts et Savoirs, 2023
Buzzati’s dramaturgy is characterised by a subtle network of interconnections and a multilingualism that uses elements of various ancestry, de-contextualising them and redefining their meaning.
Serena Mazzone
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“Mad as Hell”: The Corruption of Personal Humanity in Network through Satire [PDF]

, 2018
A film has the power to connect to its viewers through dark or absurd humor, revealing truths we may not want to face.
Watson, Sophie J.
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Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
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Sex, Reason, and a Taste for the Absurd [PDF]

, 1993
Like much of Richard Posner\u27s best work, Sex and Reason does many things, and for that reason will no doubt attract a large and diverse readership.
West, Robin
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Existence of Solution for Two Classes of Quasilinear Systems Defined on a Nonreflexive Orlicz–Sobolev Spaces

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper proves the existence of nontrivial solution for two classes of quasilinear systems of the type −ΔΦ1u=Fu(x,u,v)+λRu(x,u,v)inΩ−ΔΦ2v=−Fv(x,u,v)−λRv(x,u,v)inΩu=v=0on∂Ω$$ \left\{\begin{array}{l}\hfill -{\Delta}_{\Phi_1}u={F}_u\left(x,u,v\right)+\lambda {R}_u\left(x,u,v\right)\kern0.1832424242424242em \mathrm{in}\kern0.3em \Omega ...
Lucas da Silva, Marco Souto
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«La mort comença per les sabates». L’experiència de l’absurd a la Trilogia d’Auschwitz de Primo Levi

Quaderns d'Italià, 2014
Partint del pensament de Theodor W. Adorno, aquest assaig vol mostrar el tractament que rep el tema de l’absurd a la Trilogia d’Auschwitz de Primo Levi.
Robert Caner-Liese
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