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Anton Chekhov and the Catastrophes of Teaching

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 514-530, June 2025.
Abstract In this essay, Ross Collin offers ethics‐focused readings of Anton Chekhov's popular short stories “The Schoolmistress” and “The Teacher of Literature.” Chekhov shows in the two stories how teaching can inhibit teachers' flourishing. That is to say, teaching under bad conditions can draw teachers into moral “catastrophe,” to use Cornel West's ...
Ross Collin
wiley   +1 more source

Control of Rotary Cranes Using Fuzzy Logic

open access: yesShock and Vibration, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 81-95, 2003., 2003
Rotary cranes (tower cranes) are common industrial structures that are used in building construction, factories, and harbors. These cranes are usually operated manually. With the size of these cranes becoming larger and the motion expected to be faster, the process of controlling them has become difficult without using automatic control methods.
Amjed A. Al-mousa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La confesionnalite theatralisee dans l’œuvre d'Alexandre Pouchkine (le cycle des pieces «Les petites tragedies », 1830)

open access: yesSymbolon, 2020
The Theatralized Confession in the “Little Tragedies” (1830) by Alexander Pushkin This study offers an analysis of “The Littles Tragedies” (1830) by Alexander Pushkin in light of Michel Foucault's ideas.
Galina Subbotina
doaj  

Ontological Duality in Rock Poetry by Victor Tsoi (on Material of Song “In Our Eyes”)

open access: yesНаучный диалог, 2019
The article investigates the ontological duality as one of the important philosophical aspects of rock poetry by V. Tsoi. The importance of a philosophical interpretation of the rock text that embodies a worldview of its author is emphasized. It is shown
S. A. Petrova
doaj   +1 more source

Sensory Dislocation and Transnational Ties: Exploring the Forced Immobility of Older Russian Speakers in Finland Amidst COVID‐19 Restrictions

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 travel restrictions were especially distressing for migrants, whose transnational lifestyles and networks often rely on travelling, even in older age. Drawing on 20 interviews, this study analyses the effect of COVID restrictions on the transnational lives of older Russian migrants in Finland.
Laura Kemppainen
wiley   +1 more source

Hydroethanolic Extract of Salvia officinalis L. Leaves Improves Memory and Alleviates Neuroinflammation in ICR Mice

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Neurodegenerative disorders are known to be commonly associated with neuroinflammation. Plants with antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory properties hold prospect in alleviating neuroinflammation. One such plant with documented anti‐inflammatory and antioxidant potential is Salvia officinalis L.
Bernard Sefah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acceleration of regional housing development in Russia on the basis of industrial housing construction modernization [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The article is dedicated to the actual problem of regional housing development. The authors propose to use the existing Russian production facilities of large panel construction, which must be modernized on the basis of modern technologies, as a ...
Selyutina Larisa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scale‐Up of Tailor‐Made Onsite Enzyme Blend From Cassava Peels for Industrial Bioethanol Production

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Bioethanol production is one of the key alternatives for fossil fuel use due to climate change. The study seeks to upscale tailor‐made onsite enzyme blends for the bioconversion of cassava peels to bioethanol in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process using cassava peels‐degrading fungi.
Martison Budu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exile, Scholarship, and Memory: Pushkin in Moldova between Cultural History and Politics [PDF]

open access: yesPlural: History, Culture, Society
This article analyzes more than two centuries of academic, public, and political afterlives of a brief but significant episode in Moldovan history. These are the three years in the early nineteenth century associated with Alexander Pushkin’s stay in the ...
Anastasia Felcher
doaj   +1 more source

“To Indulge the Tears of Women and Children”: Masculinity, Violence, and Mercy in the Conquest of the Caucasus

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 83, Issue 4, Page 502-517, October 2024.
Abstract This article uses campaign reports and memoir literature to explore tsarist officers’ views of masculinity—both their own and that of their opponents—during the conquest of the Caucasus, focusing particularly on the Nicolaevan era. It frames conquest as a form of cultural exchange and argues that tsarist officers’ understandings of the gender ...
Ian W. Campbell
wiley   +1 more source

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