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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT This article analyzes “American Islam” as a political category of religious authenticity in the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than as a fixed theological concept. Using a critical discourse‐analytic framework, it examines how Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei construct and operationalize the opposition between pure Muhammadan Islam ...
Fateh Saeidi
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Differences in Iris Thickness Among African Americans, Caucasian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Chinese Americans, and Filipino-Americans [PDF]
Journal of Glaucoma, 2013 To evaluate the capability of iris thickness parameters to explain the difference in primary angle-closure glaucoma prevalence among the different racial groups.In this prospective study, 436 patients with open and narrow angles that met inclusion criteria were consecutively recruited from the UCSF general ophthalmology and glaucoma clinics to receive ...
Lee, Roland Y +5 more
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The Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 19-29, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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La perspectiva continental: entre la unidad nacional y la unidad de América Latina
Historia Crítica, 2013 The article presents the development of an idea: American continental unity as an object of study in Latin American intellectual history of the twentieth century.
Alexander Betancourt Mendieta
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The Americanization of Nigerian English spelling and punctuation
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 76-95, March 2026.Abstract Spelling is the most standardized level of language, and prescriptive spelling norms in former British colonies often advocate adherence to British spelling norms which differs from the local linguistic reality. Hence, recent research on the evolution of postcolonial Englishes and the Americanization of Englishes worldwide has questioned the ...
Temitayo Olatoye
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Psycho-Oncology, Volume 35, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Depression is common among older adults with cancer. The USA‐developed CARE (Cancer and Ageing: Reflection for Elders) psychotherapy intervention, specifically addresses the unique needs of older people (≥ 70 years) navigating the challenges of ageing, depression, and cancer.
Kirsty Galpin +10 more
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PRO-AMERICANISM IN POLISH SECURITY POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ColloquiumThe paper concerns pro-Americanism in Polish security policy in the first two decades of the 21st century. Such tendencies are noticeable in almost all countries of Central and Eastern Europe, but in Poland they are particularly pronounced, and take ...
Łukasz Jureńczyk
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Histoire, Médecine et Santé, 2018 This article highlights the institutional, professional and clinical dynamics surrounding the implementation, in the mid-1970s, of an American-style sex therapy in the capital of the canton of Vaud, in French-speaking Switzerland.
Cynthia Kraus +2 more
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PROVINCIALISING BERLIN IN MENSCHEN IM HOTEL
German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 57-74, January 2026.ABSTRACT In this article, I take the peculiar source of Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel (1929) in a Southern Moravian town as a starting point to reveal the ways in which the hierarchies between metropolis and province are negotiated and complicated by the novel.
Meindert Peters
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Origins of Anti-Americanism in Europe
Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2015 The Article is devoted to analyzing the origin of a phenomenon known as Anti-Americanism among the countries of Europe, which are considered the most loyal allies of the United States of America today.
A A Eremin
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