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Swiss Euroscepticism from a Comparative Perspective

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 36-55, March 2026.
Abstract The relation between Switzerland and the European Union (EU) has been strongly politicized for more than three decades, and Euroscepticism in Switzerland remains high compared to other countries. What explains this elevated level of Euroscepticism, and how do its drivers differ from those in other countries?
Mirco Good, Fabio Wasserfallen
wiley   +1 more source

Innovations of Simile-Based Images in Vassâf History [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Simile is one of the most prominent elements of dream making in Vassâf history. In this work, Vassâf tries to use figurative elements, especially simile, to make a poetic prose.
M Mahmoodi, Z Ekhtiyari
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Understanding Peripheral Regions across Time and Space: A Reflection on the Northern Netherlands in 1972 from Sweden in 2025

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Volume 116, Issue 5, Page 588-596, December 2025.
Abstract This paper engages with the concept of periphery, as presented in Tamsma’s classic paper (1972), and reflects upon what has (or has not) changed in our approach to studying peripheries within regional economic geography over the past fifty or so years.
Rhiannon Pugh
wiley   +1 more source

Simile and dissimilarity

open access: yes, 2011
Simile is generally explained as an explicit comparison between two things, which presupposes they have features or qualities in common - but equally, there must be essential differences too.
Moon, Rosamund, Rosamund Moon
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Prebiotic biostimulation for enhanced soil microbial activity and growth of diverse native grasses

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 8, November 2025.
Given the urgency of addressing grassy ecosystem loss, there is a growing demand for cost‐effective, evidence‐based restoration and revegetation strategies for Poacaeae. Prebiotics applied to soils to promote microbial activity and diversity are widely used for grass crops in agriculture, but their efficacy in improving native grass establishment ...
Matthew Alfonzetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homer's simile, Vyasa's story [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Odysseus in the Odyssey and Arjuna in the Sanskrit Mahabharata are comparable heroes, and their respective journeys to Scheria and Heaven both involve comparable ordeals, during which reference is made to joyous relief.

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Personifikasi dan simile dalam terjemahan kitab Durratun Nashihin karya Achmad Sunarto (tinjauan balaghah)

open access: yes, 2015
Kitab Durratun Nashihin ada empat aspek besar, yaitu gaya bahasa langsung tidaknya makna yang meliputi gaya bahasa personifikasi dan gaya bahasa simile, diksi yang meliputi kata konkret dan kata abstrak, pencitraan yang meliputi rasa, kemudian semantik ...
Alden, Novi Aryanita
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An introduction to Simile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This module provides an introduction to Simile, a powerful modelling language with some innovative features. Simile is being developed by Dr Robert Muetzelfeldt, at the University of Edinburgh, with suggestions and testing by a number of users.
Vanclay, Jerome K.
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Some important types of Simile in the Indian Film Poetry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
TASHBEEH (Simile) is one of the most important and common parts of ILM-E-BAYAN. A poet often uses the path of simile when he wants to praise something or somebody. Many types of similes (TASHBEEH) are used in Indian film’s Urdu songs.
Ahmed, Professor Dr. Shafiq   +1 more
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A new insect boring in fossil wood from the Iranian Upper Cretaceous

open access: yesPalaeontology, Volume 68, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
Abstract Here we describe Iranichnus farsensis igen. et isp. nov., a bioerosion trace in fossil wood characterized by a system of sinuous channels in the wood under the bark, also bearing small borings radially oriented within the channels. We attributed this to insects, most probably a beetle from one of the groups known to feed on wood just under the
Mehdi Ghaedi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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