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Bestia et Amor: Equine Erotology in Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis”

Filolog, 2015
In his narrative poem Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare advances two horses, a “jennet” and a “courser,” as a means of commenting on human sexuality.
Jonathan W. Thurston
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Symbolic values of the dog in Afrikaans literature

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018
The dog is a universal, archetypical symbol of fidelity and loyalty. However, in literature—and especially in South African literature—the dog (as well as the hyena and the wolf) often symbolises the diabolical. In some instances the dog is also symbolic
Gerda Taljaard-Gilson
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Clinical and Preclinical Systematic Review of Panax ginseng C. A. Mey and Its Compounds for Fatigue

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
BackgroundFatigue, as a complex, multidimensional symptom, is associated with many physical illnesses. Panax ginseng C. A. Mey (PG) is an important herbal drug which has been used for benefiting Qi for thousand years. Panax ginseng C. A.
Ting-Yu Jin, Pei-Qing Rong, Hai-Yong Liang, Pei-Pei Zhang, Guo-Qing Zheng, Yan Lin   +5 more
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In Vivo Experimental Endovascular Uses of Cyanoacrylate in Non-Modified Arteries: A Systematic Review

Biomedicines, 2021
Cyanoacrylates were first used for medical purposes during World War II to close skin wounds. Over time, medical applications were developed, specifically in the vascular field.
Kévin Guillen, Pierre-Olivier Comby, Olivier Chevallier, Anne-Virginie Salsac, Romaric Loffroy   +4 more
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Rapid transient absorption and biliary secretion of enantiomeric cholesterol in hamsters

Journal of Lipid Research, 2006
To probe the pathway and specificity of cholesterol absorption, the synthetic enantiomer of cholesterol (ent-cholesterol) and cholesterol were labeled with deuterium, gavaged into hamsters, and measured by negative ion mass spectrometry.
Emily J. Westover, Xiaobo Lin, Terrence E. Riehl, Lina Ma, William F. Stenson, Douglas F. Covey, Richard E. Ostlund, Jr.   +6 more
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The Posthuman ‘Othering’ of the World in Mary Oliver’s Poetry

Iperstoria, 2022
The essay argues that, in her poetry, Mary Oliver represents a ‘world’ that is made up of nonhuman animals, vegetables, and minerals, in which she ‘others’ organic and inorganic beings and entities in a posthuman attitude.
Paola Loreto
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New York City’s Beloved Owl

Humanimalia
Review of: Jacqueline Emery and David Lei, Finding Flaco: Our Year with New York City’s Beloved Owl. Foreword by Ed Shanahan. Afterword by Rita McMahon. New York: Owls of New York, 2024. 224 pp. $50.00 (hb).
Talitha May
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Are Exposures to Multiple Frequencies the Key to Future Radiofrequency Research?

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
There is an extensive literature investigating possible effects of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields associated with mobile phone technologies. This has not identified any public health risks with any degree of certainty.
Zenon Sienkiewicz, Carolina Calderón, Kerry A. Broom, Darren Addison, Amélie Gavard, Louise Lundberg, Myron Maslanyj   +6 more
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Performing “le cheval sauvage” in Crin Blanc

Whatever, 2020
Queer theories allow us to denaturalize the boundary between animals and humans by showing it to be a social construct. By applying them to cultural products, it becomes clear how the binary opposition “animality-humanity” actually depends on ...
Bianca Friedman
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"Unaccomodated Man": Dismodernism and Disability Justice in King Lear

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2018
King Lear's exploration of what it means to be human has significant Disability Studies implications that have not yet been examined. Through the course of the play, Lear gains awareness of interdependence, bodily vulnerability, and human-animal kinship,
Christine M. Gottlieb
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