Variation in air sac morphology and postcranial skeletal pneumatization patterns in the African grey parrot. [PDF]
The avian lung‐air‐sac system invades much of the skeleton with epithelium‐lined extensions of their air‐filled spaces through a process called pneumatization. This study uses micro‐computed tomography scans of the African grey parrot to identify and describe: (1) intraspecific variations in air sac arrangement and (2) the location of the bony openings
Lawson AB +4 more
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Reference to the Lamp in Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen (v. 2): Reading Choice [PDF]
Aristophanes’ comedy “Assemblywomen” begins with an apostrophe. In paratragic style, the character addresses the lamp as if she were a solar deity. The second verse of the comedy should contain a characterization that praises the lamp.
Ekaterina N. Buzurnyuk
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Pseudartabas and his Attire (Aristophanes “Acharnians” 94–97 [PDF]
The article is devoted to the interpretation of the passage from Aristophanes’ “Acharnians” (94–97), in which Dikeopolis expresses his feelings caused by the appearance of the Persian ambassador Pseudartabas in a strange Persian costume. According to the
Boris M. Nikolsky
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Was there a Sword? On Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae (v. 134–140) [PDF]
In the prologue of Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae (134–140) Euripides’ Inlaw after seeing the poet Agathon expresses his bewilderment at the mixture of gender signals emitted by Agathon’s clothes and the objects he is surrounded with.
Sergey A. Stepantsov
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Effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in overweight and obese patients with atrial fibrillation: Insight from the nationwide START registry. [PDF]
This study shows that overweight and obese patients with atrial fibrillation experience improved outcomes when treated with DOACs compared with VKAs. Specifically, DOAC use was associated with lower risks of all‐cause mortality and cardiovascular events.
Menichelli D +7 more
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A Model for Reading Comedy Using Hegel’s Concept of SelfConsciousness
This study develops a dramaturgical model for reading comedy texts based on the concept of self-consciousness. After explaining the acceptance of consciousness as expressed in Hegel’s (1807) Phenomenology of Spirit, the subject is then shown to also an ...
Nazım Sarıkaya
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AGAINST A DIDACTIC READING OF THE PARABASIS IN ARISTOPHANES’ FROGS
Given its topicality, it is tempting to suppose that one may find important insights into the politics of late 5th C. Athens in Aristophanes’ comedies.
N. D. Smith
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Political Comedy in Aristophanes [PDF]
This paper argues that Aristophanic comedy, although it takes contemporary political life as its point of departure, is not political in the sense of aiming to influence politics outside the theatre.
Heath, M.
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Política sexual em Lisístrata: o Eros cômico
Our aim in this article is to illuminate the relevance and the density of the political performance of the protagonist Lysistrata in the homonymous play by Aristophanes.
Luisa Severo Buarque de Holanda +1 more
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Free speech or obedient speech? Revisiting liberal speech norms in ‘closed contexts’
Abstract Qualitative researchers can usually discern the difference between obedient speech and fearless, critical, or oppositional speech. Yet the context in which speech acts are performed is necessarily uneven, such that the same people who might speak freely in one place are often quick to engage in obedient speech in another.
Natalie Koch
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