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Your Country is of Great Subtlety: Aspects of the Brazilian Translation of Patrick White’s Voss

open access: yesIlha do Desterro, 2016
A number of the dialogues in Patrick White’s Voss (1957), especially those involving Laura Trevelyan, involve an implicit debate about what is meant by country and what it means to live in a country. Is the colony of New South Wales simply a province of
Ian Alexander, Monica Stefani
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Queen quality, performance, and winter survival of imported and domestic honey bee queen stocks

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Canadian beekeepers have faced high colony mortality each winter over the last decade. Frequently citing “poor queen quality” as a top contributing factor to colony loss, Canadian beekeepers report needing to replace half their queens each year. Domestic
L. A. Holmes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

TOLERATION OF CATHOLICS IN QUEBEC AND BRITISH PUBLIC FINANCES, 1760 TO 1775

open access: yesEssays in Economic and Business History, 2015
This paper tackles the issue of the institutional decisions made by the British when they conquered the French colony of Quebec in 1760 by examining why toleration was the chosen policy course.
Vincent Geloso
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De l’Écosse à la Sierra Leone : le voyage initiatique d’Elizabeth Helen Callander Melville

open access: yesÉtudes Écossaises, 2011
Elizabeth Callander Melville was born in Dunipace, Scotland, on 14th March 1818. She married Michael Lining Melville on 1st March 1840. The same year, the couple and their newborn child left Scotland for Sierra Leone, only to return six years later to ...
Hélène Palma
doaj   +1 more source

English across Borders: Exploring Register Variation in South Asian Newspaper Editorials

open access: yesNUML Journal of Critical Inquiry, 2022
This  paper  is  a  multidimensional  analysis  of  Pakistani,  Indian,  and  Bengali newspaper editorials, and they are also compared with British newspaper editorials.
M. Ali, M. Sheeraz
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrogels Augmented With Artificial Sweeteners can Inhibit Multidrug‐Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Growth and Biofilm Formation While Demonstrating Safety in Pre‐Clinical Pilot Human Trials

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Using PVA–borax hydrogels as carriers for off‐the‐shelf artificial sweeteners to fight multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii. These soft, biocompatible hydrogels rapidly reduce bacterial viability within multidrug‐resistant A. baumannii biofilms by more than 99% within one hour and sustain antimicrobial activity over time, while demonstrating safety in both
Jie Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE ETHNO-CONFESSIONAL ASPECT OF THE MONTAGUE-CHELMSFORD REFORM IN BRITISH INDIA.

open access: yesВестник Брянского государственного университета, 2023
The article examines the main aspects of administrative and political transformations in British India at the turn of the 1910s - 1920s in the context of the processes of development of the national liberation movement, as well as ethno-political ...
Sagimbayev A.V.
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Programmable Variable‐Stiffness Multilayer Elastomer Composites With High‐Aspect‐Ratio Low‐Melting‐Point Alloy Inclusions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
High‐aspect‐ratio low‐melting‐point alloy inclusions are embedded within multilayer silicone laminates to create thermally programmable stiffness. Sequential activation of alloy‐rich layers produces four distinct mechanical states and reconfigures tendon‐driven actuator trajectories under the same load.
Palpolage Don Shehan Hiroshan Gunawardane   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating a Postmemory Dichotomy: Nostalgia and Aversion in Malta

open access: yesPoliteja, 2020
The island of Malta has served as a strategic colony since the dawn of history. Since Phoenician and Roman times, the island has been an important base in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
George Cassar, Marie Avellino
doaj   +1 more source

Co‐Delivery of Sustained Release Chondroitinase ABC‐37 With Human iPSC‐Derived Neural Progenitors Promotes Transplant Survival and Functional Recovery in a Rodent Model of Stroke

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A regenerative strategy for stroke combines human stem cell–derived neural progenitor cells with sustained release of a matrix‐modifying, thermostable chondroitinase ABC‐37 enzyme. In a rat model of stroke, co‐delivery enhanced transplanted cell survival and neuronal differentiation, degraded inhibitory extracellular matrix components, and improved ...
Nitzan Letko Khait   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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