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Otakuism and the Appeal of Sex Robots
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Social robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in everyday life and sex robots are a sub-category of especially high public interest and controversy.
Markus Appel +2 more
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’The Book of Stars’: Some Alternative Insights into Celebrity Fandom [PDF]
, 2008 While consumers have had a keen interest in the works and private lives of celebrities since the dawn of the Hollywood star system in the early 1920s, some consumers experience a significantly more intensive level of interest and admiration for a ...
Whelan, Susan, Wohlfeil, Markus
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Retractions in Rheumatology: Trends, Causes, and Implications for Research Integrity
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We aimed to describe the trends and main reasons for study retraction in rheumatology literature. Methods We reviewed the Retraction Watch database to identify retracted articles in rheumatology. We recorded the main study characteristics, authors’ countries, reasons for retraction, time from publication to retraction, and trends over time ...
Anna Maria Vettori, Michele Iudici
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Le bestiaire médiévaliste comme produit dérivé
BelphégorDevant le constat de la multiplication des bestiaires médiévalistes dérivant d’univers fictionnels préexistants (romans, films, jeux vidéo, séries), l’autrice s’intéresse à ce qui fait la séduction de ces bestiaires pour les lecteurs et à la manière dont
Maud Pérez-Simon
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Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, and a New Common Law [PDF]
, 1997 A girl owns a number of Barbie dolls. She makes outfits for them and constructs elaborate scenarios in which they play starring roles. She enacts her dramas in her front yard, where passers-by can easily see. Does she violate the law?
Tushnet, Rebecca
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Playing with the dead:transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s comics series The Walking Dead.
Austin, Hailey, Donald, Iain
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Framing audience prefigurations of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The roles of fandom, politics and idealised intertexts [PDF]
, 2014 Audiences for blockbuster event-film sequels and adaptations often formulate highly developed expectations, motivations, understandings and opinions well before the films are released.
Davis, Charles H. +3 more
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Thermoelectric Modules Incorporating MgAgSb and Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 Synthesized Using a Melting Method
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.A scalable synthesis method for a thermoelectric material of MgAgSb is established. A thermoelectric power module of MgAgSb/Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 is fabricated, showing the conversion efficiency of 7.4% at ΔT = 315 K. The performance is comparable to conventional Bi2Te3 modules when they are operated with an air‐cooled heat exchanger.
Kazuo Nagase +8 more
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Go Rogue: a case study of an official fan contest [PDF]
, 2018 The relationship between the media industries and their audiences is increasingly complex. Concepts such as convergence culture foresaw a new kind of relationship, one where the consumers would also be producers, participating in the decision making of ...
Moura, Pedro Filipe Ribeiro de
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A combinatorial library of dual‐functional antiviral oligomers incorporating N‐halamine and quaternary ammonium functionalities is developed for long‐lasting antiviral activity. The lead materials exhibit rapid and durable antiviral activity against SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and influenza H1N1, with 4 to 5 log reduction in viral copies at 5 mg mL−1 ...
Eid Nassar‐Marjiya +14 more
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