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Trapping the Light Fantastic [PDF]
, 1982 There are all sorts of new names for dances and many old ones too: ballet, bolero, Black Bottom, buck and wing, etc. Some names reveal old customs, some have amusing names, some are names easy to trace, and some offer unsolved puzzles to the etymologist.
Ashley, Leonard R.N.
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Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is widely promoted as a means of enriching learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), yet evidence of its capacity to foster equitable classroom experiences for marginalised groups remains limited, particularly outside traditional STEM domains.
Carly Waterhouse‐Boot +1 more
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The Fantastic-Grotesque in Beh’Āzin’s “The Snake Stone” [PDF]
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغیThe present study offers a reading of “The Snake Stone,” penned by Mahmũd Etemādzāde aka. Beh’Āzin (1915-2006), as a tale of fantastic-grotesque. With a preliminary discussion on the grotesque and fantastic in relation to non-western literature, the ...
Nahid Shahbazi Moghaddam
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Lifestyle of the elderly living in rural and urban areas measured by the FANTASTIC Life Inventory.
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2018 INTRODUCTION A healthy lifestyle can help older people maintain their functional ability and, therefore, satisfaction with life. An important aspect of health promotion is the assessment of lifestyle factors over which patients have some control ...
Alina Deluga +8 more
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Threats or Victims: The Ambiguous Nature of Supernatural Creatures in Andrzej Sapkowski’s and George R. R. Martin’s Fantasy [PDF]
, 2015 Many postcolonial readings of fantasy fiction focus on exploring complicated relationships between different fantastic races that inhabit a certain secondary world.
Piven, Sviatoslav
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Wonder as a Gateway to Science Meaning‐Making: Primary Pupils’ Narrative Journeys
Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how wonder fosters transformative learning in science education for pupils (11–12 years old), creating meaning about cycles in nature. As an emotional and epistemic trigger, wonder may bridge everyday experiences with abstract scientific concepts by stimulating curiosity and creativity. Through a narrative writing task, the
Pauline Book, Siri‐Christine Seehuus
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La edad de la incertidumbre: un estudio del cuento fantástico del siglo XX en Latinoamérica [PDF]
, 2006 The fantastic is a constant presence in the fiction, and in the story, of twentieth century Latin America. This book comes near to this way or narrative through the detailed analysis of some of the stories and significant authors (Leopoldo Lugones ...
Rodero, J.
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Mercury(II)‐Triggered Oxidase‐Like Activity of CoSe2@Au NPs for Dual‐Mode Detection in Food
Food Frontiers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Owing to the strong and selective coordination with Hg2+, the high‐stable gold‐anchored cobalt selenide nanomaterials (CoSe2@Au NPs) were prepared via multi‐step wet chemical synthesis method for the dual‐mode sensing of Hg2+ in food samples. The interplay between the 3d orbital of Co and the 6s orbital of Hg can enhance the binding ability of
Jingkang Wang +6 more
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Polignac Numbers, Conjectures of Erd\"os on Gaps between Primes, Arithmetic Progressions in Primes, and the Bounded Gap Conjecture [PDF]
, 2013 In the present work we prove a number of surprising results about gaps between consecutive primes and arithmetic progressions in the sequence of generalized twin primes which could not have been proven without the recent fantastic achievement of Yitang ...
Pintz, Janos
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Independent Venture Capital (IVC) and Venture Capital Syndicate (VCS) promote innovation among startups. Drawing on a dataset of 4406 venture‐backed deals in North America, spanning 1998–2019, it explores how the configurations of investors and their contextual factors influence ...
Fatima Shuwaikh +3 more
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