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From Oskar Parish, Småland, to Manistique, Michigan: Placing People and Depicting Places
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2020 Karl Gösta Gilstring’s folklore collection is the largest made by a single Nordic researcher in modern times. The basis for the collection was the network of approximately 700 informants with whom Gilstring corresponded.
Susanne Nylund Skog
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[Review of] H. Nigel Thomas. From Folklore to Fiction: A Study of Folk Heroes and Rituals in the Black American Novel [PDF]
, 1990 The complex and important relationship between African American folklore and African American literature is the focus of this thoughtful, well-written book.
Ottenheimer, Harriet
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Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.The underutilized parts viz: pawpaw seed, banana, plantain, and potato peels showed promising antioxidant and inhibition of α‐amylase and α‐glucosidase activities (IC50 values ≤ 100 μg/mL). Similarly, pawpaw seed, banana, plantain, and potato peels reduced postprandial hyperglycemia in sucrose‐ and maltose‐induced hyperglycemia in rats.
Aminu Mohammed +3 more
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The Three-Decade Cycle of Lithuanian Prose
Literatūra (Vilnius), 2021 In the period of 1989-2020 Lithuanian literature experienced a very dynamic literary development. The aim of the article is to highlight specifics of the new cycle and to analyze the prose trends of each decade of regained independence.
Jūratė Sprindytė
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, 2015 The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Krawczyk-Wasilewska, Violetta
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The Rotating Quantum Vacuum [PDF]
, 1996 We derive conditions for rotating particle detectors to respond in a variety of bounded spacetimes and compare the results with the folklore that particle detectors do not respond in the vacuum state appropriate to their motion.
A. A. Starobinskii +25 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Conflictos territoriales y etnogénesis en el Chaco santiagueño
RunaEn este artículo reflexionamos sobre los conflictos territoriales y el proceso de etnogénesis por los que atraviesa una población rural de Santiago del Estero.
Mauricio Aníbal Suárez +2 more
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The Folklore of Sorting Algorithms [PDF]
, 2009 The objective of this paper is to review the folklore knowledge seen in research work devoted on synthesis, optimization, and effectiveness of various sorting algorithms.
Bhalchandra, Parag +3 more
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Forecasting with Econometric Methods: Folklore versus Fact [PDF]
, 1978 Evidence from social psychology suggests that econometricians will avoid evidence that disconfirms their beliefs. Two beliefs of econometricians were examined: (1) Econometric methods provide more accurate short-term forecasts than do other methods; and (
Armstrong, J. Scott
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