Subject, text, nation: Situating narrative fiction in nationalism studies [PDF]
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Mondal, A
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Synthetic cells (SCs) hold great promise for biomedical applications, but manual production limits scalability. This study presents an automated method for large‐scale SC synthesis, integrating robotic liquid handling and machine learning‐driven high‐throughput characterization.
Noga Sharf‐Pauker+7 more
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Theses towards a new natural philosophy [PDF]
In this paper I address some philosophical questions regarding the impact quantum mechanics has in the classical conceptions about reality and knowledge.
Alves, Pedro M. S.
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Stern-Gerlach Experiment with Higher Spins [PDF]
We analyze idealized sequential Stern-Gerlach experiments with higher spin particles. This analysis serves at least two purposes: The widely discussed spin-1/2 case leads to some misunderstandings which hopefully is removed by the higher spin discussion.
Tekin, Bayram
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Understanding Social Structures from Contemporary Literary Fiction using Character Interaction Graph -- Half Century Chronology of Influential Bengali Writers [PDF]
Social structures and real-world incidents often influence contemporary literary fiction. Existing research in literary fiction analysis explains these real-world phenomena through the manual critical analysis of stories. Conventional Natural Language Processing (NLP) methodologies, including sentiment analysis, narrative summarization, and topic ...
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Disruption of Dark Matter Substructure: Fact or Fiction? [PDF]
Accurately predicting the demographics of dark matter (DM) substructure is of paramount importance for many fields of astrophysics, including gravitational lensing, galaxy evolution, halo occupation modeling, and constraining the nature of dark matter.
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Unpacking Cultural Perceptions of Future Elder Care through Design Fiction [PDF]
We present a case using Design Fiction to unpack cultural perceptions of future elder care rooted in the Asian context of Singapore. We created two design fictions, addressing the tensions between filial piety and automated care and the controversy of integrating elder care facilities into residential communities.
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“I’d Rather Be in Afghanistan”: Antinomies of \u3cem\u3eBattle: Los Angeles\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
This article reads Battle: Los Angeles (2011) against the grain to argue that the film possesses an antiwar undertow running unexpectedly counter to its surface-level pro-military politics. The article uses the antinomy structuring Battle: Los Angeles as
Canavan, Gerry
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Visions of Human Futures in Space and SETI [PDF]
We discuss how visions for the futures of humanity in space and SETI are intertwined, and are shaped by prior work in the fields and by science fiction. This appears in the language used in the fields, and in the sometimes implicit assumptions made in discussions of them.
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Nicht-propositionales Wissen aus Literaturlektüre und Bedingungen seiner Darstellbarkeit in Wikipedia-Einträgen zu literarischen Werken [PDF]
(English title) Wikipedia entries on fiction: Under what terms is it possible to report about non-propositional knowledge gained from reading? Given that Wikipedia entries are likely to extert a strong influence on how literary texts are perceived - due to their preferential ranking in Google - there is some demand that research dealing with the ...
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