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Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of environmental factors on transepithelial potential in a model Amazonian teleost, the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum): Implications for sodium balance in harsh environments

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum, G. Cuvier 1818) thrives both in the ion‐poor waters of the Amazon and in commercial aquaculture. In both, environmental conditions can be harsh due to low ion levels, occasional high salt challenges (in aquaculture), low pH, extreme PO2 levels (hypoxia and hyperoxia), high PCO2 levels (hypercapnia), high ...
Chris M. Wood   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Freshwater fishes of the Waterberg aquatic ecoregion, South Africa: Diversity, taxonomic conflicts and conservation concerns

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Southern Africa is a region denoted by both high levels of fish diversity, some of it cryptic and unrecognised by current taxonomy, and severely threatened freshwater ecosystems. The Waterberg, a key aquatic ecoregion of the greater Limpopo River basin in South Africa, represents an area with high terrestrial conservation value but is lacking ...
Darragh J. Woodford   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A high voltage gain solid-state transformer for integration of renewable energy and AC sources. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Hashemzadeh SM   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Development of the abdominal musculature in the chicken embryo

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
In this study, we investigate anatomy, morphogenesis, segmental origin, and fiber formation of the abdominal musculature in the chicken embryo. We show that abdominal muscles arise from somites 24 to 28, and that the segmental identity of individual fibers in the abdominal muscle sheets is maintained.
Margarethe Draga   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional Racism‐Related Stress and the Undermining of Black Romantic Relationships

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to examine the relative and compounded associations between two dimensions of racism‐related stress (interpersonal racial discrimination and vicarious racism‐related stress connected to social movements stemming from the murder of George Floyd) and Black Americans' romantic relationship satisfaction ...
TeKisha M. Rice Wallace   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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