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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

An Introduction to Videogame Genre Theory. Understanding Videogame Genre Framework [PDF]

open access: yesAthens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2016
Paraphrasing Eco, the "playing contract" should allow players to instantly recognize a genre. Videogames use resources from the fertile field of popular culture, exploiting models, pre-worked materials, well-known heroes, stereotypes, and myths.
Tulia-Maria Cășvean
doaj   +1 more source

Word length distributions in modern Welsh prose texts. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper examines the distribution of word lengths in 12 prose texts written in modern Welsh (a P-Celtic language). The texts belong to the genres of new articles and Bible translation.
Wilson, Andrew
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Increasing Student Teachers' Preference of Scientific Evidence—Insights From a Utility Value Intervention

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teacher education should equip student teachers with scientific evidence and scientific theories as a resource for future pedagogical action. In opposition to this, student teachers tend to perceive a rather low utility value of scientific evidence and scientific theories for pedagogical action.
Michael Rochnia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In a straightforward meta-level shift of focus, we use design patterns as a medium and process for capturing insight about the process of design. We survey mainstream design genres, and draw conclusions about how they can help inform the design of ...
Corneli, Joseph   +6 more
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Wonder as a Gateway to Science Meaning‐Making: Primary Pupils’ Narrative Journeys

open access: yesFuture 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Minor Fall, the Major Lift: Inferring Emotional Valence of Musical Chords through Lyrics

open access: yes, 2017
We investigate the association between musical chords and lyrics by analyzing a large dataset of user-contributed guitar tablatures. Motivated by the idea that the emotional content of chords is reflected in the words used in corresponding lyrics, we ...
Ahn, Yong-Yeol   +3 more
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Genre Identification Based on SFL Principles: The Representation of Text Types and Genres in English Language Teaching Material

open access: yes, 2017
Genre awareness has recently gained a lot of attention due to the recognition of the vital impact of genres in discourse comprehension and production. At the same time, the rapid development of corpus linguistics studies has caused a reconsideration of ...
Maria N. Melissourgou, K. Frantzi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preliminary investigation on pasting properties, solvent retention capacity and antioxidant properties of mature green breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae) flour modified using plant food waste Hibiscus sabdariffa bioactive components

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract Effects of bioactive components of white variety of Hibiscus sabdariffa (WHS) at 4 regimen and 2 regimen samples without WHS as reference carried out at room temperature for 14 days, with periodical stirring on pasting, antioxidant and solvent retention capacity properties of mature green breadfruit flour were studied.
Bode Daramola
wiley   +1 more source

Feature Type Analysis in Automated Genre Classification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper, we compare classifiers based on language model, image, and stylistic features for automated genre classification. The majority of previous studies in genre classification have created models based on an amalgamated representation of a ...
Kim, Dr Yunhyong, Ross, Seamus
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