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Women Look into Love: Reimaginings of Heterosexual Love in Contemporary Women’s Fiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis explores how contemporary women writers write about heterosexual love, considering not only the ways it has been implicated in patriarchal models and traditional romance plots, but also its portrayal in light of developments in feminism and ...
KAREKLA, MELINA
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Experimental Characterization of Mycelium‐Based Composites Under Multiple Loading Conditions

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study examines the mechanical response of mycelium‐based composites under compression, shear, and tension using mechanical testing and imaging methods. The comparison between unpressed and hot‐pressed specimens shows that hot pressing is associated with higher compression and shear stiffnesses.
Shaghayegh Elahi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941

open access: yesPitannâ Lìteraturoznavstva
Non-fiction literature has become the crucial historical drama of the present, with its power to change the fate of the state and its interpretations. The line of statehood defence in the context of history or the so-called Mannerheim line is crucial in
Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер
doaj   +1 more source

From the Pulps to the Stars: The Making of the American Science Fiction Magazine, 1923-1973 [PDF]

open access: yes
Making a theoretical case linking genre trajectory with artistic legitimation struggles, this paper seeks to explain the development of the American science fiction magazine.
David Reinecke
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Historical Fiction Picture Books

open access: yes, 2019
Historical fiction picture books represent a small subset of titles in the broader scope of the format. However, these books are important to both readers and educators.
Wadham, Rachel Lynn   +2 more
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Triple Junctions as Dislocation‐Like Defects: The Role of Grain Boundary Crystallography Revealed by Experiment and Atomistic Simulation

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Grain boundary triple junctions are an essential ingredient of the microstructure of polycrystalline materials. In this study, a triple junction is observed using atomic‐resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy and characterized. Computer simulations reveal that the junction has a dislocation character that is determined by the joining ...
Tobias Brink   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN HISTORICAL PROSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LITERARY PROCESS OF 2000-2010th

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2017
The purpose of the article is to identify the main principles of creation of the modern historical fiction and to determine the reasons for its popularity. In the course of the current study, the following features of modern Russian historical prose were
Yanina Viktorovna Soldatkina
doaj   +1 more source

Out of time/place: the court jester in Arabic historical fiction

open access: yes, 2019
The court jester (muharrij al-malik) or buffoon (bahlawān) is regarded as a fool who speaks the truth and a witty entertainer who becomes intimate with the king.
Dozio, Cristina
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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quatermass and the Pit: from British SF TV serial to Gothic Hammer film

open access: yesTV Series, 2014
This brief article aims at showing the shift of ideological and aesthetic perspective underlying the transposition of the 1950s Quatermass British TV serials to the later Hammer film version of the original BBC program.
Gaïd Girard
doaj   +1 more source

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