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Humour styles in the classroom: Students’ perceptions of lecturer’s humour

open access: yes, 2023
This is a social psychology online experiment using vignettes. We aim to investigate whether when a lecturer is described as using different styles of humour they would be perceived ...
Lucy James, Claire Fox
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Disrupted TFEB/GDNF–cAMP/ATP Coupling Underlies Astrocytic Dysfunction and Depression in LRRK2 G2019S Parkinson's Mice

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The LRRK2 G2019S mutation, a Parkinson's disease–linked variant, has been associated with depression‐like phenotypes, but mechanisms remain unclear. We chart age‐dependent behavioral changes and astrocyte reactivity in G2019S mice and define a pathway connecting LRRK2 to TFEB/GDNF signaling, cellular energetics, and inflammation.
Longping Yao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some Thoughts on Humour in Yeatsian Style

open access: yesAthens Journal of Humanities & Arts
Yeats has a keen understanding of the ramifications attending style, and the effect of the right touch or tone in conveying certain materials. This is where his use of humour comes into play. For instance, in parodic mode, he writes of the congruence of natural and supernatural with an elegant nonchalance, at once prosaic and strange, and this ...
openaire   +1 more source

Understanding the impact of dark humour on wellbeing of Indian college students

open access: yesDiscover Psychology
This qualitative study investigates the role of dark humour in the lives of Indian college-going young adults. While research has established the benefits of positive humour styles for wellbeing, this article focuses specifically on dark humour ...
Vidisha Rai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on the Attributes of Effective English Lecturers as Perceived by EFL Learners: The Case of Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2018
This study aims to uncover the attributes of effective English lecturers and any significant differences between male and female EFL learners in determining the attributes of effective EFL lecturers.
Heri Mudra
doaj   +1 more source

Targeted Restoration of the Microbial Tryptophan Oxidative Pathway Ameliorates Autism‐Like Behavioral and Synaptic Deficits

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis, yet the contribution of specific microbial metabolic pathways remains unclear. Reanalysis of a public ASD cohort revealed reduced functional potential in microbial tryptophan oxidative metabolism.
Rui Guo   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nation, Social Class and Style: a Comparison of the Humour of Britain and America

open access: yesStylistyka, 2006
Historically a much greater range of styles of literary humour were to be found in Bri[1]t sun than in the United States because Bi „.n was a much more hierarchical society with a divined elite and an aristocratic as well as a bourgeois aesthetic.
Christie Davies
doaj  

Chiral Nanoparticles Suppress Inflammatory Infiltration to Promote Extracellular Matrix Remodeling for Ectopia Lentis Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
L‐cysteine‐configured chiral polyurethane nanoparticles suppress ocular inflammation and reduce extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation in ectopia lentis by regulating macrophages polarization and inhibiting nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathway. By promoting zonular fiber‐associated protein restoration and tissue repair, this minimally invasive ...
Yinuo Wen   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

De-Anglicising humour studies

open access: yes, 2020
This Commentary has two main aims. The first is to argue that systematic approaches to “humour” have been hampered and skewed by terminological Anglocentrism, i.e. by reliance on terms and categories which are English-specific, such as ‘amusing’, ‘joking’
Goddard, Cliff
core   +1 more source

Humour styles and bullying in schools

open access: yes, 2013
Within the context of the government drive to address children's social and emotional well-being at school, particularly the problem of bullying in schools, the proposed research aims to address certain key questions about how children use humour.
Fox, C, Keele University
core   +3 more sources

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