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Did Łukasz Górnicki in “Dworzanin polski” and Baldassare Castiglione in “Il Libro del Cortegiano” think that women have no sense of humor? --- This article is an attempt to determine whether Łukasz Górnicki and Baldassarre Castiglione really thought ...
Anna Maciejewska
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe +3 more
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‘Getting a joke’ always requires resolving an apparent incongruity but the particular cognitive operations called upon vary depending on the nature of the joke itself.
Yu-Chen eChan, Joseph P. Lavallee
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Magic and the Prestige in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man [PDF]
Invisible Man is a theatrical novel. Invisible Man is an American novel, about the American experience. An experience, Ellison instructs, “in which the possibilities are many”.
James B. Haile
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Two-Year-Olds Distinguish Pretending and Joking [PDF]
While children understand intentions to joke and pretend by 2 or 3 years, it is unclear whether they distinguish these intentional acts. Using a normativity paradigm, we found (N=72) 2-year-olds protest against jokes more than pretending, suggesting, for
Hoicka, E., Martin, C.
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The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li +2 more
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Joke as psychotechnical tool of narrative understanding of the interpersonal relations [PDF]
Background. The address to facilitating practice means granting to the person of a possibility of constructing individual sense and searching for such instruments of work by the consultant which allow the clients “to go and keep the relations with others”
Mariya M. Elfimova
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11. Objectively Funny Jokes: Comedy’s El Dorado or a Simple MacGuffin? [PDF]
Could there ever be an objectively funny joke or bit of humor? With the popularity of certain forms of humor, with the appearance of puns as consistent stages in the development of humor in children, this seems a reasonable query.
Cundall, Michael
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Plasma membranes contain dynamic nanoscale domains that organize lipids and receptors. Because viruses operate at similar scales, this architecture shapes early infection steps, including attachment, receptor engagement, and entry. Using influenza A virus and HIV‐1 as examples, we highlight how receptor nanoclusters, multivalent glycan interactions ...
Jan Schlegel, Christian Sieben
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How Jokes Change and May Be Changed: Simplifying, Transforming and Revealing
Many excellent jokes can pose potential difficulties for tellers and listeners since they require considerable knowledge of the subject of the joke and have a long and elaborate narrative structure such that only a very skilled joke-teller can do justice
Christie Davies
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