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Mark Twain: Freedom, Imperialism and Selective Tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
When I look at critical work on Mark Twain, I am struck by the extent to which it has been invested in establishing Twain as the symptomatic American writer.
Dix, Hywel
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Comprehensive Evidence for Mortality and Underlying Morbidity Related to Visceral Fat Distribution

open access: yesMed Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Linking obesity to mortality is an intriguing and controversial topic. This study tried to comprehensively assess 8 adiposity surrogates and mortality association among middle‐to‐old‐aged adults to identify a superior one, and explore explanatory disorders. Data sources included the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), UK
Haolong Zhou   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A linguistic Perspective of Syndeton , Asyndeton and Polysyndetonin Mark Twain’s Literary Works

open access: yesالأستاذ
    In this paper , aspects of syndetic coordinations ,  asyndetic coordinations , and polysyndeton have been investigated  in Mark Twain literary works : A Short story  entitled  ‘A dog’s Tale ‘(1904) , and a short novel which is A Horse’s Tale (1907). 
nadya khairy Muhamed   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ideological Influences on the Reception of Mark Twain among Slovenians across the Atlantic

open access: yesActa Neophilologica, 2019
The article discusses the reception of Mark Twain and his works in serial publications by Slovenian immigrants in the United States of America.
Janko Trupej
doaj   +1 more source

Presenting Arguments as Fictive Dialogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Presentation of an argument can take many different forms ranging from a monologue to advanced graphics and diagrams. This paper investigates the presentation of one or more arguments in the form of a fictive dialogue. This technique was already employed
Piwek, Paul
core   +1 more source

Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Students at Kansas Newspaper Prove Democracy Isn\u27t Dead Yet

open access: yes, 2017
In May of 1897, Mark Twain was in London finishing up an around-the-world speaking tour he had started two years earlier. He got there right after his cousin, James Ross Clemens, who had fallen ill while visiting London a couple of weeks earlier.
Powell, Dave
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Is Everything Revisable? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Over the decades, the claim that everything is revisable (defended by Quine and others) has played an important role in Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Some time ago, Katz (1988) argued that this claim is paradoxical.
Baumann, Peter
core   +2 more sources

Uncovering the Genetic Landscape of Spinal Dysraphism: A Retrospective Analysis of 150 Fetal Cases

open access: yesPrenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinal dysraphism (SD) results from incomplete neural tube closure and encompasses a heterogeneous group of congenital anomalies with genetic and environmental etiologies. Although genetic contributions are recognized, causative variants remain insufficiently defined, and the clinical implications of extended genetic testing on ...
I. Bedei   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

28: HABITAT MANAGEMENT FOR TURKEYS IN THE OAK‐HICKORY FORESTS OF MISSOURI

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 1973
Recommendations for managing the habitat of the eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and other game species in the forests of the Missouri Ozarks are presented in this report.
George P. Dellinger
doaj   +1 more source

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