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To Be or Not To Be Humorous? Cross Cultural Perspectives on Humor [PDF]
, 2016 open access articleHumor seems to manifest differently in Western and Eastern cultures, although little is known about how culture shapes humor perceptions.
Hiranandani, Neelam +3 more
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‘Laugh a defiance, Laugh in hope’: Suffrage Comedy and Humour as Political Protest
Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2022 In the context of the women’s movement at the turn of the 20th century and the campaign for the vote, the Actresses’ Franchise League produced and performed a body of plays known as « suffrage drama », many of which were comedies.
Eleanor Stewart
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An examination of the personality traits and sense of humour of Paralympic athletes
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThe aim of this study is to examine the personality traits and humour styles of Paralympic athletes. The relational screening model was used in the study, and 292 Paralympic athletes were evaluated.
Taner Atasoy, Atike Yılmaz
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Deconstructive humour: subverting Mexican and Chicano stereotypes in ‘Un Día Sin Mexicanos’ [PDF]
, 2012 a long time, US cinema developed unshakeable stereotypes of Mexican ‘otherness’, with characters of Mexican cultural and ethnic heritage stigmatised as criminals or as sensual objects of desire.
Barrow, Sarah
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada +6 more
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Journal of Intercultural Communication, 2009 http://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr20/fusari ...
FUSARI, SABRINA, MONTAGNI I.
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mitochondrial remodeling shapes neural and glial lineage progression by matching metabolic supply with demand. Elevated OXPHOS supports differentiation and myelin formation, while myelin compaction lowers mitochondrial dependence, revealing mitochondria as key drivers of developmental energy adaptation.
Sahitya Ranjan Biswas +3 more
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Possibilities and limits of political humour in a hybrid regime
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis article focuses on the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), which can be defined as a joke party. MKKP uses humour to criticise the corruption flourishing around the governing party Fidesz as well as its simplified and racist form of political ...
Anniina Hyttinen
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Glottodidactica, 2022 The main focus of the article is intercultural jokes as carriers of stereotypes. After discussing the meaning of humour in a foreign language lesson, the concepts of joke and intercultural joke will be explained.
Agnieszka Pawłowska-Balcerska
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