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Virtual athlete or ultimate nerd? A framing analysis of eSports in Flemish printed media

open access: yesSport in Society, 2022
Despite the rapid and global increase in popularity and media focus of eSports, many issues remain, not least in terms of how the media portray eSports (players).
Shauny De Donder   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

So Many Ways to be an Outsider

open access: yesExchanges, 2022
The concept of the nerd and loneliness is an interesting one when we consider the idea of what ‘outsider’ status means and how it is communicated within popular culture.
Sharon Coleclough
doaj   +1 more source

Unravelling the NERDS syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2018
A 22-year-old man presented with symmetric polyarthritis, pruritus and deviation of angle of mouth to the right side since the last 7 years. His symptoms were persistent despite receiving ayurvedic medications and symptomatic therapy. Examination revealed dry skin, cutaneous nodules, xanthelasma, periarticular non-tender swellings, pitting oedema of ...
Achintya Dinesh, Singh   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Where image and text meet identity: Gifted students’ poetry comics and the crafting of “nerd identities”

open access: yesJournal of Media Literacy Education, 2021
This article reports on a study of how a class of fifteen- and sixteen-year-old gifted high school students “mixed” the media of poetry and comics to unveil and interrogate (what they called) their “nerd identities.” Both co-authors constructed and co ...
Michael L. Kersulov, Adam D. Henze
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do not make me roll initiative: Assessing the Big Five characteristics of Dungeons & Dragons players in comparison to non-players

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The so-called geek-culture becomes increasingly more mainstream, and its social and economic impact is growing. In contrast, there is very little quantitative psychological research on this subculture and the people immersed in it.
Timo Lorenz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social and Spatial Representations of the Nerd in Donnie Darko

open access: yesExchanges, 2022
The nerds of 20th and 21st century global pop and visual culture have taken various forms over the decades. In a plethora of media - from video games to comic books to film - individuals associated with this subject position have typically been shown to
Kwasu David Tembo
doaj   +1 more source

Saved by the Nerd

open access: yesExchanges, 2022
This article analyses Hosoda Mamoru’s anime film Summer Wars (2009) through its rearticulation of the lonely male otaku. A highly debated issue in and outside of Japan, the otaku community of fans shares with nerds associations with obsessive interests,
Filippo Cervelli
doaj   +1 more source

Ambulatory 24-hour multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH monitoring and high resolution endoscopy distinguish patients with non-erosive reflux disease from those with functional heartburn. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
AIMS:To assess the contribution of 24-h esophageal multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH (MII-pH) monitoring and high resolution endoscopy (HRE) with i-scan imaging in differentiating non erosive reflux disease (NERD) from functional heartburn (FH).
Chuanlian Chu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

VAMOS FALAR SOBRE O QUE É SER NERD HOJE?

open access: yesPrâksis, 2023
O que é ser um Nerd? Pode ser definido como uma palavra informal, de origem desconhecida e aplicada a pessoas que são excessivamente interessadas por algum assunto.
Gelson Vanderlei Weschenfelder   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differences in cerebral response to esophageal acid stimuli and psychological anticipation in GERD subtypes - An fMRI study

open access: yesBMC Gastroenterology, 2011
Background To evaluate whether there are differences in the cerebral response to intraesophageal acid and psychological anticipation stimuli among subtypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Liu Jian-Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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