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“That Old Black Magic”: Noir and Music in Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Blacksad

open access: yesThe Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2019
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Blacksad is a comic series that evokes the noir tradition through thematic and visual callbacks to noir films and comics. As they use noir tropes, the comics illuminate the tensions in both noir and comics.
Hailey J. Austin
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Perdurabilidad de estereotipos raciales en el habla popular cubana

open access: yesÉtudes Caribéennes, 2020
Malgré les progrès concrets réalisés en matière d’égalité sociale depuis le triomphe de la Révolution cubaine en 1959, certaines pratiques verbales, porteuses de stéréotypes et d’idées reçues sur l’autre, font perdurer le stigmate du racisme hérité des ...
Patricia Pérez Pérez
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

The Usual Suspects or the potency of falsity

open access: yesMise au Point, 2014
This essay seeks to contextualize Bryan Singer’s film The Usual Suspects within the general frame of generic references to noir and neo-noir traditions. Using these references to manipulate the spectator, the film works to redefine our approach to genre ...
Christophe Gelly
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Alcoholic extracts of Russian sage (Salvia yangii) contain bioactive terpenoids with inhibitory activity against grapevine downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola)

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Alcoholic extracts from flowers, leaves, and shoots of Russian sage decreased downy mildew severity on grapevine leaf disks. Fractionation followed by metabolomic analysis revealed putative terpenoids as the main components of the active fractions. Specifically, 7‐methylrosmanol, 12‐O‐methylcarnosic acid, carnosic acid, and carnosol were identified as ...
Anna Smaldone   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspects épidémiologiques et anatomo-cliniques des tumeurs du cuir chevelu chez le noir africain

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION : au Sénégal, les études portant sur les tumeurs du cuir chevelu sont quasi inexistantes. Notre objectif était de déterminer le profil épidémiologique et anatomo-clinique des tumeurs du cuir chevelu en dermatologie.Méthodes: il s'agit d'une ...
Assane Diop   +12 more
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Ciemna strona Polski? „Neo-noir” i kino policyjne w twórczości Patryka Vegi

open access: yesKwartalnik Filmowy, 2016
Wśród najistotniejszych cech nowego kina czarnego (neo-noir) szczególną rolę pełni transkulturowy charakter tego fenomenu. We współczesnej popkulturze neo-noir stał się jedną z dominujących tendencji, łatwo adaptując się do lokalnych uwarunkowań ...
Magdalena Kempna-Pieniążek
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Childhood Noir: Pedagogical and Psychoanalytic Alternations in Children’s Fairy Tale

open access: yesEncyclopaideia, 2023
The presence of dual and ambivalent characters (good/ bad) has always constituted the aesthetic and educational content in children’s fairy tales.
Gianluca Giachery
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Strategic framing of novel ideas: How contestation shapes the evolution of novelty

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurs use strategic framing to gain support for their novel ventures, products, and services. A key challenge entrepreneurs face is that audiences often contest frames that introduce novel ideas, especially when these ideas disrupt audiences' mental and business models.
Janina Klein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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