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Objective Identifying modifiable factors influencing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) risk is important for prevention. Blood biomarkers, particularly cholesterol, have been associated with neurodegenerative risk, but findings in ALS are inconsistent, and data on FTD are limited.
Christos V. Chalitsios +5 more
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What do they talk about “in fair words” in Old Norse-Icelandic literature?
The paper analyses the use of the paroemia at mæla fagrt ok hyggja flátt (to speak fairly and to think falsely) in the Old Norse-Icelandic literary corpus, focusing both on the paroemia and its derivative — the representation of the characters’ eloquence
D. S. Glebova
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Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx +6 more
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Old Norse in Italy: From Francesco Saverio Quadrio to Fóstbræðra saga
: Old Norse texts and literary motifs have been circulating in Italian literature since an early period of its history.
Fulvio Ferrari
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Tolkien, Eucatastrophe, and the Re-Creation of Medieval Legend [PDF]
Using comparative literary analysis, this essay examines three case studies from J.R.R. Tolkien’s oeuvre, in which Tolkien practiced eucatastrophic rewriting: his folk-tale, “Sellic Spell,” in which he re-creates the Old English poem Beowulf; his poem ...
Beal, Jane, PhD
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The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies [PDF]
'The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies' uses a brief survey of current work on Old English poetry as the point of departure for arguing that although useful, the concepts of orality and literacy have, in medieval studies ...
Hall, Alaric
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Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances and hand osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Objective To explore whether biological levels of specific per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a mixture of PFAS – reflecting the overall effect and accounting for correlations among each PFAS – relate to incident hand osteoarthritis (HOA) and progression.
Jeffrey B. Driban +14 more
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Old Norse literature, and indeed Old Norse culture, did not develop in a vacuum. This article discusses some possible points of influence from Roman classical sources both in Sverris saga and on King Sverrir himself. This influence may have come directly
Hilde Stoltz
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Background The treatment landscape for systemic sclerosis‐associated interstitial lung disease (SSc‐ILD) has evolved with increasing immunosuppressive (IST) and anti‐fibrotic therapies available. However, their real‐world use remains unclear. Objectives To analyze treatment trends and the effect of IST and anti‐fibrotic therapies on ILD progression ...
Corrado Campochiaro +17 more
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A SELECTION OF SKALDIC POEMS [PDF]
Rendering skaldic poetry into another language is a challenge for translators. The main feature of this poetic system is its highly intricate form governed by rigid rules.
Elena A. Gurevich
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