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The Mysterious Stranger and Modern Enchantment

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociological accounts of modernity have long emphasized rationalization, alienation, and the attenuation of affective intensity. While these diagnoses capture crucial dynamics of modern social order, they leave underexplored a persistent and generative dimension of social life: enchantment.
Dmitry Kurakin
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Heterogeneity in the relationship between undocumented immigration and violent victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Undocumented immigration and its relation to public safety are subjects of intense political debate in the United States. Empirical evidence remains limited, and prior research has not examined how the relationship between undocumented immigration and victimization risk may vary by individuals’ citizenship status and local immigration policy ...
Min Xie, Eric P. Baumer
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The role of pain in Graves' orbitopathy: Associations with clinical activity and quality of life

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Pain is included in the clinical activity score (CAS) as an indicator of inflammatory activity in Graves' orbitopathy (GO), yet its clinical relevance has not been systematically evaluated. We therefore investigated the relationship between pain, other inflammatory signs and quality of life (QoL), and assessed the effect of intravenous
Gijsbert J. Hötte, Willem A. Dik, Ronald O. B. de Keizer, Sodaba Khatab, Marco Medici, Maaike de Bie, P. Martin van Hagen, Dion Paridaens   +7 more
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The relation between clinical response and quality of life improvement after treatment with intravenous methylprednisolone in Graves' orbitopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Quality of life (QoL) is a key outcome in Graves' orbitopathy (GO), but prior studies have reported overall QoL changes without evaluating whether improvements occur specifically in patients who achieve objective clinical response.
Gijsbert J. Hötte, Willem A. Dik, Ronald O. B. de Keizer, Sodaba Khatab, M. Medici, Sigrid M. A. Swagemakers, Peter J. van der Spek, P. Martin van Hagen, Dion Paridaens   +8 more
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Archiving an Enchanted Childhood? The Swiss Case of Letters to Santa Claus

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the conditions under which children's written productions are collected, mediated, and archived through a case study of letters addressed to Santa Claus in Switzerland. Since 1950, the Swiss Post has responded annually to thousands of letters sent by children; a selection of these letters has also been preserved in a ...
Samuel Morard
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The Effects of Information Technologies on the Bankruptcy Decision

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exploiting the staggered adoptions of electronic systems across 70 bankruptcy courts in the United States, I investigate the impacts of digital transformation on bankruptcy behavior. The digital transformation in bankruptcy courts significantly lowered the cost of filing by enabling debtors to file for bankruptcy online, yet empirical tests ...
Jeyul Yang
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Conversational Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Family Life: Conceptualizing Family‐AI Interactions From a Systemic Perspective

Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although conversational artificial intelligence (CAI) has become increasingly integrated into daily life, research examining its role is limited to user engagement and Human‐AI interaction. The aim of this article is to review existing research on CAI use in everyday family life and conceptualize its role from a family systemic perspective ...
Gizem Erdem, Minel Guler, Melike Coskun, Gokcenay Baser   +3 more
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Ploughing for Justice: Land Return, Clientelism and Citizenship in Central Burma

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article asks if clientelism is a form of citizenship in an agrarian society under military domination. It focuses on the efforts made by villagers in central Burma to recover land previously grabbed by force by the military state. A promise of land return during the political transition of the 2010s enabled dispossessed farmers to define ...
Stéphen Huard, Mya Dar Li Thant
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Telling Stories of and with the Body: Artistic Tattoos Overwriting Breast Cancer Scars

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following recent advances in sociocultural linguistics on body semiosis, this paper analyses artistic tattoos over breast cancer scars as embodied communicative practices inscribing narratives of self. After sketching the ways in which sociolinguistics and the medical humanities conceptualise narratives of different kinds, we investigate the ...
Isabelle Buchstaller, Daniela Vasconcellos da Silva   +1 more
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“Dogs make people human:” Toward a tender interspecies understanding in Sigrid Nunez's The Friend (2018)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract The critical and popular appeal of Sigrid Nunez's The Friend (2018), which centers on the bond between an unnamed female writer and a Great Dane, Apollo, suggests that readers are drawn to thoughtful explorations of human–animal encounters in literature.
Martyna Bryla
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