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Science sans conscience : la satire de la science dans l’œuvre de Jonathan Swift

Etudes Epistémè, 2006
Satire on science has often been regarded by critics as a marginal aspect of Jonathan Swift’s work. Yet it is part and parcel of a battle that the author of Gulliver’s Travels indefatigably fought against the "Moderns." Swift’s satire on science should ...
Nathalie Zimpfer
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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
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Towards a long-term record of solar total and spectral irradiance

, 2009
The variation of total solar irradiance (TSI) has been measured since 1978 and that of the spectral irradiance for an even shorter amount of time. Semi-empirical models are now available that reproduce over 80% of the measured irradiance variations.
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Editorial for special issue on education and humour: Education and humour as tools for social awareness and critical consciousness in contemporary classrooms [PDF]

, 2015
It is not new to consider the instructive power of humour. Both Plato and Aristotle, through their superiority theories, saw the benefit of wit as a social corrective, although they remained suspicious of the uneducated laughter of the masses (Plato in ...
Lindo, LM, Mora, RA, Weaver, S
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Designing “Korean” Kimchi: Speculative Configuration of Distance and Commodity Value in the Chinese Kimchi Industry

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
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APLIFIKASI ISLAM DALAM MEME “MENGAJAK NIKAH KE KUA”

El Harakah, 2016
The participation of social media users in online communication also encouraging the spread of the phenomenon of marriage in society including the reasons that sound cliche appears that  a satire and sarcasm meme of ”Mengajak Nikah ke KUA” appeared and ...
Rulli Nasrullah
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Solar cycle variation in solar irradiance

, 2014
The correlation between solar irradiance and the 11-year solar activity cycle is evident in the body of measurements made from space, which extend over the past four decades.
Krivova, N. A., Solanki, S. K., Yeo, K. L.   +2 more
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Integrating multimodal data and machine learning for entrepreneurship research

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Extant research in neuroscience suggests that human perception is multimodal in nature—we model the world integrating diverse data sources such as sound, images, taste, and smell. Working in a dynamic environment, entrepreneurs are expected to draw on multimodal inputs in their decision making.
Yash Raj Shrestha, Vivianna Fang He
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The Disinformation Dilemma: Moderating Political Satire Under the DSA in Light of the European Convention on Human Rights

European Journal of Risk Regulation
This article examines the growing tension between protections for political satirical expression under article ten of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and emerging European regulatory efforts to combat disinformation through content ...
Therese Enarsson
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From Queen Caroline to Lady Dedlock: Dickens and the popular radical imagination [PDF]

, 2004
On an autumn day in 1842, William Hone lay dying. He was by now an obscure figure, but through the services of an old friend, George Cruikshank, he sent a request to Charles Dickens that he might shake his hand before he died.
Ledger, Sally
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