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Chemical Reactions, Drowning Swimmers, Owner's Manuals: The Power of Metaphors in Couple Therapy

open access: yesFamily Process, Volume 65, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Over many years of working with couples, I have found that certain metaphors—drawn from images, films, stories, jokes, song lyrics, research findings, or events in my life—can be especially effective and memorable in clarifying and normalizing the diverse experiences of distressed couples.
Arthur C. Nielsen
wiley   +1 more source

Culpable Ignorance and Causal Deviance

open access: yesRatio, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 26-34, March 2026.
ABSTRACT I argue that tracing theorists of culpability for ignorant wrongdoing should reject the widely accepted principle that culpability for ignorant wrongdoing should always be traced through culpability for the ignorance itself. Two kinds of cases are considered in which culpability for ignorant wrongdoing ultimately traces back to culpability for
Thomas A. Yates
wiley   +1 more source

Archetypes of memory and amnesia in South African soap opera

open access: yesTydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018
This essay investigates the relationship between memory, or rather amnesia, in the South African context and soap opera. South Africa has only recently celebrated ten years of democracy and the past still affects the lives of its inhabitants. The country
Hannelie Marx
doaj  

The Social Reproductive Roots of Agrarian Contention: Gendered Labor amid Peasant Struggles in Tunisia

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper revisits the Tunisian 2010–2011 uprising and its ensuing decade of agrarian contention as a crisis of social reproduction stemming from the combined effects of depletion and dispossession. It traces the lineages of the grievances that continue to animate the Tunisian countryside to the multiple and often enmeshed labours—both ...
Dhouha Djerbi
wiley   +1 more source

VARIETIES ESTIGMATIZADAS: PRECONCEPTIONS AND JUDGMENTS IN THE MEDIA

open access: yesTravessias, 2008
This work presents evaluations and analyses linguistics made by some interviewed people about the variety of Portuguese language which is spoken in the Brazilian soap opera Chocolate com Pimenta.
Daniela Plachi
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VR Simulator–Based Study to Explore Pedestrian–Vehicle Collisions at Unsignalized Intersections

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The unsignalized intersections are areas where right‐of‐way rules are complex, and pedestrians face an increased risk of injury. Despite extensive research on pedestrian behaviors at intersections, there is a need for comprehensive studies that systematically identify the factors influencing pedestrian–vehicle collisions at unsignalized intersections ...
Bo Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Organ‐on‐Chip Models With a Sacrificial Granular Hydrogel Strategy for Enhanced Permeability and Biomimicry

open access: yesSmall Methods, Volume 9, Issue 12, December 1, 2025.
A reversed granular hydrogel strategy creates highly porous 3D matrices within bone marrow (BM)‐on‐chip devices. Sacrificial alginate microgels generate interconnected microporosity that enhances nano/microparticle and cell mobilitymimicking pathogen agents—from the perfused vascular channel into the BM compartment, while preventing cell sedimentation ...
Hugo R Caires   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soap operas and the history of fan discussion

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2008
For decades, fans of U.S. soap operas have formed social networks surrounding their shows, and they did so even before the concept entered the vernacular.
Sam Ford
doaj   +2 more sources

To Drink or Not to Drink? Collective Alcohol Consumption Among Young University Students: Mapping a Path Towards Moderation. A Qualitative Study

open access: yesNursing Open, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to develop a theory based on the understanding of collective alcohol use as a cultural phenomenon by exploring the perceptions and meanings attributed to this behaviour by health science university students. Design This research is a grounded theory study.
Luz Stella Algarra‐López   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding idioms and idiomatic expressions in context: a look at idioms found in an Irish soap opera

open access: yesTeanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper looks at idioms drawn from a corpus of soap opera and compares their communicative functions to those performed by idioms in corpora of naturally-occurring conversation.
María Palma Fahey
doaj  

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