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LXRα and PPARα Mediated Hepatic Lipid Metabolic Disruption Induced by the UV Filter EHMC in 2D and 3D HepaRG Cell Models

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Dietary UV filter EHMC induces hepatic steatosis in HepaRG cells at noncytotoxic concentrations. Mechanistically, EHMC binds nuclear receptors (LXRα, PPARα), upregulating SREBP‐1 to accelerate fatty acid synthesis. These findings highlight the potential metabolic toxicity of widespread EHMC exposure through food sources.
Shanglin Yang, Na Li, Yingnan Han, Mei Ma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in the Gendered Performances of Nigerian Male Stand-up Comedians

Traduction et Langues, 2017
Gender relations are enacted in the day-to-day lived experiences of men and women. Mundane practices such as talks and jokes may not only reflect the prevailing gender relations in society, but may also offer opportunities to contest them.
Chris Lekan Olawale
doaj  

The new meaning of retirement for bridge employees: Situating bridge employment through the lens of the Kaleidoscope Career Model

Human Resource Development Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 89-112, Spring 2025.
Abstract Retirees re‐entering the workforce, popularly termed as bridge employment, is a phenomenon that is anticipated to increase in the coming years. Though research establishes that these employees have unique aspirations and work motives (see Mazumdar et al., 2020), primary research on how the retirement transition and bridge employment shape each
Bishakha Mazumdar, Amy M. Warren, Travor C. Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Overview Concerning the Monologue and Stand-up Comedy

Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies
A theatrical production is usually seen as a blending of acting, dancing, singing, and spoken conversation, known as musical theatre. Furthermore, a musical’s storyline and emotional elements, which include humour, sorrow, love, and wrath, are communicated through words, music, dance, and technical aspects of the performance.
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Noorulhuda Adnan Aladhami   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Stand-up Comedy as a Genre of Intimacy [PDF]

Ethnologies, 2009
Through their use of amplification, stand-up comedians are able to engage an audience at a natural register, employing the modes of everyday, interpersonal, conversational speech, avoiding for the most part the distancing required for most forms of cultural performance.
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Motivating paternal empathy and egalitarian attitudes to prevent maternal postpartum depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a motivation‐based intervention for fathers to enhance empathy and egalitarian gender‐role attitudes, aiming to prevent maternal postpartum depressive symptoms. Methods This was a single‐blind, parallel‐group randomized controlled trial conducted at a regional hospital in Japan.
Shuhei Terada, Ayako Morita, Aya Isumi, Chiharu Ugajin, Yu Par Khin, Shiori Shakagori, Takeo Fujiwara   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reward Deficits in Co‐Occurring Social Anxiety and Depression: The Roles of Anhedonia, Boredom, Loneliness, and COVID‐19 Social Restriction

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior research points toward reward deficits as crucial to the link between social anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. However, studies have not explored specific types of reward deficits or how social‐environmental factors may impact them. The current study examined whether the indirect effects of three reward deficits (anhedonia,
Nathan M. Hager, Alicia L. Milam, Hannah C. Hamrick, Benjamin Swanson, Matt R. Judah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multimodal generic perspective on Nigerian stand-up comedy

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018
Studies in stand-up comedy in Nigeria have recently begun to gain serious attention. Several articles that describe the psychological and socio-cultural contexts of joke texts of stand-up comedy in Nigeria have appeared within the last few years (Orhiunu
Felix Nwabeze Ogoanah, Fredrick Osaro Ojo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking Age‐Diversity Practices and Company Ratings Over Time: Evidence From Employer Reviews and a Longitudinal Experiment

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, organizations face increasing pressure to support an age‐diverse workforce. Although age‐diversity practices have been shown to yield individual benefits, their temporal impact on broader evaluations of the organization such as employees' company ratings remains underexplored.
Claudia C. Kitz, Kyriaki Fousiani, Susanne Scheibe, Raphael Eppler‐Hattab   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The origin of the term ‘stand-up comedy’ – update

Comedy Studies, 2018
This article discusses a possible first usage of the term ‘stand-up comedian’, used in a column in the Yorkshire Evening Post from November 1917 to describe a performer called Finlay Dunn. This is significantly earlier than the previously identified first usage in a Variety review from 1948.
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