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Ateliers d'AnthropologieThis article examines how the hybridisation of traditional imagery and science fiction builds new narratives rooted in mixed identities. It shows how the appropriation of photographic archives, combined with graphic processes, creates aesthetic ...
Aurélie Journée-Duez
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But consciousness isn't everything. [PDF]
, 1996 Comments on an article entitled `No Good News for DATA,' by Norman Lillegard in the Spring 1994 issue of `Cross Currents' magazine. Lillegard's stand that the android Commander Data in `Star Trek' fails to satisfy the biblical conception of persons ...
Wildman, Wesley J.
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Calling Dick Tracy! Or, Cellphone Use, Progress, and a Racial Paradigm [PDF]
, 2008 The hero and phone-watch from Dick Tracy are evoked regularly in news and studies of cellphone use. This paper argues that the racial paradigm of White law enforcer and Dark law-breaker in the comic strip resonates in contemporary evocations and in ...
Nicholson, Judith A.
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Warming summers limit reindeer grazing, weakening herbivory pressure in the mountain tundra
Ecography, EarlyView.Climate change is predicted to alter species interactions by exposing ecosystems to increasingly frequent and intense warm spells. In the mountain tundra, grazing by large herbivores, particularly reindeer, can limit shrub expansion and preserve Arctic plant diversity.
Marianne Stoessel +2 more
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Hokey Religions: Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots [PDF]
, 2017 Disney’s recent “decanonization” of the decades-old Star Wars “Expanded Universe” in preparation for the release of The Force Awakens once again raises the question of the triangular relationship between the corporate ownership of intellectual property ...
Canavan, Gerry
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A bilayer protection approach is proposed for slowing down the surface potential decay of thin films of spontaneously‐polarized electret materials. The electret and the protective films are characterized, and the protection effectiveness is investigated under the effects of light illumination, water contact and mechanical impact.
Seyedali Sabzpoushan +2 more
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iNew Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past three decades, the global burden of common metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and atherosclerosis has steadily increased, becoming a serious public health issue that poses a major threat to human health worldwide. Potassium channels, particularly the voltage‐gated Kv1.3 subtype, serve as critical regulators of cellular
Wenjun Zhen +6 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.We report on two species of Strobilanthes Blume. Strobilanthes panichanga (Nees) T.Anderson has been rediscovered in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, India, after a very long gap of 150 years, and Strobilanthes parryorum C.E.C.Fisch has been discovered for the first time in Assam, India.
Kapil Kumar Kemprai, Souravjyoti Borah
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Star Trek and the American Society of the 20th Century
American and British Studies Annual, 2008 This paper explores the effect of the television series Star Trek on the equal rights struggle in the 20th century USA society. Analysis of two main topics – the fight for equal rights of minorities and the position of women in society – shows that by ...
Lukáš Krincvaj
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Pediatric Anesthesia, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Acute and postoperative pain in children is often undertreated, with effects on patient comfort and postoperative recovery. Extended reality (XR) interventions offer non‐pharmacological pain management by distracting patients from discomfort.
Louise Meulenkamp‐Yilmaz +5 more
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