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Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
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Awakening ‘Sleeping Beauty’: The Creation of National Ballet in Britain [PDF]
Music and Letters, 2015 The post-war reopening of London’s Royal Opera House in 1946 has long been viewed as a turning point in policy-makers’ pursuit of national culture: the opulent new production of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet seemed to abandon the wartime emphasis on amateur involvement in the arts in favour of a more elitist preoccupation with international ...
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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
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Intramuscular pathways of maladaptation in overtraining syndrome
The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract figure legend The transition from adaptive overreaching to maladaptive overtraining and mechanisms through which excessive training load can lead to performance decline. Four interconnected pathophysiological domains are highlighted: neural fatigue, involving both central and peripheral components such as altered sensory feedback and reflex ...
Emily Shorter +4 more
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 541-553, July 2026.ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 3, Page 289-306, July 2026.Abstract This article examines the assassination of Duma representative Mikhail Gertsenshtein in July 1906 as the pivotal moment for the emergence of the concept of “right‐wing terrorism” (pravyi terrorizm) in the Russian Empire. Drawing on court documents, police files, and censorship reports, this article argues that the significance of the ...
Moritz Florin
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Musculoskeletal Care, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Objective Few people with knee osteoarthritis meet the World Health Organization (WHO) physical activity guidelines, and knowledge of guidelines in this population is not well known. We examined (i) baseline knowledge of physical activity guidelines in people with knee osteoarthritis; (ii) change in knowledge following participation in an ...
A. Couper +6 more
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British Journal of Special Education, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 200-213, June 2026.Abstract Parents of children with special needs in Nigeria are faced with several challenges. In most cases, decisions are taken without their active involvement, despite them being the primary carers for their children with special needs. This research utilised a qualitative research design with fifteen participants to understand parents' perspectives
Noah Agbo, Sylvia Yeboah Boamah
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Journal of Personality, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 370-379, June 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Nursery rhymes, which are rich in literary devices, benefit children's language learning. Less is known about the influence that nursery rhymes' messages may have on children's development. We focused on “Monday's Child,” a popular nursery rhyme that alleges children's day of the week of birth forecasts their differences in ...
Emily Wood +8 more
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National Performance Art and Pedagogics in the Ukrainian Ballet
Culture of Ukraine, 2020 Простежено упровадження основних вимог системи класичного танцю, запропонованих А. Вагановою, в українському балетному мистецтві вітчизняними педагогами та виконавцями. З’ясовано роль балетмейстерів-постановників у збагаченні ваганівського методу завдяки персоналізованому підходу до артиста та визначено їхній внесок у розвиток національної виконавської
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