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Vampires and werewolves: Rewriting religious and racial stereotyping in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Series [PDF]

, 2012
Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series (2005–8) demonstrates a strong connection with the theology, cultural practices and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), of which Meyer is an active member. One of the strongest ways in which
Ledvinka, Georgina
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Study the effect of position on the time of astronomical twilight

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2009
Twilight  is that light appear on the horizon before sunrise and after sunset, Astronomically it is known that sunrise and sunset are effected by high above sea level, but the effect of high above sea level on the time of astronomical twilight still not
Fouad M. Abdulla, Anas Salman Taha
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Titan brighter at twilight than in daylight [PDF]

, 2017
Investigating the overall brightness of planets (and moons) provides insight into their envelopes and energy budgets [1, 2, 3, 4]. Titan phase curves (a representation of overall brightness vs.
Lavvas, Panayotis, Muñoz, Antonio García, West, Robert A.   +2 more
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Correcting sky-quality-meter measurements for ageing effects using twilight as calibrator [PDF]

, 2020
In the last decade numerous Sky Quality Meters (SQMs) were installed throughout the globe, aiming to assess the temporal change of the night sky brightness (NSB), and thus the change in light pollution.
J. Puschnig, M. Näslund, A. Schwope, S. Wallner   +3 more
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The blurred line between photic and aphotic environments: a large Mexican cave with almost no dark zone

International Journal of Speleology, 2018
Sistema Muévelo Rico is a 1.2 km long cave in Quintana Roo, less than 2 km from the Caribbean Sea. We measured illuminance to a level of 0.1 lux, organic matter (weight loss on ignition), temperature, and relative humidity.
Luis M. Mejía-Ortíz, Tanja Pipan, David C. Culver, Peter Sprouse   +3 more
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Romance Formula in Novel Twilight by Stephenie Mayer: Popular Literature Studies

Puitika, 2023
Popular literature is become a growing phenomenon in the world of literature, it’s making popular literature one of the literary studies. There are several types of literary works that can be categorized as popular literature.
Syifa Dilivia Raharjo
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Clouds, shadows, or twilight? Mayfly nymphs recognise the difference [PDF]

, 2006
1. We examined the relative changes in light intensity that initiate night-time locomotor activity changes in nymphs of the mayfly, Stenonema modestum (Heptageniidae).
Allan J.D., Allan J.D., Bishop J.E., Casey R.J., Chaston I., Chaston I., Ciborowski J.J.H., Corkum L.D., Cowan C.A., Daan N., Devoe R.D., Elliott J.M., Haney J.F., Haney J.F., Heise B., Jarvilehto M., Kohler S.L., Lampert W., Lampert W., Lythgoe J.N., McFarland W.N., Metcalfe N.B., O'Keefe T.C., Ringelberg J., Schloss A.L., Scrimgeour G.J., Van Gool E., Wilzbach M.A., Zar J.H., Zaret T.M.   +29 more
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Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision [PDF]

, 2006
Vision in the mesopic range is affected by a number of inherited and acquired clinical disorders. We review these conditions and summarize the historical background, describing the clinical characteristics alongside the genetic basis and molecular ...
Abramowicz M., Ahmed F., Ahmed F., Al-Kubaisy W., Asrat Y., Ayyagari R., Baillie I., Bergen H. R., Berson E., Bloem M., Bordley J., Bret-Dibat C., Brink E., Burstedt M., Burstedt M., Capon M., Carr R., Carr R., Chisholm C., Christian P., Cunier F., de Pee S., DOG, Donnen P., Duke-Elder S., Fishman G., Fuchs A., Fuchs A., Gross-Jendroska M., Guy J., Haidar J., Hartmann E., Hayashi T., Hayashi T., Heckenlively J., Kalloniatis M., Kamei M., Kellner U., Kolling G., Lauber H., Lei B., Lorenz B., Main A., Marmor M., Marmor M., McBain V., Mele L., Milam A., Miyake Y., Miyake Y., Miyake Y., Mizuo A., Morimura H., Nabakwe E., Nettleship E., Oguchi C., Onder C., Parker W., Perlman I., Pesudovs K., Phelan J., Polans A., Polkinghorne P., Ramalho R., Reiner J., Resnikoff S., Ripps H., Rosen D., Rosen D., Rougier M., Ruiz-Martin M., Saunders C., Sawyer R., Schaumberg D., Schemann J., Schlote T., Schubert G., Sharp D., Shaw C., Skinner H., Smith R. A. J., Sommer A., Somner A., Sorsby A., Souied E., Spalton D., Stephenson S., Stockman A., Tabata Y., Takeuchi T., Taren D., Thirkill C., Tielsch J., Underwood B., Uyemura M., Weinstein J., Weiss J., Weiss N., Wolf G., Wolf G., Wolfe J. E.   +100 more
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UBVRI twilight sky brightness at ESO-Paranal

, 2006
Twilight studies have proved to be important tools to analyze the atmospheric structure with interesting consequences on the characterization of astronomical sites.
Adams, Anderson, Blättner, Chromey, Divari, F. Patat, Hedin, Krisciunas, Landolt, Lawrence, Mateshvili, O. S. Ugolnikov, O. V. Postylyakov, Ougolnikov, Ougolnikov, Patat, Patat, Postylyakov, Tyson, Ugolnikov, Wu   +20 more
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Embedding-based alignment: combining protein language models with dynamic programming alignment to detect structural similarities in the twilight-zone

Bioinform.
Motivation Language models are routinely used for text classification and generative tasks. Recently, the same architectures were applied to protein sequences, unlocking powerful new approaches in the bioinformatics field.
L. Pantolini, G. Studer, Joana Pereira, J. Durairaj, G. Tauriello, Torsten Schwede   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source