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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Guy Nagar, Uzi Ben Shalom   +3 more
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Exploring Belonging Through the Student Union: The Power of Familiar Faces and Comfortable Spaces

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since their origin, college unions have played a significant role in fostering a sense of belonging and advancing the academic mission of colleges. However, published empirical studies remain scarce due to the focus of college union professionals’ work on both student development and facility operations.
Katheryn Paynter‐Fanning, Adriane Reilly   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elements of the Dreamlike and the Uncanny in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled

Styles of Communication, 2010
This essay examines Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled in terms of an uncanny dream narrative. The Booker Prize winner’s most puzzling novel – with its frequent departures from realism – conjures up a unique logic combining the elements of the dreamlike and
Wojciech Drąg
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Dealing with the Uncanny? Cultural Adaptation in Matt Reeves’s Vampire Movie Let Me In

American Studies in Scandinavia, 2016
The aim of this article is to examine cultural adaptation and uncanny potential in Matt Reeves’s vampire movie Let Me In (2010), which is an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire novel Låt den rätte komma in (2004) – in English translation, Let ...
Maria Holmgren Troy
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Perceptions and experiences of midwives' regarding the use of the labor care guide at two state hospitals in Khomas region, Namibia

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The labor care guide (LCG) is a new tool for monitoring labor, introduced to replace the partograph, which had been used improperly and inconsistently across various contexts. Early research suggests that healthcare practitioners view the LCG as a tool that enhances the quality of care during labor and delivery.
Amalia N. N. Ilonga, Takaedza Munangatire   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncanny

, 2023
https://aimc2023.pubpub.org/pub/pvs1g2z3 The performance titled Uncanny combines AI-driven sound synthesis methods with live coding techniques. Various Artificial Intelligence models including Melody RNN, DDSP, GanSynth, and GANSpaceSynth have been implemented within the scope of the ‘Deep Learning with Audio’ course by Koray Tahiroğlu at Aalto ...
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Adolescents' Long‐Term Identity Tension After Politicized Cyber Shaming: Peer Support and Behavioural Visibility Management As Joint Conditions

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Politicized cyber shaming recodes adolescents' cultural interests as evidence of political loyalty or moral belonging. This study examines how such shaming is associated with longer‐term identity tension in adolescence, focusing on public expression, peer belonging, and self‐evaluation after politicized online controversy ...
Linsen Yang
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Understanding Autistic Young Adults' Perceptions and Experiences of Traumatic and Stressful Events

Journal of Clinical Psychology, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 445-461, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to explore how young autistic adults experience and respond to stressful life events, and the relationship between autistic characteristics and symptoms of stress associated with these events. Methods Using an exploratory sequential mixed‐methods approach, an online qualitative survey was first administered
Alliyza Lim, Robyn L. Young
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Uncanny Meat

Caliban: French Journal of English Studies, 2016
Cet essai tente de mettre en œuvre un concept auquel je donne le nom de "viande étrange" afin de développer un cadre positif et franchement matérialiste pour la (re)lecture de certaines relations inter-espèces. Afin de développer ce concept, cet essai se
James R. Goebel
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The A(I) Team: Effects of Human‐Likeness and Conformity to Gender Stereotypes on Initial Trust and Willingness to Work With an AI Teammate

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies progress, AI agents arise as potential teammates in the workplace. This study explores how the visual representation of the AI agent as well as its conformity to traditional gender stereotypes affects the manifestation of uncanny valley effects in a workplace team context.
Agata Mirowska, Jbid Arsenyan
wiley   +1 more source