We report mortality events in a group of 123 common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) captured in México and housed for a rabies vaccine efficacy study in Madison, Wisconsin.
Elsa M. Cárdenas-Canales +11 more
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The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices
Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
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Analysis of the Progression of the Representation of Female Protagonists in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Shows Orphan Black and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Girl Power, Appropriated “Masculinity” in Conjunction with Femininity, Empowered Sexuality, and the Heterosexual Script [PDF]
Buffy Summers goes from urban Los Angeles to Sunnydale, California after she is expelled from her previous high school on the grounds of an assortment of Slayer-related incidents.
Becker, Dakota
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The VAMPIRE challenge: A multi‐institutional validation study of CT ventilation imaging
PURPOSE CT ventilation imaging (CTVI) is being used to achieve functional avoidance lung cancer radiation therapy in three clinical trials (NCT02528942, NCT02308709, NCT02843568).
J. Kipritidis +27 more
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Automating the analysis of public saliency and attitudes toward biodiversity from digital media
Abstract Measuring public attitudes toward wildlife provides crucial insights into human relationships with nature and helps monitor progress toward Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Yet, conducting such assessments at a global scale presents challenges.
Noah Giebink +8 more
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Enzootic and Epizootic Rabies Associated with Vampire Bats, Peru
During the past decade, incidence of human infection with rabies virus (RABV) spread by the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) increased considerably in South America, especially in remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, where these bats commonly ...
Rene Edgar Condori-Condori +3 more
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TWILIGHT AND INDONESIAN YOUNG ADULT FICTION TUILET’: A PARODY [PDF]
This paper examines how Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight is parodied by the Indonesian contemporary young adult Tuilet. By using theory of parody, this paper is expected to provide a critical analysis of the teen novel which have similarities and ...
Pramesti , Tri
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Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire bat
Adaptation to specialized diets often requires modifications at both genomic and microbiome levels. We applied a hologenomic approach to the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), one of the only three obligate blood-feeding (sanguivorous) mammals, to ...
M. Z. Mendoza +31 more
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KILLJOY POETICS IN ANTJE RÁVIK STRUBEL'S BLAUE FRAU (2021)
Abstract Drawing on Sara Ahmed's concept of killjoy activism, I explore how Antje Rávik Strubel's Blaue Frau employs a killjoy poetics that refuses to brush over violence, asymmetry, injury and force. Instead, the novel intervenes in affective textures of happiness and reconciliation, and forms activist and ecological networks of resistance. I build on
Alrik Daldrup
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Book review: Gender, violence and popular culture: tellingstories [PDF]
This book approaches the interrelation of popular representations of gender and violence and global politics by focusing on the narrative of television shows like Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The West Wing.
Gouseti, Ioanna
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