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Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2007 This article aims to show the development of the image of vampires from folklore to computer games and tries to determine in which ways folklore enters the mass media and which are its new functions and shapes. Different mass media have changed the image
Simona Govednik
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Reasoning in the OWL 2 Full Ontology Language using First-Order Automated Theorem Proving
, 2011 OWL 2 has been standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a family of ontology languages for the Semantic Web. The most expressive of these languages is OWL 2 Full, but to date no reasoner has been implemented for this language.
Schneider, Michael, Sutcliffe, Geoff
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Should Dracula Myth be a Brand to Promote Romania as a Tourist Destination? [PDF]
Dracula is an international brand, not a Romanian one. But Bram Stocker chose to locate his vampire in the mysterious location of Transylvania. Thus, Romania is the only country in the world which can exploit the myth of Dracula as being at its ‘home ...
Adina Negrusa +2 more
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Ganglion-specific splicing of TRPV1 underlies infrared sensation in vampire bats. [PDF]
, 2011 Vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) are obligate blood feeders that have evolved specialized systems to suit their sanguinary lifestyle. Chief among such adaptations is the ability to detect infrared radiation as a means of locating hotspots on warm-blooded
Aranguren, Carla I +7 more
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The Cowl - v.59 - n.14 - Nov 17, 1994 [PDF]
, 1994 The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 59, Number 14 - November 17, 1994.
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QuaternaryVampire bats likely first appeared in South America in the early Miocene (~20 Ma) and evolved to feed upon the blood of native South American mammals of medium to large body size, in particular, xenarthrans–ground sloths, armadillos, pampatheres, and ...
Gary Morgan +2 more
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TV Series, 2012 Alan Ball, the critically-acclaimed screenwriter of American Beauty, launched his first series project in 2001 with Six Feet Under. His somber but humorous account of the dysfunctional Fisher family’s life and death in suburban Los Angeles held a ...
Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris
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, 2023 The discussion concerning the etymology of the word vampire has continued for more than a century now, and it has produced many more hypotheses than can be reasonably examined here. This paper only reviews the most plausible ones, but it also contains a discussion of the phonetic, morphological, semantic, historical, and cultural-historical constraints,
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2006 El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la flora bacteriana del vampiro común (Desmodus rotundus) primordialmente debido a que los datos al respecto están desactualizados, y además por la gran importancia económica de esta especie de murciélago.
Gloriana Chaverri
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Revista Alicantina de Estudios InglesesThe combination of historical and fantastic literatura featured with romance, conflict and supernatural characters seem to be the ingredients of the new bestseller sagas focused on creatures such as vampires.
María Alcantud-Diaz
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