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Breach of Consent: Jean Rollin and Le Viol du Vampire

, 2017
This chapter analyses Jean Rollin’s production Le Viol du Vampire (The Rape of the Vampire) (1968), considering the ways in which, through its focus on the violation of the vampire and vampiric space, the film radically complicates the intricate notions ...
Baker, David, David Baker
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The Vampire Spike in Text and Fandom: Unsettling Oppositions in Buffy the Vampire Slayer [PDF]

, 2005
First paragraph: This special issue examines a number of key issues in cultural theory through the development of, and reaction to, a popular television character, the vampire Spike from the cult television success Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As the latest
Williamson, Milly, Amy-Chinn, Dee
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Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus

BMC Biology, 2006
Background The common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus is one of three bat species that feed exclusively on the blood of mammals often more than 1000 times its size. Vampire bats even feed on human blood.
Wiegrebe Lutz, Gröger Udo
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Gamified learning meets physiology: Healthcare students' gameful experience with a virtual educational escape room

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Gamified teaching approaches are increasingly used in higher education, making it essential to examine the gameful experience resulting from interaction with educational game elements. This study aimed to evaluate undergraduate health science students' gamified learning experience using the Gamified Experience Measurement Scale in Education ...
David Martin‐Hidalgo, Guadalupe Álvarez‐Hernán, Cristina Carrasco Romero, Violeta Calle‐Guisado   +3 more
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Hybrid worlds of imagination: A comparative analysis of demonological narratives among rural communities in Croatia and Serbia [PDF]

Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
The co-authored text by Luka Šešo and Danilo Trbojević represents a unique comparative analysis of ethnographic material, relating to the form, role, and status of demonological traditions in rural communities of Croatia and Serbia. The research
Šešo Luka, Trbojević Danilo
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Existence and Stability Analysis of Classical and Fractional‐Order Generalized Brusselator Reaction‐Diffusion System

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present work is devoted to establishing existence results and examining the stability properties of solutions associated with a generalized Brusselator reaction–diffusion system in both the classical and fractional‐order settings. The corresponding ODE and PDE formulations are considered to establish the global existence of solutions in ...
Fadia Haouam, Lamia Djebara, Salem Abdelmalek, Mokhtar Kirane   +3 more
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Expert risk elicitation on vampire bats and rabies: Implications for United States surveillance, management, and research

Wildlife Society Bulletin
The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is expanding in geographic range, increasing concern about the spread of this species to the United States (U.S.) and the associated risks of rabies virus (RABV) transmission.
Amy J. Davis, Amy T. Gilbert, Betsy S. Haley, Kathleen M. Nelson, Luis Lecuona, Charles E. Rupprecht, Antoinette J. Piaggio, Richard B. Chipman   +7 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Megaderma lyra (Indian false vampire)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
The Indian false vampire (Megaderma lyra), known as the greater false vampire bat, the Indian false vampire bat, and the greater false-vampire, is typical echolocation mammals. It has been listed in the IUCN Red List of threatened species and included in
Mengjia Liu, Yanhong Lan, Yi Cao
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The monster in the backyard: A cultural analysis of wolf conflict in the American West

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conflict between people and large carnivores remains among the most persistent problems in conservation, threatening carnivore populations and the communities that live alongside them. Decades of technical and financial research and intervention, from livestock protection tools to compensation programs, have not resolved these conflicts ...
Alex McInturff, Michael L. McInturff
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Falling for lions: transformations of the vampire character in literature [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2013A Literatura Gótica é responsável por dar vida à criaturas que ...
Paschoal, Lívia Maria Pinto
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