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Resuscitating the Undead Queer in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga

open access: yesJournal of Popular Romance Studies, 2016
Broadly, this is an article about queerness and its relationship to Stephanie Meyer’s gothic romance series, Twilight—a narrative about a supposedly odd and out-of-place girl meeting and falling in love with a vampire (or, more appropriately, a rich ...
Jami McFarland
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Book review: Gender, violence and popular culture: tellingstories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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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Splitting Proofs for Interpolation

open access: yes, 2017
We study interpolant extraction from local first-order refutations. We present a new theoretical perspective on interpolation based on clearly separating the condition on logical strength of the formula from the requirement on the com- mon signature ...
A Cimatti   +14 more
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From Rigid to Elastic: Tailoring the Properties of Linear Poly(IBOA‐co‐2EHA) Copolymers Synthesized by UV Polymerization

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 143, Issue 7, February 15, 2026.
The combination of a rigid monomer (IBOA) and a flexible monomer (2‐EHA) via free‐radical copolymerization yields amorphous poly(IBOA‐co‐2‐EHA) with a wide range of tunable mechanical properties. The image depicts how increasing the IBOA content shifts the material's behavior from that of an elastic elastomer (PEHA) to a rigid, brittle plastic (PIBOA),
Djazia Bendeddouche   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary taxonomy and conservation status of environmentally sensitive and endangered musk deer (Moschus spp.): An updated review

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2026.
This study reviews the historical taxonomic classification and evolutionary background of musk deer, clarifying long‐standing confusion in their identification. It highlights the current global distribution and conservation status of these species, emphasizing the threat posed by poaching and habitat destruction. The work aims to raise public awareness
Zhirong Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Razvoj podobe vampirja od folklore do računalniških iger
The Development of the Vampire Image from Folklore to Computer Games

open access: yesStudia 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

open access: yes, 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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The First Fantasy Characters of the Mexican Cinema: from Ghosts to Vampires

open access: yesBrumal: Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico, 2017
This article explores the kind of fantasy characters of Mexican film between 1933 and 1969. The appearance of these characters is related to two periods of Mexican film industry: the thirties, an epoch of cinematic experimentation and the search of new ...
María Dolores Cabrera Carreón
doaj   +1 more source

Should Dracula Myth be a Brand to Promote Romania as a Tourist Destination? [PDF]

open access: yes
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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