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“I Think I Need to Kill You”: The New Woman Assassin in Hanna and Killing Eve

open access: yesThe Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Killing Eve and Hanna feature women assassins, who are examined here in the context of the action woman, arguing that the depiction of women action in these two series marks a departure from traditional iterations of this and related character tropes.
Cornelia Klecker
wiley   +1 more source

Images of vampires in stories by V.I. Dal and A.K. Tolstoy in the context of European Romanticism

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2016
The article considers the interpretation of an image of a vampire in Dahl and Tolstoy’s works. The author of the article makes comparison with the works written on the same topic by European romantics.
Nikolsky Evgeny Vladimirovich
doaj  

The abstraction effect on logic rules application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between training on abstraction and the comprehension of logic rules. In order to evaluate the possibility of improvement on logic performance we have selected the particular case of the DeMorgan’s ...
Campitelli, Guillermo Jorge   +2 more
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

De cadáveres desenterrados y corazones quemados: los muertos vivientes en la literatura oral rumana / Of Exhumed Corpses and Burnt Hearts: The Living Dead in Romanian Oral Literature

open access: yesBoletín de Literatura Oral, 2018
Resumen. De la multitud de seres maravillosos que protagonizan las leyendas y cuentos del folclore rumano, sobresalen los strigoi, figuras a medio camino entre la vida y la muerte que regresan al mundo de los vivos con distintos objetivos.
Alexandra Oana Chereches   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The magical power of blood

open access: yesEhquidad, 2020
We all have heard about vampires. Many cultures have developed myths and legends about vampires with different features. These tales have several common elements, as the dualism between life and death.
Francisco Javier Sánchez-Verdejo Pérez
doaj   +1 more source

Hardware Without Software: Teachers’ Cultural Silence and Menstrual Hygiene Management in Rural Bangladeshi Schools

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
This study reveals how cultural taboos, teacher discomfort, and inadequate school infrastructure collectively silence menstrual hygiene management education in rural haor schools of Bangladesh, contributing to student absenteeism and unmet health needs despite teachers’ awareness of its importance.
Abdul Basit
wiley   +1 more source

When Calves Get Vulnerable, Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) Get Bold: A Camera Trap Record of Opportunistic Foraging in a Fragmented Landscape

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We report the first confirmed record of an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) dragging a newborn calf in a degraded forest fragment of southeastern Brazil. Using camera trap records, we reveal an opportunistic foraging event involving a vulnerable domestic prey within a highly fragmented landscape.
Álvaro Augusto Naves Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equine trypanosomiasis, a systematic review and meta‐analyses: Prevalence, morbidity and mortality

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 291-319, March 2026.
Abstract Background Equine trypanosomiasis is a neglected protozoal disease. Objectives To perform a systematic search of literature to explore: (1) In equines what is the global geographical distribution and prevalence of trypanosomiasis? In low and middle‐income countries (LMICs) is trypanosomiasis more prevalent than in higher‐income countries (HICs)
Alexandra G. Raftery   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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