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Bacterial vampirism mediated through taxis to serum [PDF]
eLifeBacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae are associated with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and bacteremia and are a leading cause of death, from sepsis, for individuals with inflammatory bowel diseases. The bacterial behaviors and mechanisms underlying
Siena J Glenn +5 more
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Wendigos, Eye Killers, Skinwalkers: The Myth of the American Indian Vampire and American Indian “Vampire” Myths [PDF]
Text Matters, 2016 We all know vampires. Count Dracula and Nosferatu, maybe Blade and Angel, or Stephenie Meyer’s sparkling beau, Edward Cullen. In fact, the Euro-American vampire myth has long become one of the most reliable and bestselling fun-rides the entertainment ...
Corinna Lenhardt
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Towards cultural materialism in the medical humanities: the case of blood rejuvenation. [PDF]
Med Humanit, 2018 This paper argues for an approach within the medical humanities that draws on the theoretical legacy of cultural materialism as a framework for reading cultural practices and their relationship to the social and economic order.
Oakley C.
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Apotropaic practices and the undead: a biogeochemical assessment of deviant burials in post-medieval poland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Apotropaic observances-traditional practices intended to prevent evil-were not uncommon in post-medieval Poland, and included specific treatment of the dead for those considered at risk for becoming vampires.
Lesley A Gregoricka +3 more
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Vampires! Do they exist? A case of clinical vampirism
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Vampirism related to psychiatric disorders has been described under the term, “clinical vampirism”. But it is not incorporated as a diagnostic category the ICD or DSM classification systems.
D. R. S. Adicaram +2 more
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Vampire as Superman. George Sylvester Viereck’s Decadent Novel The House of the Vampire in the USA and Germany [PDF]
Литература двух Америк, 2020 The arcticle deals with one of the first American decadent novels – “The House of the Vampire” by George Sylvester Viereck (1884 –1962) discussed by literary and cultural historians in the 21st century and recently translated into Russian and French ...
Vassili E. Molodiakov
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Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, 2022 Celem artykułu jest analiza toposu wampira w serialu „Nocna msza” (2021). Ze względu na wyjątkowe, w aspekcie religijnym, ujęcie figury nieumarłego koniecznym wydaje się odpowiedź na następujące ...
Jakub Rawski
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Humanities, 2023 This paper analyzes themes of male insecurities and distrust of the exclusive culture of female sexuality and reproduction in E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Vampirism, one of the earliest psychologically sophisticated female vampires in Western literature.
Michael Grant Kellermeyer
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Slaying the “political vampire”: Aberration as a socio-political construct [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2022 The concept of vampirism in the tradition of peasant culture is an inversion of social norms by individuals or groups, which the community recognizes as responsible for social problems and crises.
Trbojević Danilo
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Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2010 In the first part of this essay, I shall sketch the debate about vampirism during the age of Enlightenment historically, while in the second part, I will interpret this debate philosophically.
Constantin Rauer
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