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Genomic analysis of Plebejus Kluk (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) clarifies taxonomy within Europe
Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.The first genomic analysis for the genus Plebejus in Europe is presented, based on ddRAD sequencing data comprising all European Plebejus plus some Asian and North American taxa. Plebejus idas is recovered as paraphyletic, Plebejus corsicus as a subspecies of Plebejus argus and Plebejus villai as a population of Plebejus bellieri, totalling 4 species ...
Eric Toro‐Delgado +7 more
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The Language of Smell in Vladimir Nabokov’s Mystical Discourse of Prose from His French Period
Quaestio Rossica, 2021 This article focuses on the mystical connotations of the olfactory images in V. Nabokov’s prose from his French period (1937–1940). The authors analyse the connection between Nabokov’s mystical, philosophical, and aesthetic conceptions.
N. Rogacheva, A. Drozdova
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Teaching Russian Literature in Italian Universities: Problems and Possible Solutions
Between, 2013 Vladimir Vladimirovič Nabokov is undoubtedly a key figure of world literature. Nonetheless, together with his legacy as a writer, his activity as a University teacher should be considered.
Irina Marchesini
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Use of synanthropic roosts by bats in Europe and North America
Mammal Review, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 2025.Although bats often use buildings for roosting, the true proportion of their populations roosting in buildings is not known. Based on review of radio‐tracking studies, we found that 2× more species and 17× times higher proportion of populations use SRs in Europe than in North America, respectively.
Radek K. Lučan +3 more
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Nabokov, Dostoevski, Proust: Despair
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature, 2004 Although Nabokov criticism has long identified Despair with Dostoevski, critics have for the most part addressed Despair in terms of how it either attacks or validates Dostoevski and thus have understood Nabokov to be speaking primarily about ...
Timothy L. Parrish
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Vladimir Nabokov as a Kulturträger: Teaching Russian in the USA
ArcticThe article examines the methodological techniques of teaching Russian as a foreign language employed by the Russian and American writer Vladimir Nabokov and his activity as a culture bearer.
Lyubov A. Karakuts-Borodina +1 more
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On locational sensory individuals and spacetime
Mind &Language, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 40-52, February 2025.Perception not only registers property instances, but also connects with and attributes properties to individual entities—so‐called sensory individuals, or SIs. But what are SIs? The most‐discussed answers are: (i) SIs are ordinary material objects—cohesive, temporally persistent objects extended and bounded in space, and (ii) SIs are locations or ...
Jonathan Cohen
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On the chess prototypes of Vladimir Nabokov's novel The Defense
World of Russian-speaking Countries, 2021 The article is devoted to discussing the likely prototypes of the figure of Luzhin - the protagonist of V. Nabokov's novel The Defense. Studying the biographical and chess contexts, analyzing the plot components of the novel related to the game, and ...
A. V. Ledenev, Den Felkon
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Le vittorie di don Chisciotte: la strana lettura di Vladimir Nabokov
, 2022 Rilettura e commento delle "Lezioni sul Don Chisiotte" di Vladimir Nabokov, che mantengono la loro originalità e ...
Anna Bognolo
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The care for opacity – On Tsai Ming-Liang’s conservative filmic gesture
NECSUS, 2012 A thin veneer of immediate reality is spread over natural and artificial matter, and whoever wishes to remain in the now, with the now, on the now, should please not break its tension film.
Erik Bordeleau
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