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Witch-Hunting in Assam: Myth or Reality

Space and Culture, India, 2019
Assam, like many other parts across the country, often witnesses deaths, injuries, and miseries resulting from witch hunting, an atrocious practice and a socially sanctioned violence.
Lekha Borah, Madhushree Das
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Solid Harmonic Wavelet Bispectrum for Image Analysis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The Solid Harmonic Wavelet Bispectrum (SHWB), a rotation‐ and translation‐invariant descriptor that captures higher‐order (phase) correlations in signals, is introduced. Combining wavelet scattering, bispectral analysis, and group theory, SHWB achieves interpretable, data‐efficient representations and demonstrates competitive performance across texture,
Alex Brown, Mathilda Avirett‐Mackenzie, Carolin Villforth, Georgios Exarchakis   +3 more
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Naked wizards (warlocks, shamans): the role of the open body in magical usage

Studia Humanitatis
The article considers the problems of perception and the functions of an open body in magical practice. The author reveals that the exposure became a prerequisite for contacts with supernatural creatures, obtaining comprehensive support from them ...
Pulkin Maxim Viktorovich
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The Simpsons, Gender Roles, and Witchcraft: The Witch in Modern Popular Culture [PDF]

452ºF, 2010
This paper analyzes "The Simpsons"' use of the witch to uncover how her constructionin this animated series reflects not only the current theoretical work on the witch but also the ambivalence about the role of women in modern American society.
Antinora, Sarah
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E – Tourism And Tourism Services Consumer Protection [PDF]

This article wishes to highlight the electronic tourism and innovation role in tourism industry with impact on economic growth especially by approach of firms.
Alexandru Nedelea, Alina Bălan
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Addressing Oxygen Embrittlement in Additively Manufactured Titanium via Cu‐Mediated Interstitial Site Engineering

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel “Cu‐mediated interstitial site engineering” strategy is introduced to thermodynamically stabilize hexagonal oxygen (hex‐O) configurations in oxygen‐containing titanium alloys. The hex‐O configuration activates multiple slip systems and enhances dislocation pinning via long‐range repulsion.
Xiaobin Lin, Xudong Rong, Jiachen Xie, Xinru Wang, Jianteng Wang, Zhihang Xu, Dongdong Zhao, Shiwei Pan, Feng Qian, Longlong Ma, Gang Sha, Xiang Zhang, Chunsheng Shi, Chunnian He, Naiqin Zhao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Etyczne podstawy polityki zrównoważonego rozwoju

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2008
The idea of sustainable development set up that at presently living people are responsible for condition of environment and they should leave future generation decent circumstances of life, this imperative of respecting of nature, activity for goods of ...
Mariusz Ciszek
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Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft and an impossible dialogue [PDF]

, 2017
The prominent place of witchcraft in Nollywood films produced in the 1990s is widely acknowledged, and has prompted a number of comments from critics.
Ugochukwu, Françoise
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Optical Spectroscopy of Galactic Cirrus Clouds: Extended Red Emission in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium [PDF]

, 1997
We present initial results from the first optical spectroscopic survey of high latitude Galactic cirrus clouds. The observed shape of the cirrus spectrum does not agree with that of scattered ambient Galactic starlight.
Arpad Szomoru, Boulanger F., de Vaucouleurs G., de Vaucouleurs G., de Vries C. P., Duley W. W., Duley W. W., Duley W. W., Heiles C., Hendecourt L., Mathis J. S., Mattila K., Mezger P. G., Perrin J.-M., Perrin J.-M., Puget J. L., Puragra Guhathakurta, Scott A. D., Stark R., Webster A.   +19 more
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Three‐Dimensional Heterogeneous Bonding for High‐Density and Low‐Noise TMR Sensing Arrays

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a three‐dimensional heterogeneous bonding approach to fabricate compact TMR sensing units with double junction numbers and improved magnetic performance. Optimized Au─Au bonding and angled etching improve device integrity, noise characteristics, and magnetoresistance.
Zi'ang Han, Zhenhu Jin, Chenglong Zhang, Jiamin Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source