Mýtus české hudební emigrace z pohledu Dlabačova slovníku by Jana Franková

“…Even if a quantitative analysis of the Dlabacz's dictionary remains problematic, we can find there much important information. A survey of biographies and careers of migrating musicians thus permit us to set up their typology.…”
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The Problem of Choosing the Candidate of the New U.S. Ambassador in the USSR in 1941–1942 (According to New Archival Documents) by Kristina V. Minkova

“…The analysis of documents deposited in the Roosevelt Presidential library, memoirs of the ambassadors and their biographies can explain the appointment of Standley to Moscow and to determine his contestants. …”
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La collaborazione delle storiche dell’arte all’Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani (1925-38)/The collaboration of art historians with the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia (1925-38) by Claudio Gamba

“…Half Italian and half foreign, they contributed entries of varying sizes, from single short entries on topics of specific expertise to biographies on artists, iconography specific types of objects.…”
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La non-vocation d’André Schwarz-Bart by Francine Kaufmann

“…Enfin, nous étudierons les traces de la biographie de l’écrivain dans un roman qui se voulait œuvre de fiction et témoignage pour un peuple tout entier.…”
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Use of Panel Surveys to Measure Employment Precarity in a Cross-National Framework: An Integrated Approach to Harmonize Research Concepts and Longitudinal Data by Katarzyna Kopycka, Anna Kiersztyn, Zbigniew Sawiński, Stefan Bieńkowski, Viktoriia Sovpenchuk

“…Drawing on recent developments in the field of sequence-based indices, we develop a Cross-National Precarity Index (CNPI) and test its performance using data on employment biographies from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We confirm good construct validity of the proposed measure by comparing its distribution across subpopulations as well as by assessing the statistical association between the index and typical correlates of precarious employment identified in the literature: employment status and life satisfaction. …”
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Literary “Aesthetics” to Help Students

“…Since the topic of literature has been actively developed in the segment of educational aesthetics and, in particular, starting to become very popular in the “Dark Academia” aesthetics society gowning its popularity during COVID-19 pandemic, we considered it necessary to briefly characterize this aesthetic basics before going into various types of literary “aesthetics”, the goals and objectives of their creation, their pragmatic value in the analysis of literary works and the study of biographies of authors, as well as practical recommendations for teachers who would like to work with “aesthetics” in their classes. …”
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A New Study on Fushi of Early Quanzhen Daoism by Hongyi Chen, Yongfeng Huang

“…This article, centered around early Quanzhen Taoism representatives Wang Chongyang 王重陽 (1112–1170) and the “Seven True Ones (Qizhen 七真)”, combines their writings, quotations, biographies, and other materials and discovers that while Wang Chongyang and others heavily criticized the traditional method of Fushi, they also carried out extensive Fushi activities and accumulated rich practical experience in areas such as taking medicine (fuyao 服藥), breathing exercises (fuqi 服氣), fasting (bigu 辟穀), dieting (yinshi 飲食), and using talismans (fufu 服符). …”
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Faire famille entre le Mozambique et l’Allemagne : parcours biographiques de migrants mozambicains arrivés comme travailleurs contractuels en République démocratique allemande (RDA... by Ines Grau

“…Contribution: This approach allows us to highlight the biographies of former Mozambican workers, in the context of their stay in the GDR, but also in a broader perspective covering their entire life path, from their childhood to the present day.…”
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Mapping the Estonian Literature of the Selfie-era by Anneli Kõvamees

“…This is also valid in the field of literature, which has been democratized as anyone can make a book and anyone can write a book, as seen by the boom of biographies of all kinds. The My-series published by the Estonian publishing company Petrone Print illustrates these tendencies. …”
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F. Vovk’s Library and the Library of the Museum (Cabinet) of Anthropology and Ethnology Named after F. Vovk by Tamara Kutsaieva, Larysa Didora

“…The information from bookplates, inscriptions, and marginalia forms the base for the outlines of the biographies of the authors of publications. Representativeness of the studied ­(sub)collections is determined in comparison with their original content according to the archival sources. …”
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Xinjiang Oirat Storytellers: Keepers of the Jangar Epic Tradition by Bayrta B. Mandzhieva

“…Despite quite a number of Jangar-related issues have been duly studied, questions pertaining to existence, continuity (transmission) and preservation of the Xinjiang Oirat epic tradition, biographies of jangarchis and their repertoires remain somewhat insufficiently answered by Russia-based folklorists and, thus, seem as relevant enough. …”
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National Model of Russian Proto-Glamour Magazine Periodicals of the XVIII–XIX Centuries by L. V. Lytkina

“…Shalikov etc. made it possible to ascertain the  following: 1) All magazines of the named direction had the purpose  not so much to present features of secular life of Europe of the  second half of XVIII century and to fix some fashionable tendencies,  as to enlighten the Russian readers, to investigate the principles of  formation of such way of life which allows at constant moral  improvement to find rest in “pleasure of heart and breaking of boring thoughts with excellent, amusing, ridiculous and intricate legends”; 2) Subject area of publications under review was located  in accordance with the interests of the  Russian young nobility, which served out, but had enough time and interest to get acquainted with  “fun and pleasure” seeking “the cure for boredom and worries”; 3)  According to the method of mapping the world and human Russian  proto-journal periodicals focused on information and artistic- documentary type of submission materials, although the methods of  studying reality often chose non-communicative techniques; 4)  Journalistic texts from the point of view of their literary and generic  properties (strict documentary, actuality, the construction of the plot according to the logic of thought of the narrator, an inclusive  composition) and architectonics were represented by notes,  information correspondence, articles, essays-biographies.…”
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CREATIVE PERSONALITY AND SOCIETY by Elena S. Sinelnikova

“…Theoretical analysis of the peculiarities of the creative person’s relationship with society.Design.Theoretical analysis of psychological literature focused on the formation of a creative personality, his relationship with society and psychological biographies of creative people. Results. \ e mastery of a system of knowledge in the relevant [ eld is an indispensable condition for creative activity, for creation of a socially signi[ cant product. …”
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New content, design, and marketing trends in commercial publishing by Leonardo Blažević

“…New book content trends have been elaborated as well: novels on exotic countries, current affairs issues, autobiographies and biographies, self-help manuals and titles offering ‘instant-knowledge’. …”
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‘Sciences strange and diverse’: Europeanization through the transfer of scientific knowledge in Russia, 1717–65 by Iosad, A

“…<p>The history of the cultural role of science in eighteenth-century Russia has to date mostly focused on the biographies of specific individuals or the reception of particular scientific theories. …”

Educational Dimension of Woman's Character in the Narration's of Prophets as Stated in the Holy Qur'an by Al-Omari, Asma' A. M.

“…The research examines stories and biographies of women in the Qur'an, narrated by various prophets (peace be upon them) through the ages. …”
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El año del desierto de Pedro Mairal: una patria deconstruida by Victoria Liendo

“…La figure de l’échec est dans ce roman la véritable protagoniste, María, qui prend la forme d’un pays et, de la même façon, d’une biographie, un effondrement aux dimensions historiques qui en vient à modifier dans son entier le sens d’une existence particulière. …”
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Using methods of non-conventional medicine in a medical center in Yakutsk: a case study by Iya A. Mekkyusyarova

“…In this article, we provide biographies of the practitioners and describe their methods. …”
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There And Back Again: Women's Marginal Commuting Costs by Isabel Stockton, Annette Bergemann, Stephan Brunow

“…Methods and Data We use national insurance data based on a 10\% sample of the German labour force including daily information on job spells, personal and job characteristics and residential and workplace post codes between 2000 and 2013 (a customised version of the ``Integrated Employment Biographies'' provided by the Institute of Employment Research, IAB). …”
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Living with polypharmacy: a narrative interview study with older Pakistanis in East London by Najia Sultan, Deborah Swinglehurst

“…Interviews were conducted with a bilingual researcher at home and were designed to elicit narratives of patients’ experiences of polypharmacy in the context of their biographies and daily lives. Results Polypharmacy is enacted through networks of interpersonal and socio-material relationships. …”
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