Italian Chemists’ Contributions to Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: An Historical Perspective by Gianluca Papeo, Maurizio Pulici

“…As these discoveries were being conceived, massive social, political and geographical changes in these chemists’ homeland were also occurring. In this review, a brief survey of known (and some lesser known) named organic reactions discovered by Italian chemists, along with their historical contextualization, is presented.…”
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Here We Are to Build a Nation: Recent Jewish Latin American Documentaries by Stephanie Michelle Pridgeon

“…This essay reviews the following works: Hacer patria/To Build a Homeland. Dir. David Blaustein, Prod. Zafra Difusión S.A. and Tornasol Films S.A. …”
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JOŽE ŽOHAR, A MIGRANT POET FROM AUSTRALIA AND HIS NEW COLLECTION OF VERSE OBIRANJE LIMON (2004) by Igor Maver

“…Jože Žohar migrated »down under« to Australia in 1968 and struggles to pacify inside him the two homelands, Slovenia and Australia. In his three published collections of verse in the Slovene language (1990, 1995, 2004) the poet remains torn between the two countries, between Eros and Thanatos, between a unique erotic experiencing of the homeland and the wish for physical and spiritual ending and closeness of death, which brings deliverance. …”
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The Collapse of the Fascist Citadel by V. P. Gridnev

“…The goal is to show the courage and heroism demonstrated by Soviet soldiers in the name of saving their homeland during the Great Patriotic War, as well as the ability of our national economic complex and military economy to provide the Kursk fronts with forces and means superior to Nazi troops during the offensive operation “Citadel”. …”
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Figurations of Attachment in Sylvia Plath and Halina Poświatowska by Agnieszka Pantuchowicz

“…This memory, partly constituted by the play of attachments and detachments, is also crucial for the understanding of the role of the ideas of home and homeland seen as a refigured space of attachment in which the idea friendship and its various bonds are links with what is close to oneself, even if this closeness is felt as unwelcome and troublesome.…”
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AMBER COAST IN THE AGE OF ATTILA by Kulakov V.I.

“…Some of them fell into the hands of warriors, natives of Northern Europe and the Baltic States, and together with them, returning to their homeland, ended up in the land of the Prussians.…”
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The Transnational Experience of Croatian Migrants and their Descendants Born in Germany by Rebeka Mesarić Žabčić, Magdalena Vrbanec

“…The large number of Croatians who live in Germany maintain connections with their homeland of varying strength and intensity. This article analyzes the life stories of Croatian emigrants living in Germany and the migration experiences of two families convinced of the temporariness of their living and working abroad. …”
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Between Tyranny and Democracy: Political Exiles and the History of Heraclea Pontica by Rita Laura Loddo

“…This article explores the events that led to the banishment of the exiles, reconstructs the politics of expulsion implemented by the tyrants, and clarifies the status of the exiles and their political orientation in the light of Memnon’s frequent juxtaposition of the exiles’ demand to return to their homeland and the restoration of democracy.…”
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L’exil et le retour dans les journaux filmés de Jonas Mekas et David Perlov by Jennifer Cazenave

“…This article retraces two parallel trajectories of the diary film through an analysis of Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (Jonas Mekas, 1972) and Diary (David Perlov, 1973-1983), two contemporaneous autobiographical works centered on both the experience of exile and the return to the homeland. Taking as a point of departure the theories developed by Hamid Naficy in his study of exilic cinema, we will undertake a comparative analysis of the transnational spaces constructed by Mekas and Perlov and ultimately reflect on the specificity of the diary film as a mode of representing exile.…”
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Rifugiati congolesi in Sudafrica: fra mutuo aiuto e rivendicazioni identitarie by Stefano Allovio

“…Some of these associations are geared toward imagining and achieving, at least in the diaspora, that unity of the Congo that remains a utopia in the homeland. …”
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Pères et fils de l’aristocratie durant la deuxième guerre punique : la mémoire familiale des défaites by Cyrielle Landrea

“…The defeats highlight the defense of the homeland. Attention is also paid to filial pietas, when Scipio (Africanus) saves his father at the battle of Ticino. …”
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Langues diasporiques by Mathilde Monge, Natalia Muchnik, Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis

“…The language used by diasporas makes a link between settlements and the homeland. Language is foundational and about one’s identity. …”
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About the Contract Theory (about Nobel Prizes on Economy) by Ju. P. Voronov

“…Nevertheless, the history of the two laureates has more to do with the United States than with the historical homeland. Short CV of winners are presented, and summary of contract theory is described. …”
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Gheorghe Mustață about The University Professor PhD, Costică Misăilă from Vrancea – At The Retired Age by Gheorghe Mustață

“…I am also from Vrancea, a so-called vrâncean , but I was born in Adjudu-Vechi, on the Siret bank in Putna County, with great historical resonances, today in Vrancea County; here lived the old man Ion Roată and the fearless sons of Vrancioaia , who honored the homeland, the customs and the people. The biggest city of my childhood was Adjud , or New-Adjud, where I went to the fair every year on the 6thof August, the day of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, then during the gymnasium when I commuted a distance of more than 4 kilometers.…”
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Morphing of digital photo by Khine Mon Kyi Oo.

“…Image warping plays an extremely important role in face matching and recognition and therefore has wide applications and great significance in computer vision, biomedical imaging and homeland security. There are many existing warping algorithms in recent years. …”
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Human security and NGOs : study of the Bangsamoro struggle. by Butterworth, Catrice May Alexandria A.

“…Thirty years has passed since the Moros begun fighting for their right to self-determination in their homeland in Mindanao. Over the years, the Government of the Philippines has failed to provide a durable solution to the conflict that would finally lead to a lasting peace in Mindanao. …”
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Securing the Vertical Space of Cities by Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

“…Given that urbanisation could shape the nature of crime and security threats, the approach should involve forward planning for homeland security strategies.…”
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Late for Tea at the Deer Palace : The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family / by Chalabi, Tamara, author 647066

“…This is the story of a lost homeland, whose turbulent transformations over the twentieth century left gaping wounds at the hearts not only of the family it exiled, but also of the elegant, sophisticated world it once represented. …”

KIERUNEK SZWAJCARIA, CZYLI KILKA EPIZODÓW Z DZIEJÓW POLSKIEJ EMIGRACJI U PODNÓŻAALP NA PRZEŁOMIE XIX I XX WIEKU (DESTINATION SWITZERLAND: SOME EPISODES FROM THE HISTORY OF POLISH I... by Białokur Marek

“…The reasons for leaving homeland and the scope of activities of Polish diaspora (political, scientific/scholar, cultural, artisan) are outlined. …”
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Impact of mass media in shaping the image of Russian region in the youth’s general worldview by VladimirYu. Litvinov

“…Our understanding of the world is largely based on the image of the native state, i.e. ‘a small homeland’, that shapes the development of a person, and identifies their social identity. …”
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