The Romance of the Rose in fourteenth-century England by Knox, P

“…</p> <p>In examining the influence of the <em>Rose</em> in England I am not trying to suggest a linear transmission of cultural dominance, but rather a complex and plural process of interaction that expands to include texts that both antedate and post-date the <em>Rose</em> — especially Neoplatonic allegories and Ovid, on the one hand, and, on the other, Deguileville and Machaut. …”

Starving for their art: hunger, modernism and aesthetics in Samuel Beckett, Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee by Moody, A

“…Reading them in this way, I am able to trace the development of the ‘art of hunger’ as a locus for a crisis in aesthetic autonomy that spans the twentieth century.…”

Women, gender, and society in late Antiquity: a study in visual culture by Stafford, G

“…By taking such an holistic approach I am able to demonstrate how attention to material and visual culture can corroborate, challenge, and complicate traditional textual histories.…”

Displacement, social identity and nigrescence in selected contemporary African novels by Ayaicha, Somia

“…Relying on the previously mentioned novels, I am intending to examine the effects of displacement on the African immigrants’ identity as a primary objective in the light of Edward Said, Homi Bhabha and Frantz Fanon’s postcolonial concepts. …”
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One shot learning for acoustics classification of Malaysia bird species by Koay, Xian Hong

“…From this thesis, It is shown that this neural network can work and I am optimistic that this work can be further improved, which can be done by using a higher variety of dataset and transfer learning and a further tweaking of the base neural network architecture.…”
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Journal of Health and Social Sciences: A reputable, DOAJ-indexed, free, open access journal by Francesco Chirico

“…The journal is published by Edizioni FS, which is a small international publishing house, and I am very proud that it actively faces the scientific challenge with important publishers of academic journals, who are also owners of well-known databases and scientific indexes. …”
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One Day the Emails Will End by Manley, Stewart

“…I find an email dated June 27, 2009, “Hi Mom and Dad, Just wanted to let you know that I am going to a meditation retreat for a couple weeks. …”

A study of the Artistic Device of Hybridization in the Poems of Shamlou and Adunis by Hediyeh Ghasemifard, Naser Zare

“…In an atmosphere of emotional resemblance to Shāmloo, Adūnīs also combines the word “bell” from the family of music with the word “night” from the network of nature in the poem “the Divine Wolf”: The morning is burning and displaced / And I am the death of the moon / Under my face the bell (song) of the night breaks / And I am the new wolf of inspiration (Adūnīs, 1996, Vol. 1, p. 227). …”
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Professional doctorate in health psychology : thesis portfolio (Whippey : 2018) by Whippy, Nicola

“…This means that I feel more confident in this being a unique and original contribution of research in Health Psychology and I am proud of what I have achieved and developed within this competency. …”
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A Household Solid Waste Sorting And Recognition Recycling System by Yew, Jia Yie

“…Current market in Malaysia still lack of this kind of recycling and sorting mobile application that helps push forward the milestones of recycling and sorting. That why I am here to contribute my effort to do so. The proposed application's expected outcome is to witness an increase in the number of persons participating in recycling activities. …”
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Metafizyka jako metateatralność? Do «Damaszku I» Augusta Strindberga by Lech Sokół

“…My task is, therefore, not to delineate yet another path through the myriad of Biblical topoi that are present in the Western culture. I am, on the other hand, preoccupied with the presence of metaphysics in the world presented in the drama, with the way it makes its appearance—through a kind of invasion or aggression. …”
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Psychological Support for Children with Intellectual Disorders in War Conditions by Alla RUDENOK, Nataliia DIDYK, Andrii KOVALCHUK, Olena PETYAK, Zinaida ANTONOVA, Natalia KHANETSKA

“…</em></p><p><em>The empirical research was carried out using the following methods: a conversation was conducted with parents / guardians of children with intellectual disabilities to determine the traumatic events that children experienced during the war, then used a questionnaire "General reactions of children after the war / war events" and the diagnosis of stress disorders in children was carried out with the help of Luscher's abbreviated method of color choices, as well as the projective drawing technique "What scary dreams I have  and what I am afraid of during the day". The study involved 26 parents (legal representatives) and 26 children aged 7 to 15 years with intellectual disabilities. …”
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Myopia: An alarming situation in near future by Ashraf Ali, Aroosa Humayoun

“… Madam, I am writing to draw attention to an issue that I believe is of great concern for our society: the alarming increase in cases of myopia due to excessive near work. …”
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Breasts as a perceived barrier to physical activity in Mexican women: A cross-sectional study by Gabriela Valles-Verdugo, Ivan Renteria, Julio Gómez-Figueroa, Mario Villarreal-Ángeles, Paulina Ochoa-Martínez, Javier Hall-López, Juan Gallegos-Ramírez, Yamileth Chacón-Araya, José Moncada-Jiménez

“…Breast pain was reported by 47.1% of women, and the breast as a barrier to physical activity participation was reported by 30.6%. Responses, such as “I am embarrassed by excessive breast movement” and “My breasts are too big” were the most frequently reported breast-related barriers to physical activity. …”
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Group stereotypes and symbols of overcoming difficult social situations in the image of small groups by Olha Pletka

“…In the first stage, the questionnaire “I am in the group” was prepared and tested. It consists of 21 questions and demographic data of the respondents (age, gender). …”
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&ldquo;Alive Day is the Day&rdquo;: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Learned Helplessness in Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients by Xie C, Li L, Li Y

“…Four themes emerged from the interviews: (1) triggers of helplessness (hope is gone; witnessing renal friends’ helplessness; out of control; nothing works); (2) being tied down (limitation; perceived loss; social isolation; giving in); (3) I am just a loser (self-image disorder; low self-concept; negative attitudes; guilt; abandonment); (4) alive day is the day (fatalism; my duty; downwards comparison).Conclusion: The study reveals that multiple stressors drive MHD patients’ LH. …”
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Averroè, una traduzione ininterrotta by Augusto Augusto

“…My collaboration with Massimo Campanini developed around our common interests in the classics of Islamic thought, but with very different approaches, since I am more oriented towards studying the effects and developments they produced on medieval and modern Western thought through a practice of translation that was often creative in terms of inaccuracy – so the opposite of what had been done with respect to Plato and Aristotle. …”
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Structural and Functional Analysis of PGRP-LC Indicates Exclusive Dap-Type PGN Binding in Bumblebees by Yanjie Liu, Nanhui Ye, Minming Chen, Huiyue Zhao, Jiandong An

“…Moreover, the Bl-PGRP-LC exhibits a very strong affinity for the Dap-type PGN, much stronger than the affinity exhibited by the PGRP-LC from the more eusocial honeybee <i>Apis mellifera</i> (Am-PGRP-LC). In addition, mutagenesis experiments showed that the residue His³⁹⁰ is the anchor residue for the binding to the Dap-type PGN and forms a hydrogen bond with MurNAc rather than meso-Dap, which interacts with the anchor residue Arg⁴¹³ of PGRP-LCx in <i>Drosophila</i>. …”
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Oral Prevalence of <i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i> Differs among Pediatric and Adult Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Patients by Ching Shen, James Brigham Clawson, Justin Simpson, Karl Kingsley

“…<i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i> (AM) is one of many highly abundant intestinal microbes that influences homeostasis and metabolic disorders and may also play a role in oral disorders. …”
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HIV infection is associated with elevated biomarkers of immune activation in Ugandan adults with pneumonia. by Richard J Wang, Julia Moore, Daniela Moisi, Emily G Chang, Patrick Byanyima, Sylvia Kaswabuli, Emmanuel Musisi, Ingvar Sanyu, Abdulwahab Sessolo, Rejani Lalitha, William Worodria, J Lucian Davis, Kristina Crothers, Jue Lin, Michael M Lederman, Peter W Hunt, Laurence Huang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The Inflammation, Aging, Microbes, and Obstructive Lung Disease (I AM OLD) Cohort is a prospective cohort of adults with pneumonia in Uganda. …”
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