Jeux de trompe-l’œil dans une cité déchue : La Nouvelle-Orléans de George Washington Cable dans Old Creole Days by Valérie CROISILLE

“…The issue of misused identity and sham, that is central in several stories of the collection, is related to the question of look – the look of the writer at his city and its inhabitants, the look of the characters at themselves and others, the frequent voyeuristic tendency of the protagonists and narrators. Look is omnipresent in the story collection, as though in New Orleans people, objects and places were constantly scrutinized through an often deficient sight that produces a distorted, yet highly subjective image of reality. …”
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Patriotism in the Political Discourse of the Union State of Belarus and Russia by O. V. Bakhlova, I. V. Bakhlov

“…The overarching aim is to delineate the enduring themes and prevailing narratives within the political elites' patriotic discourse within the Union State, while exploring its potential conceptualization as a coordinating discourse to further integration objectives and as a countermeasure of "anti-soft power" against external value threats emanating from the collective West. …”
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The Effect Of Percussive Therapy On Musculoskeletal Performance And Experiences Of Pain: A Systematic Literature Review by Lorna Sams, Ben L Langdown, Joan Simons, Jitka Vseteckova

“…All studies had limitations in methodological quality or reporting of findings but still included contextually-rich details that contributed to the overall narrative synthesis. A significant relationship was found between a single application of PT delivered by massage guns and an acute increase in muscle strength, explosive muscle strength and flexibility, with multiple treatments eliciting a reduction in experiences of musculoskeletal pain…”
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Online Education Adaptability for South African Learners with Dyscalculia and Dyslexia using Digital Learning Methods by Winiswa Mavutha, Aradhana Ramnund Mansingh

“…South Africa has a unique political and historical narrative, and almost three decades post-apartheid, there remain stark differences in school and post-school education. …”
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On Spiritual Subjects by Fatima Seedat

“… This paper applies reading strategies adapted from feminist philosophy to the discursive construction of women as spiritual subjects in a Sufi narrative. The aim of this reading is first, to show the challenge women’s spiritual excellence presents to normative representations which privilege male spirituality, and then to illustrate the ways in which women’s spiritual excellence is negotiated in the text, at times challenging but generally reaffirming patriarchal distinctions between masculinity and femininity. …”
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Promoting the Patriotic Agenda on Social Media among Russian Students by R. V. Parma

“…The sociological data indicates a strong prevalence of patriotic attitudes among the youth, however, analysis of information flows reveals the widespread presence of anti-patriotic narratives and discourses on social networks. The student communities of supporters of the patriotic idea differ from the opponents in that they are much more numerous, but much less active in producing and promoting semantic content in the social media space. …”
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Reimagining Geoscience Education for Sustainability by Ellen P. Metzger

“…Many of these challenges have persisted for decades, but connecting geoscience education to wider conversations around sustainability, social justice, diversity and inclusion, and ethics is providing a new narrative for Earth science education that better aligns with evolving societal needs and the interests of today’s young people. …”
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The Women’s Land Army (1944): Vita Sackville-West’s Non-Fictional Wartime Writing by Christine REYNIER

“…Raising such questions about the status of this non-fictional narrative helps to place the author within a modernist literary context.…”
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The Arctic front of the global hybrid warfare by E O. Labetskaya

“…The researcher notes that the population of the islands of Svalbard and Wrangel is exposed to a remarkably large-scale hostile hybrid influence from the NATO countries, and concludes that Russophobic narratives peddled to the peoples of the Subarctic pose a serious risk to regional stability. …”
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Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian and Related Arctic Aboriginal Populations by Karen J Goodman, Kevan Jacobson, Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten

“…Identified reports were organized by subtopic and summarized in narrative form. Key data from studies of H pylori prevalence in defined populations were summarized in tabular form. …”
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Paris-palimpseste by Sylvain Briens

“…Dans l’étude des stratégies urbaines de narration, nous sommes confrontés au passage de l’espace au texte et inversement du texte à l’espace : l’espace urbain devient texte et le texte existe dans l’espace de la ville. …”
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Divine aseity and the paradox of divine self-limitation by Aku S. Antombikums

“…Drawing from biblical narratives and theological concepts such as divine accommodation and kenosis, the article shows that God’s choice to enter into a temporal and relational interaction with creation affects God in such a way that God would not have been affected without the creation. …”
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Women with perinatal suicidal ideation-A scoping review of the biopsychosocial risk factors to inform health service provision and research. by Ann-Marie Bright, Owen Doody, Teresa Tuohy

“…Forty-one studies met the eligibility criteria, data were extracted and narratively synthesised. Findings are reported in accordance with the PRISMA-SR extension.…”
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SINO-NIGERIA RELATIONS AND GLOBAL OIL POLITICS, 1999-2023: ASYMMETRICAL OR SYMMETRICAL? by RUTH O. OGUNNOWO, SAMUEL S. OJO

“…This approach provides a fresh perspective by combining geopolitical and economic analyses, thus moving beyond the traditional narratives and offering a richer exploration of the subject. …”
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Almodóvar’s Baroque Transitions in the Early Films (1980–1995) by Frederic Conrod

“…Like Baroque art, which often featured grandiose and emotionally charged narratives, Almodóvar’s films are filled with intense emotions, complex relationships, and larger-than-life characters. …”
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The Ascent of the Artist in Ernest Buckler’s The Mountain and the Valley (1952) by André Dodeman

“…The North and South Mountains do not merely enclose the characters in the seasonal life of the farmer, they frame the narrative of David Canaan that begins and concludes with the ascent of the South Mountain where he dies prematurely at the age of thirty. …”
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Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera by Xenia Leontyeva, Olessia Koltsova, Deb Verhoeven

“…A marked-up subset of 243 films was used to calculate a novel version of the Bechdel-Wallace test that accounts for the proportion of all non-stereotypical dialogues in the film narration, as opposed to the classical binary test. …”
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Translation and Validation of Oral Health Impact Profile-49 Questionnaire for use in Hindi-Speaking Population by Neha Kwatra, Jasneet Sudan, Girish M. Sogi, Sami Ahmed

“…It provides a possibility to narrate in details how frequently oral diseases affect the quality of life.…”
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Aesthetic dentistry and ethics: a systematic review of marketing practices and overtreatment in cosmetic dental procedures by Masoumeh Rostamzadeh, Farshad Rahimi

“…The review focused on ethical considerations, marketing practices, and overtreatment in aesthetic dentistry, employing narrative synthesis to extract relevant data. Results The findings indicate that social media is a primary driver of patient expectations, often prioritizing aesthetic outcomes over health considerations. …”
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A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits by Soumyajit Bhar, Chirag Dhara

“…This study underscores the continued need to prioritize scalability in the future and recommends shifting the narrative to countries that exemplify scalable development to provide strategic insights to the Global South.…”
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