Satire in the linguistic features of Ahmed Matar's and rhetorical elements of Abolghasem Halat's poetry by Mohammad Amin Ehsani Estahbanati, Enayatollah Sharifpour, Mohammad Reza Sarfi

“…In humorous/satiric texts, not only is the study of the semantic level and the codes effective in understanding the meaning, but also the attention to the main sources, i.e. the sociology behind the humorous language of the work as a preface, is essential in recognizing the rhetorical and linguistic layers and their implications. …”
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“Enfoncer une porte ouverte”. Madame Bovary sounds as music by Roberto Doati

“…My contribution consists of an original musical work on Madame Bovary and the following text that is a description of the ideas behind the composition. The link between text and music dates back to the History of humankind and it always represented a problem for composers. …”
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Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making Model for Time-Cost-Risk Trade-Off Optimization in Construction Projects by M. Ammar Alzarrad, Gary P. Moynihan, Muhammad T. Hatamleh, Siyuan Song

“…The presented FMCDM model could help produce a more reliable schedule and mitigate the risk of projects running overbudget or behind schedule. Further, this model is a powerful decision-making instrument to help managers reduce uncertainties and improve the accuracy of time-cost-risk trade-offs. …”
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Having Your Cake: Caricaturing the Business Organization in 20th-century and Contemporary American Art and Poetry by David Reckford

“…After that other poets, novelists, and especially visual artists have turned their gaze and their rhetoric towards what might be called the business blind spot in art, to expand art’s demesne dialectically, to engage in subtle social criticism, to reach behind business to get to society or, fascinatingly, in the cases of Andy Warhol, and later Jeff Koons, to create new ambiguities that play on contemporary anxieties, revealing hidden vulnerabilities in modern societies, to those that can see and feel them.…”
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Until you have something to lose! Loss aversion and two-factor authentication adoption by Ahmad R. Pratama, Firman M. Firmansyah

“…Findings – The authors found that loss aversion, represented by higher income that translates to greater potential pain caused by losing things to be the most significant demographic factor behind 2FA adoption. On the contrary, those with a low-income background, even if they have some college degree, are more likely to skip 2FA despite their awareness of this technology. …”
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Current Scenario of Rape Cases Reported in Healthcare Teaching Hospital in the North East India by Dev Ashis Ramu Damu, Thoidingjam Bijoy Singh, Huidrom Nabachandra Singh

“…Because of late reporting of sexual assault cases, medicolegal examination was done late. The reason behind late reporting is that the victim’s family and the accused family usually tries to solve or come to a consensus for the issue using customary laws among various ethnic communities and the help of police and law is taken only after they cannot come to an agreement. …”
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Gender-affirming hormone therapy: effects on cardiovascular risk and vascular function by Kirsty A McGinley, Angela K Lucas-Herald, Paul Connelly, Christian Delles

“…More evidence is required to elucidate the mechanisms behind the increased risk of CVD in the transgender population and determine whether GAHT is a contributing factor.…”
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Acceptability of the social uses of the COVID-19 screening test among women in southern Benin by Mingnimon A. Affo

“…Individual factors (age, level of education, religion) and contextual factors (sectors and types of activities of the respondents) are the main reasons behind this refusal. Conclusion: Insufficient consideration of local contexts around health emergencies, infodemia and social inequalities in health have contributed to aversion to the COVID-19 screening test. …”
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Effects of uncut refuge management on grassland arthropods – A systematic review by Kitti Révész, Róbert Gallé, Jean-Yves Humbert, Péter Batáry

“…We found several potential drivers behind these patterns, including refuge shape – most commonly strips or blocks – and refuge proportion, typically 10–25 % of the area. …”
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On the nature of intermediary relations in insurance by P.Z. Ivanishin

“…Based on the results obtained, the conclusion is made that the insurance agent acting for and on behalf of the insurer can perform the following physical actions in addition to the legally significant ones, i.e., concluding insurance contracts: searching for and bringing in new clients, negotiating, arranging and justifying the calculation of an insurance premium, and involving clients in partner-intermediary relations of the insurer. …”
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Declining suitability for conversion of drylands to paddy fields in Northeast China: Impact of future climate and socio-economic changes by Jiacheng Qian, Huafu Zhao, Xiaoxiao Wang, Tao Wang, Zhe Feng, Congjie Cao, Xiao Li, Aihui Zhang

“…We explored the spatiotemporal characteristics of the suitability of CDPF under the baseline scenario (2010–2020), and future projections (2030–2090) coupled with climate change and socioeconomic development scenarios (SSP126, SSP245, and SSP585), and revealed the driving factors behind it. Based on this, we identified potential priority areas for future CDPF implementation. …”
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Dual-Mode Encryption for UC-Secure String OT from Learning with Errors by Momeng Liu, Yupu Hu, Qiqi Lai, Shanshan Zhang, Huiwen Jia, Wen Gao, Baocang Wang

“…However, the study of UC-secure OT over lattices is still far behind compared with constructions over prequantum assumptions. …”
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Les aménagements portuaires antiques de Pont-Sainte-Maxence (Oise) : premier bilan by Denis Maréchal

“…These may be interpreted as being landing stages. Behind the quay there were several wall foundations, floor levels (without furniture) and rare structures, which could possibly be related to warehouses. …”
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The impact of social exclusion on experiential sports consumption: the chain mediating roles of loneliness and the need for social connection by Chenya Li, Weihua Qu

“…However, the psychological mechanisms behind experiential sports consumption remain underexplored, especially in the context of social exclusion.MethodsThis study is grounded in social exclusion theory, constructing a conceptual model where social exclusion is the independent variable, experiential sports consumption intention is the dependent variable, and loneliness and the need for social connection serve as mediators. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…The journey is worsened when one climbs the ladder and leaves sisters behind who choose to be ‘campers’ in these universities. …”
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Radiofrequency thermocoagulation of Gasserian ganglion in trigeminal neuralgia by Natalia Maria Rulewska, Filip Grabowski, Dagmara Neska, Jakub Siemko, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Justyna Stadler-Szajda, Adrianna Czyżnikiewicz, Wenancjusz Stołowski, Magdalena Bujak, Magdalena Waśniowska, Jakub Chodkowski

“…Conclusion: The exact mechanisms behind trigeminal neuralgia are still unclear, but several theories suggest that factors such as inflammation, ion channel dysfunction, neuroinflammatory conditions, or bioresonance issues may be involved. …”
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Leadership by fragmented destruction after a merger: an example from a facility of acute psychiatry by Jorid Grimeland, John E. Berg

“…A merger of hospitals is an effort to increase and rationalize this production. Decisions behind a merger are made at the top leadership level. …”
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Orthodontic variables influencing the mini-implant’s success rate – A narrative review by Dannis Brij, Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Vivek Kumar Sharma, Pramod Kumar Yadav

“…It can be beneficial for physicians to understand the reasons behind mini-implant failure to enhance their clinical practice…”
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A Novel Fuzzy Algorithm to Introduce New Variables in the Drug Supply Decision-Making Process in Medicine by Jose M. Gonzalez-Cava, José Antonio Reboso, José Luis Casteleiro-Roca, José Luis Calvo-Rolle, Juan Albino Méndez Pérez

“…However, when the variable of interest cannot be directly measured or there is a lack of knowledge behind the process, it turns into a difficult issue to solve. …”
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Decolonisation and Downshift-Knowledge Reproduction in Africa by Adegbite Simon Aboluwoye

“…The education curriculum left behind by colonial governments was designed to make African nations economically and technologically dependent on developed nations. …”
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