The Reader at Play in “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster by Linda Collinge-Germain

“…His hypothesis is that reading is a specific form of play and like play has a function. Though Paul Auster, in spite of his spending several years in France, most probably had no contact with Picard’s essay, his story “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story,” published on December 25, 1990 in The New York Times, seems, uncannily, nearly an illustration of the theory of “Reading as Play” as both in its form and its content the story problematizes the dialectics of participation and distancing inherent in the literary reading process defined by Picard.…”
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Strengthened microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic 316L stainless steels by grain refinement and solute segregation by Yurong Wang, Buwei Xiao, Xiaoyu Liang, Huabei Peng, Jun Zhou, Feng Lin

“…Its strength exceeds that of most current additively manufactured austenitic stainless steels. The strong ferrite-forming components (Nb and Ti) contribute significantly to the microstructural refinement of austenitic stainless steels, with the average grain size decreased by 65.4% compared to austenitic 316L stainless steel. …”
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Becoming-evolutionary?: Animal Transformations in Kingsley’s Alton Locke by Ben Moore

“…The article concludes by considering the possibility that Kingsley’s text might help formulate a concept of ‘becoming-evolutionary’, building on Deleuze and Guattari.…”
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TRANSFORMACIÓN EDUCATIVA EN LA ERA DIGITAL: LA INTEGRACIÓN DE LAS TIC Y LAS COMPETENCIAS DIGITALES DEL DOCENTE EN LA EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA by Margely Rolón, Nubia Solan

“…Las instituciones educativas pueden ofrecer programas de formación y capacitación para que los docentes puedan desarrollar sus habilidades digitales, mientras que los políticos pueden establecer políticas y programas que apoyen la integración de las TIC en la educación primaria. …”
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Transforming the Art of Fiction: Walter Besant, Professional Service and the Society of Authors by Richard Salmon

“…In what ways was this well-known late-Victorian debate on the aesthetic and moral dimensions of the novel shaped by the formation of collective professional identities for authors?…”
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HLA-G high-expressor 3’UTR markers are linked to gastric cancer development and survival by Christian Vaquero-Yuste, Ignacio Juarez, Marta Molina-Alejandre, Elisa María Molanes-López, Alberto Gutiérrez-Calvo, Adela López-García, Inmaculada Lasa, Remedios Gómez, Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, Jose Manuel Martín-Villa

“…Its level of expression is regulated by polymorphisms in the 3’ untranslated region (3’UTR) polymorphisms, which form various combined haplotypes (UTR-1 to -9). In this study, we examined HLA-G 3’UTR polymorphisms in paired tissue samples from 111 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and 119 healthy controls. …”
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Are the Menstrual Characteristics Similar in Adolescent and Adult Women with Cerebral Palsy? by Hanife Dogan, Duygu Turker, Ozge Coban, Merve Basol Goksuluk, Nuriye Ozengin, Necmiye Un Yildirim

“…Among 74 women with cerebral palsy, women between the ages of 10-18 formed the adolescent cerebral palsy group (n= 36), and women between the ages of 19-30 formed the adult cerebral palsy group (n=38). …”
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Clasificaciones Pell-Gregory, Winter y Nolla de terceros molares en pacientes de una clínica odontológica universitaria by Camila Olivera Barros, Xiomara Zilena Serpa Romero, Jorge Homero Wilches Visbal

“…Introducción: La erupción incompleta o parcial de los terceros molares afecta de forma negativa la calidad de las personas. Objetivo: Estimar el grado de formación radicular y posición de terceros molares en pacientes de una clínica odontológica universitaria del caribe colombiano. …”
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Immoral misdemeanor incompatible with the continuation of work as a ground for termination of the employment contract at the initiative of the owner or authorized body by V. V. Sychova

“…Based on a comprehensive analysis of domestic legislation and a wide range of theoretical and legal approaches to understanding immoral misconduct, incompatible with the continuation of work, it is clarified the legal content of the concept and formulated its definition. Emphasis is placed on the inexpediency of outlining at the legislative level an exhaustive list of acts that should be regarded as immoral, given their evaluative nature. …”
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Effects of Single and Hybrid Steel Fiber Lengths and Fiber Contents on the Mechanical Properties of High-Strength Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by Kyoung-Chul Kim, In-Hwan Yang, Changbin Joh

“…Additionally, based on the test results of the material properties, equations for predicting the elastic modulus and tensile strength of the HSFRC were suggested; the predictions using the proposed formula closely agreed with the experimental results.…”
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“A Matemática não é neutra, é masculina”: percepções de licenciandas em Matemática sobre gênero by Yasmin Cartaxo Lima, Monique Baptista Fragozo, Elenilton Vieira Godoy

“…Com o desejo de contribuir para o fortalecimento dessas discussões, o presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar como um grupo de discentes de Matemática compreende a experiência de ser mulher neste curso. …”
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Piezoelectric biosensor with dissipation monitoring enables the analysis of bacterial lytic agent activity by Radka Obořilová, Eliška Kučerová, Tibor Botka, Hana Vaisocherová-Lísalová, Petr Skládal, Zdeněk Farka

“…Our findings suggest that this synergy also impedes the formation of bacterial aggregates, the precursors of biofilm formation. …”
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Optimize the Synthesis Error in an Eight‐Bar Peaucellier–Lipkin Mechanism Using an Objective Function Maximization Approach and Application to Load Lifting by Abdel Axis Bodie Nguemiengo, Frédéric MBA MBA, Alban Fabrice Lionel Epee, Claude Valery Ngayihi Abbe, Charles Hubert Kom

“…A new method for the formulation of the problem of maximizing the objective function is proposed and makes it possible to obtain from the PSO algorithm a minimum synthesis error emin = 9.07E−06 mm for the generation of the straight trajectory when the search interval for the lengths of the bars is [1 mm, 15 mm] and a minimum error emin = 1.47E−04 mm when the search interval is [1000 mm, 15,000 mm]. …”
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Investigation of the preparation and performance of Ag-modified ZnO nanowall ultraviolet detector by Xiaoyang Wang, Juntang Dong, Shiguang Shang, Shiheng Xin, Shiping Li, Tingting Shao, Yanning Yang, Fuchun Zhang, Zeheng Ni

“…The dark current of the Ag-modified ZnO nanowall UV detector deposited by sputtering for 40[Formula: see text]s was 0.042[Formula: see text]mA, revealing a decrease of 44%. …”
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Children and Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Children act fast, but so do poisons, including pesticides. Fortunately for most parents, their children are not harmed when the parents have a momentary lapse and aren’t supervising them for a short time. …”
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Avaliação de boas práticas e de protocolos de segurança durante a pandemia de Covid-19 em unidades de alimentação e nutrição by Lígia Cunha Marques, Gabriela Pimenta Silva, Dângela Pinheiro Silva, Mirella Rocha Rodrigues, Antônio Augusto Ferreira Carioca, Lia Silveira Adriano

“…Conclusões: As não conformidades encontradas foram preocupantes no contexto da pandemia do coronavírus, principalmente nas UANs comerciais,podendo representar risco para a saúde de trabalhadores e comensais.…”
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Gold–Mercury–Platinum Alloy for Light-Enhanced Electrochemical Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide by Yunping Wei, Runze Li, Meng Lin

“…Gold nanoparticles as templates were obtained by electrochemical deposition, mercury was introduced as an intermediate to form an amalgam, and then a galvanic replacement reaction was utilized to successfully prepare gold–mercury–platinum (AuHgPt) nanoalloys. …”
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La vejez que nadie imaginó: afectaciones a la preparación económica de las personas mayores de hoy y del mañana en el marco del conflicto armado en Colombia by Lucas Correa Montoya, Juan Camilo Rúa Serna, Laura Tatiana Rodríguez Parra, Camila Andrea Suárez Ángel

“…Este artículo muestra la forma en la que el conflicto armado en Colombia ha tenido consecuencias negativas sobre la preparación económica de las víctimas civiles. …”
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Photofunctionalized Europium(III) complexes with circularly polarized luminescence by Md. Jahidul Islam, PhD, Naima Sharmin

“…The NMR, FTIR, Elemental analysis, TGA and powder XRD confirmed the proposed molecular formula C66H70F9O6EuP. Upon excitation at 375 nm, the complex displayed characteristic sharp emission peaks in the visible region emission bands which were observed at 580, 595, 614, 652, and 703 nm, corresponding to the 4f-4f transitions of the Eu(III) ion. …”
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An OFDM Signal Enhancement and Demodulation Method Based on Segmented Asymmetric Bistable Stochastic Resonance by Gaohui Liu, Xiaqiang Chu

“…Additionally, transient response expressions for the left and right wells, as well as steady-state response expressions under OFDM signal input, are formulated, and the influence of the asymmetry factor on transient responses is thoroughly investigated. …”
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