Rod Hill and Tony Myatt, The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Microeconomics (Book Review, Fernwood Publishing Ltd, 2010, 296 p.) by İnan Gidiş

“…This dual presentation provides readers with an insightful comparison, where the authors systematically challenge and question the assumptions and narratives commonly found in economic education. …”
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La presse entre le vrai et le faux dans Numéro Zéro d’Umberto Eco by Tariq Oukhadda

“…This article sheds light on Umberto Eco's latest novel entitled Zero issue which focuses on a specific problematic, notably that of the relationship between media and fake news. …”
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Eye Movement Patterns in Russian-Speaking Adolescents with Differing Reading Comprehension Proficiency: Exploratory Scanpath Analysis by Alexandra Berlin Khenis, Maksim Markevich, Anastasiia Streltsova, Elena L. Grigorenko

“…These groups were identified as “fast readers” and “slow readers”. Both groups exhibited similar oculomotor performance during the initial reading. …”
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De l’onirisme à l’ironie : les prestiges de la nuit dans l’Euphormion de Jean Barclay (1605) by Nicolas Correard

“…The author plays a game of make-believe in order to make his readers doubt, as the lesson in incredulity relies on the very experience of narrative illusion.…”
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Openings: the Act of Modelizing and the Question of Complexity by Emilie Janton

“…Richard Powers’ novels are commonly associated with “systems novels” as Tom LeClair first described them, notably because of the constant compositional use the novelist makes of different extra-textual systems (including various fields such as biology, computer science, or more extensively chaos theory).To what extent do those modelized systems, apparently meant to supply structuring tools to readers keen for interpretive keys, contribute to the novels’ inner complexity, and how does their installation in the texts take place? …”
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Light green background enhances reading performance in visual display terminal tasks by Xiangyun Li, Xiangyun Li, Yu Guan, Yu Guan, Ruilin Wu, Xuejun Bai, Xuejun Bai, Xuejun Bai

“…These findings suggest that perceptual features of digital reading environments can influence multiple aspects of reading, including visual fatigue, emotion, and performance, with varying effects across L1 and L2 reading contexts. Notably, the effects of background color appear to be moderated by task complexity and gender, with female readers showing greater sensitivity to background color effects, particularly under more demanding reading conditions. …”
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Reporting the standard error of the mean: a critical analysis of three journals in manual medicine by Alen Manovic, Ebba Immelsjö, Iben Axen, Per J. Palmgren

“…This is problematic because the SEM is consistently smaller than the SD, which could cause readers to underestimate variation in the data. In medical journals, inappropriate use has been found in 14–64% of articles. …”
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Gothic Sounds and the Foreshadowing of Victorian Soundscapes by Lucie Ratail

“…Manipulating the readers’ emotions and interpretation through the evocation of horror and terror, novelists used sound as one of the key features in the creation of the gothic sublime. …”
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A Study of Semantic Enhancement in the Kurdish Translation of Khayyam’s Quaternaries by Abdul Rahman Sharfakandi by khavar ghorbani

“…These adaptations enable Kurdish readers to better comprehend the concepts presented in the translation. …”
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A synthesis of the effects of summer interventions on secondary students with or at-risk of reading difficulties by Jordan T. Dille, Phil Capin, Johny Daniel, Elena A. Dille, Alice S. Cahill

“…Analysis of 13 studies revealed mixed results regarding the effectiveness of such interventions. Notably, teacher-led summer programs tended to be more effective than student-directed, home-based models that provided books without direct instruction. …”
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Combate moral: O moralismo ostentatório nos discursos sobre operações policiais e “violência urbana” by Vittorio da Gamma Talone, Alexandre Werneck, Caio Neves

“…To this end, we analyze how readers of news reports on police operations respond to those they interpret, within the scope of the articles, as bearers of a violent sociability and those supportive of them. …”
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Liberal Citizenship Through the Prism of Shia Jurisprudence: Embracing Fundamental over Partial Solutions by Javad Fakhkhar Toosi

“…This article explores the compatibility of liberal citizenship with Twelver Shia jurisprudence, a topic previously analyzed from the perspective of Sunni schools, most notably in the extensive research of Andrew F. March. …”
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Multifunctional Ultra‐Bright Plasmonic Gold@Fluorescence Nanoprobe for Biomedical Applications by Caiping Ding, Wenjing Li, Xiaolin Huang, Ben Zhong Tang, Youju Huang

“…Our attention is steadfastly directed toward the essential scientific questions and technical hurdles that remain to be surmounted, inviting readers to partake in an exciting exploration of this dynamic and promising field.…”
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New Zealand and Slovenia : cultural contacts, 1923-2000 by Andrej Podbrežnik

“…Alma Karlin (Samotno potovanje), Miran Ogrin (Na jugu sveta) and Tomo Križnar (Samotne sledi) have all succeeded in acquainting the Slovene reading public with New Zealand and its people and culture. So that readers might understand more fully the observa­ tions offered by these writers, the author of this paper provides background information in the{orm of a short account of the history of New Zealand and of New Zealand literature, going on to focus on those New Zealand writers whose work has been translated into Slovene, most notably Katherine Mansfield. …”
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The representation of Irish affairs in La Gazette and in Nouvelles Ordinaires de Londres, 1649-1652 by Karine BIGAND

“…The monarchical crisis of the 1640s and the ensuing Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the British Isles were regularly reported and commented upon in France, notably in Théophraste Renaudot’s Gazette. Recent research has shown that its proximity with the Court and Mazarin’s government did not prevent the newspaper’s editor from constantly seeking news to feed its readers’ curiosity. …”
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Self-Transcendence and Its Discontents: Criticisms and Defences of the <i>Zhuangzi</i> in Wei-Jin Thought and Their Modern Significance by Benjamin Coles

“…For the latter, the spiritual self-transcendence that could be found in the <i>Zhuangzi</i> text was not only a source of personal satisfaction and joy but also served an important function in Confucian ethics, leading readers to transcend narrow obsession with individual self-interest, political power and social status. …”
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TRANSLATING THE ADVERB “ONLY”: A STUDY OF THE BLUEST EYE AND ITS VIETNAMESE TRANSLATIONS by Pham Thi Bich Huyen

“…The study also explores how only is rendered in Vietnamese through expressions such as chỉ (“only/just”), duy nhất (“unique/sole”), and không gì khác ngoài (“nothing else but”). Notably, the translations demonstrate general consistency in the adopted strategies; however, in 2.86% of the instances, the meaning diverges slightly from the original to better resonate with Vietnamese readers. …”
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The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature by Mostafa Hosseini

“…The author has two major goals in mind: a) to introduce The Shahnameh, to the Western readers, notably students (those who know English) and b) to challenge the concept of “World Literature” in the Western academia. …”
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Investigations on the Synthesis of Chiral Ionic-Liquid-Supported Ligands and Corresponding Transition-Metal Catalysts: Strategy and Experimental Schemes by Di Xu, Xin-Ning Wang, Li Wang, Li Dai, Chen Yang

“…We systematically present the structures and comprehensive synthetic pathways of the chiral ionic-liquid-supported ligands and the typical corresponding transition-metal complexes that have been readily applied to asymmetric processes, categorized by their parent ligand framework. Notably, the crucial experimental procedures are delineated in exhaustive detail, with the objective of enhancing comprehension of the pivotal aspects involved in constructing chiral ionic-liquid-tagged ligands and compounds for both scholars and readers. …”
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LncRNA CHRF: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potentials in cardiovascular diseases, cancers and fibrosis by Jie Mou, Jie Mou, Chuntao Luo, Wen Zhang, Yin Shao, Juan Pei, Juan Pei, Yaqin Chen, Yaqin Chen, Xin Guo, Yonghong Fan, Hongyu Sun, Hongyu Sun

“…They are increasingly being explored in human diseases. Notably, the recently identified LncRNA Cardiac hypertrophy-related factor (CHRF) has gained attention for its involvement in the molecular mechanisms of various diseases. …”
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