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Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters

2021

Fictosexuality, fictoromance, and fictophilia are terms that have recently become popular in online environments as indicators of strong and lasting feelings of love, infatuation, or desire for one or more fictional characters. This article explores the phenomenon by qualitative thematic analysis of 71 relevant online discussions. Five central themes emerge from the data: (1) fictophilic paradox, (2) fictophilic stigma, (3) fictophilic behaviors, (4) fictophilic asexuality, and (5) fictophilic supernormal stimuli. The findings are further discussed and ultimately compared to the long-term debates on human sexuality in relation to fictional characters in Japanese media psychology. Contexts f…

Teoría de la educación : educación y cultura en la sociedad de la información

2015

Se presenta en este texto un problema específico dentro de una investigación más amplia sobre la pedagogía líquida considerada como un elemento característico de la postmodernidad. Se expone el significado de la metáfora líquida aplicada a la pedagogía y se discuten dos posibilidades de uso del significante «pedagogía líquida»: a) como imaginario pedagógico y b) como teoría de la educación. Se discute entender la pedagogía líquida como una teoría que nos sirva para articular una cierta idea de qué es y qué debe ser la educación. Se describen dos variantes posibles de la pedagogía líquida: a) con métodos sólidos para transmitir la tradición b) con métodos líquidos para dar lugar a posibilida…

Synthesis and characterization of a novel high luminescent gold-2-mercapto-1-methyl-imidazole complex

2010

Synthesis and characterization of a new gold-2-mercapto-1-methyl imidazole are reported. This new organic material shows an extraordinary fluorescence activity (superfluorescence) up to 220°C with an unusual quantum yield of 0.2. Both fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy were applied to understand the behavior of the gold-2-mercapto-1-methylimidazole complex. Results suggest that the superfluorescence activity can be attributed to the shrinking of the HOMO-LUMO band gap energy following complexation of the organic imidazole system with gold. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Synthesis and characterization of perfluoroalkyl-pyrenes embedded in a polymethylmethacrylate matrix

2012

Determining nanomaterials in food

2011

Abstract Nanotechnology has emerged as one of the most innovative technologies and has the potential to improve food quality and safety. However, there are a few studies demonstrating that nanomaterials (NMs) are not inherently benign. This review highlights some current applications of NMs in food, food additives and food-contact materials, and reviews analytical approaches suitable to address food-safety issues related to nanotechnology. We start with a preliminary discussion on the current regulatory situation with respect to nanotechnology in relation to foods. We cover sample preparation, imaging techniques (e.g., electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray microscopy),…

Teschoviruses and sapeloviruses in faecal samples from wild boar in Spain

2013

Teschovirus and Sapelovirus are two genera of the Picornaviridae family, comprising highly variable and heterogeneous enteric viruses, commonly found in faecal samples from domestic pigs. Although both of them are also known to infect wild boar, studies on their presence in these wild suids are scarce. The present study aimed at determining the presence of porcine teschovirus (PTV) and sapelovirus (PSV) in free-living wild boar populations, as well as to study their relationships with similar viruses present in pigs. Fresh faecal samples (n = 63) from wild boar were collected in Doñana Biological Reserve (SW Spain) during 2007 and 2011, and analysed using multiplex RT-PCR for the simultaneo…

New opportunities and perspectives of high pressure treatment to improve health and safety attributes of foods. A review

2015

Abstract High pressure (HP) treatment has emerged as a novel, additive-free food preservation technology. It has been scientifically and commercially proven that HP can produce microbially safe and stable products with improved quality characteristics such as enhanced flavor and color. Recent studies have focused on the effects of HP on health attributes and allergenic potential of foodstuff to develop the next generation of convenience foods. This review provides an overview on the current knowledge of HP treatment to improve the extraction and bioavailability of bioactive compounds, to reduce allergenicity, to retain essential fatty acids, to reduce the salt content, and to reduce formati…

ANALISI GIS E MODELLI STATISTICI PER LA VALUTAZIONE DELLA SUSCETTIBILITÀ DA FRANA A SCALA DI BACINO: IL CASO STUDIO DEL BACINO DEL TORRENTE MARVELLO

Lo studio condotto nel presente lavoro di tesi ha affrontato il tema della valutazione, a scala di bacino idrografico, della suscettibilità ai fenomeni di tipo colamento, attraverso l’applicazione di modelli statistici e tecniche di analisi spaziale GIS. La fase iniziale della preparazione di un modello di suscettibilità da frana prevede la realizzazione di un inventario degli eventi verificatesi nell’area di studio. Questo passo è di fondamentale importanza, considerando che proprio attraverso l’archivio frane è possibile analizzare ed individuare le condizioni che in passato hanno favorito l’innesco dei movimenti di versante. L’identificazione di queste condizioni, infatti, consente di pr…

"Semmonen siitä tuli Hitlerinki hommista" : ihmissuhteiden merkitykset skitsofreenistyyppisen psykoosin yhteydessä

2004

Karyotype dispersal of the common lizard Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) in eastern and northeastern Fennoscandia

2015

The wide-ranging Eurasian common lizard Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) is remarkably uniform morphologically but highly varied in its karyotype. Previous studies have revealed two distinctly different chromosomal forms of Z. v. vivipara in the Baltic basin. Moreover, a zone of secondary contact between these forms has been localized on the southern Baltic Sea seashore. Intraspecific karyotype diversity for Z. vivipara and new zones of secondary contact have recently been suggested for other parts of the Baltic Sea seashore. We studied the karyotype of Z. vivipara in central, western and northern parts of Finland. All the individuals karyotyped represented the Russian form of Z. v. vi…