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Almost different, but not quite: neoliberal discourses on the Mahābhārata

This paper analyses a corpus of contemporary English-language adaptations of the Mahābhārata sold via Amazon India and takes a qualitative discourse analysis approach to describe and sort out the linguistic, narrative and discursive techniques that most writers use in their biographical notes and novels’ summaries to make their works commercially appealing. I conclude that most authors claim to come from a tech...

Avaliação da dor na pessoa não comunicante em contexto de cuidados pós-anestésicos

Introdução: No processo de heteroavaliação de dor em contexto de cuidados pós-anestésicos, os enfermeiros deparam-se com diversas dificuldades. Acresce a este desafio a falta de uniformização e treino neste processo. Objetivos: Identificar as dificuldades dos enfermeiros na avaliação de dor em pessoas não comunicantes; implementar a utilização de instrumentos de heteroavaliação; comparar a satisfação dos enferm...

The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule: Audrey Truschke

Review of Audrey Truschke. The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021, 351 pp.; Recensão a Audrey Truschke. The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021, 351 pp.

Humour in Macanese Creole literature as an identity creator and consolidator

Macanese Creole survives in literary works of the late 19th and 20th centuries. This paper explores comic literature, which constitutes the bulk of the existing corpus in this language, and analyses how this genre relates to the creation and maintenance of a Macanese identity represented as distinct from surrounding historically and demographically significant identities. I resort to the incongruity theory and ...

Society with Indian characteristics: caste, class, and species in contemporary ...

This paper analyzes the construction of Indian society in retellings of the Rāmāyaṇa published in India between 2010 and 2020. I focus on the concepts of caste, class, and mythological species. Through discourse analysis of a corpus of retellings, nonfiction works by the same authors, and comparisons with secondary literature, I show how specific castes, classes, and species are assimilated to one another and c...

What a wonderful (post-apocalyptic) world: representations of India and the Wes...

The comics Ramayan 3392 AD are the only major futuristic adaptation of the Indian epic Rāmāyaṇa. Scholars have stated that the Indian element in the comics has been effaced so that the series could cater for international audiences versed on American pop culture. However, global concepts have often been appropriated by contemporary Indian nationalistic discourses. I analyse Ramayan 3392 AD through discourse ana...

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A case study for decentralized heat storage solutions in the agroindustry secto...

The development of thermal energy storage solutions (TES) in agroindustry allows reduc- tion of production costs and improvement of operation sustainability. Such solutions require high storage capacity and the ability to adapt to existing equipment. The use of phase change materials (PCMs), which are able to store thermal energy as latent heat, creates new opportunities for heat storage solutions (LHS, latent ...

Vestibular schwannoma: Experience of Hospital de Egas Moniz between 2007 and 2021

Objective: To report the experience of a tertiary center in the diagnostic approach, therapeutic decision and follow-up of patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma. Material and Methods: Retrospective study of patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma followed at Hospital Egas Moniz between 2007 and 2021. Demographic and clinical data, tumor classification, treatment decision and outcomes of 79 patients ...

Oxigenoterapia de alto fluxo por traqueostomia no desmame ventilatório : scopin...

ntrodução: A ventilação mecânica invasiva prolongada acarreta custos e tem complicaçõesassociadas. Um desmame ventilatório precoce com sucesso, assume cada vez mais importância,pretendendo-se neste estudo descrever as evidências acerca da utilização da Oxigenoterapia de AltoFluxo por Traqueostomia neste processo.Metodologia: Scoping Review segundo a metodologia do Joanna Briggs Institute®, com pesquisaefetuada ...