How Karen Tei Yamashita Literalizes Feminist Subversion: Extreme Domesticity, Space-Off Reversals, and Virtual Resistances in Tropic of Orange

In Tropic Sweaters of Orange (1997), Karen Tei Yamashita builds an expansive narrative on the premise that the Tropic of Cancer shifts mysteriously from its actual latitude, barely north of Mazatlán, México, to that of L.A.’s latitude: from 23.43692° north of the Equator to 34.0522° N.By doing so, Yamashita literally takes

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Land use regression modeling of intra-urban residential variability in multiple traffic-related air pollutants

Abstract Background There is a growing body of literature linking GIS-based measures of traffic density to asthma and other respiratory outcomes.However, no consensus exists on which traffic indicators best capture variability in different pollutants or within different settings.As part of a study on childhood asthma etiology, we examined variabili

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Can the MerPAS Passive Air Sampler Discriminate Landscape, Seasonal, and Elevation Effects on Atmospheric Mercury? A Feasibility Study in Mississippi, USA

Accurately measuring gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) concentrations in the atmosphere is important to understand its sources, cycling, distribution, and temporal trends.The MerPAS passive air sampler from Tekran Inc.(Toronto, ON, Canada) captures GEM on Profax Repair Parts sulfur-impregnated activated carbon after it passes through a Radeillo diffu

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The Oral Post-Treatment Effect of Hydroethanolic Extract of Origanum Vulgare on Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Gentamicin in Rats

Background and Aim Gentamicin antibiotic has some side effects such as nephrotoxicity.The aim of this study was to evaluate the post-treatment effects of using hydroethanolic extract of Origanum Vulgare (OV) on nephrotoxicity caused by gentamicin.Methods & Materials In this study, 32 male Wistar rats were divided into four groups of control (n=8),

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