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From Revolutionary Pariah to Respected Pundit: Zinovi Peshkov and American Audiences, 1915-1917
Full text linkThis article considers a pivotal moment in the life of Zinovy Peshkov: his 1916-1917 speaking tour of the United States. Adopted by famed author Maksim Gorki, Peshkov spent much of his youth among Russian revolutionaries. Yet, he turned his back on their path when he joined the French Foreign Legion during the First World War. Combat wounds led to the loss of an arm but also to a transformation once Peshkov was sent to the United States by a French government hoping to increase American support for the Allied War effort. The advent of the Russian Revolution made Peshkov an important pundit – one with access to American politicians, businessmen, and opinion-makers – and a heroic figure in the eyes of the public
Long-Term Outcomes of Hyperbaric Oxygen Pretreatment in Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Pilot Clinical Trial
Full text linkImpact of a High-Fiber Dietary Intervention on Added Sugars Intake and its Association with Gestational Weight Gain: Findings from a Pilot Study
Full text linkFracture Risk Association with Vitamin D Levels in Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review
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Case Report: Direct Comparison of Bilateral Knee Arthrocentesis – Visually and Microscopically Dissimilar Results
Full text linkConsumption of a non-native Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus) by a Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana) in Everglades National Park
Full text linkCanada’s role in the international trade in live monitor lizards: An examination of CITES trade data with notes on illegal trade
Full text linkMonitor lizards (Varanus spp.) are heavily traded internationally to supply demand for their skins, meat,parts used in medicines, and as pets. We analyzed ten years (2011–2021) of CITES trade data and additional documentationto understand Canada’s role as an importer of live monitor lizards for the pet trade. Challenges with analysis arosedue to substantial gaps in Canada’s reporting. These gaps highlight critical deficiencies in Canada’s CITES records andpose challenges for identifying the true number of monitor lizards imported to Canada. Despite these limitations, therecords list more than 14,000 monitor lizards imported commercially to Canada during that timeframe. Some speciesimported to and exported from Canada are protected in their countries of origin (over and above international CITESlistings), which makes their appearance in international trade questionable. Dedicating more resources to implementingCanada’s prohibitions on the import of animals taken in contravention of foreign state laws could strengthen Canada’sresponse to illegal trade. Ensuring accurate recording of the number of animals that are actually imported into Canadaalso would provide a more precise account of the total trade volume. Improving record keeping and timely reportingis fundamental to Canada meeting its reporting obligations under CITES.
First observation of predation on an amphibian by a Coin-marked Snake Hemorrhois nummifer in Iran
Full text linkThe Hidden Transcripts of the Blues: Subaltern Voices in Blues Music and Lyrics
No full textMusicians are social actors whose lyrics had real consequences. Their lyrics were not confined to rural regions or musical genres. The blues were mobile. The blues followed the same paths that people did, from which the “migration narrative emerges as one of the twentieth century’s dominant forms of African-American cultural production.” Through migration narratives “African-American artists came to terms with the massive dislocation of black peoples following migration. Just as people migrated throughout the country so too did their music. Neighborhoods in New York City became a destination for many black migrants. The residents of Harlem are well known for the contributions of American culture, but their ideas defied geographical and racial boundaries as they traveled across the country.
This project reveals the relationships between songs, performances, society and their history. Music can, and often does, function as a method of protest. But just as often, music reveals the daily lives of musicians and their audiences. Music can foster social movements - reimaginings of original and traditional songs can provide spaces for cultural growth, conversation, experimentation, and audience participation. The songs of blind blues singers exist in multiple forms and contexts and this study will, in-part, rely on elements of James Scott’s “everyday resistance,” and “hidden transcripts,” along with disability studies concepts of otherness, passing, and masquerade. Together, a complex reading of blind blues musicians’ life and lyrics offers a way to analyze both protest songs and leisure songs revealing the radical black imagination as a countercultural moment