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INFLUENCE OF WOOTZ STEEL MICROSTRUCTURE TO FORGING by Švanda, Pavel

“…Cast (real) damascus steel (so-called “wootz”) is an ancient tool/weapon material. Due to relatively high carbon amounts, the wootz is hard to forge (or other…”
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF TRANSPORT CONSUMPTION – AN EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE FOR GENERATION Z by Chocholáč, Jan, Skalska, Monika, Gottwald, Dalibor, Pavlisova, Hana, Julak, Vojtech

“…This paper brings together two very topical and important themes. The first is the issue of the environmental footprint of transport consumption and the second…”
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Mutual Grieving, Healing and Resilience in Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend by Vinczeová, Barbora

“…The paper addresses the narrative of mutual healing, grieving and resilience in Sigrid Nunez’s novel The Friend. The aim of the article is to determine whether…”
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Self-Education and Narrative Power in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights: (Re)Discovering Marginal Women Characters by Mandici, Madalina Elena

“…Despite the secure position of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847) in academic and popular culture, the novel may not seem the first choice for a work that…”
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CYCLING TRANSPORT IN PRAGUE by Rathouský, Bedřich, Mervart, Michal

“…This paper focuses on cycling transport in the capital city of the Czech Republic – Prague. Main goal of the paper is to find out whether available measures…”
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STRENGTHENING PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY IN EUROPE: SERIALIZATION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES by Chowdhary, Vikram, Vinš, Marek

“…The pharmaceutical industry's profitability has attracted attention, but it faces challenges from counterfeiters exploiting vulnerabilities worsened by…”
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STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF A WORKBENCH FOR THE NEEDS OF A SERVICE TECHNICIAN by Molnár, Denis, Blatnický, Miroslav, Dižo, Ján, Harušinec, Jozef, Maliňák, Rastislav

“…The presented paper deals with the structural design of a workbench with adjustable height, which will serve as part of the equipment of a light commercial…”
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Gender Issues in Comfort Woman by Nora Okja Keller by Frizelová, Barbora

“…Through an exploration of the comfort women system, this article analyzes how the female gender has been oppressed in history. It follows the story of Akiko,…”
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Frustration, Boredom, and Fantasy: Augusta Webster’s “Circe” by Osinska, Dorota

“…The present article examines how Augusta Webster’s dramatic monologue “Circe” (1870), represents the problem of women’s boredom, frustration, and fantasy…”
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Personal Apocalypse: Ecological Poetics in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Greenleaf” by Bajáková, Simona

“…Mrs. May, the main character in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Greenleaf,” undergoes a personal apocalypse. Her destiny is foreshadowed throughout the short…”
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Two (Postmodern) Czech Shakespearean Adaptations: Claudius and Gertrude and Emodrink of Elsinore by Mišterová, Ivona

“…In her book on adaptation theory, Linda Hutcheon1 argues that “[n]either the product nor the process of adaptation exists in a vacuum: they all have a context…”
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Selling Austerity to the Public: Analysing the Rhetoric of the UK Government on its Welfare Cuts by Tihelková, Alice

“…Over the past twelve years, the UK has seen a marked increase in poverty and economic inequality. While numerous factors have contributed to this situation, an…”
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Cats Can Be Dangerous to Your Relationships: Cats in the Fiction of Jim Grimsley by Trušník, Roman

“…In the context of culture’s fascination with cats, the present article analyzes the use of felines in two pieces of fiction by the southern writer Jim…”
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“Pain of Speaking”: Language and Environmental (In)justice in Ofelia Zepeda’s Where Clouds Are Formed by Černý, Miroslav

“…Ofelia Zepeda, an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation (formerly Papago), is one of the most acknowledged Native American poets of her…”
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Let the Timid Speak: The Woman/Nature Metaphor in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” by Rohová, Karla

“…This article explores Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat” (1926) from an ecofeminist perspective. When it comes to the role of nature in Hurston’s…”
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THE GROUND STATION FOR LONG-RANGE MONITORING, FLIGHT CONTROL, AND OPERATIONAL DATA TELEMETRY OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES by Dianovský, Robert, Pecho, Pavol, Bugaj, Martin

“…The rapid advancement of technology in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has created new possibilities for their application in numerous fields. For…”
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Perverse, Anthropocentrism, and Posthumanism in Two of Edgar Allan Poe’s Stories by Wang, Quan

“…Industrialization revolutionizes human life and engenders anthropocentrism. Edgar Allan Poe ruminates on the repercussions of anthropocentrism in his stories…”
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Acculturation in Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker by Kohlová, Petra

“…This article explores acculturation strategies and their expressions in the novel Native Speaker (1995) by Chang-rae Lee, a Korean-American author. This novel…”
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Romantic fantasy and the grotesque in John Keats’s “Lamia” by Łuczyńska-Hołdys, Małgorzata

“…The present article examines the notions of fantasy, illusion and logic in Keats’s romance Lamia (1819) from the perspective of the aesthetic and literary…”
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Social Impact of the American Eugenics Movement by Pohlová, Hedvika

“…This paper explores the American eugenics movement and the manifestation of its ideas in society. Americaneugenics thought is mainly characterized by its…”
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