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This essay examines the ways the biographer-narrators of Carol Shields’s Jane Austen (2001) and Alice Munro’s “Meneseteung” (1991) exploit the dialogic richness inhabiting the borders between biographer and subject, where “two voices, two accents . . . come together” to “fight it out on the territory of the utterance” (Bakhtin, “Discourse” 360). Both narrators probe the pot…

Research in general education suggests that relationship-building is at the core of quality learning experiences. Yet relationship-building has not received the attention, it deserves from researchers in the field of TESOL where teacher–student relationships of various types are a central component in successful teaching and learning. This article examines the perspectives of three experience…

Tahun Terbit

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Erín Moure’s The Unmemntioable (2012) tells a story of one of the poet’s heteronyms (E.M. or Erín Moure) taking her mother’s ashes back to Ukraine, while observed, and then followed, by another (E.S. or Elisa Sampedrín). As selves multiply, the landscapes through which they move, split, and superimpose themselves upon each other: Bucharest, Alberta, and the Galicias of both Spain and …

Lactate accumulation has long been associated with impaired sports performance, with many supporting the lactate acidosis hypothesis. However, due to advances in experimental design and research, numerous beneficial roles of lactate have been established that may impact upon sports performance. Recent studies highlight lactate as a biomarker of fatigue rather than as a direct cause. The lactate…

This review charts the evolution of phytoremediation from its earliest beginnings, with the discovery of metal tolerant plants in the 16th century and metabolism of organic pollutants by plants in the 1940s. The rapid expansion of research in the early 1990s led to many crucial discoveries but failed to surmount the fundamental limitations that often impede commercial application of phytoremedi…

The display of the disturbance hiss by the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) is considered to be an anti-predatory response despite there being little direct evidence linking the hiss with survival. Many studies have investigated the roles of the aggression and courtship hisses, displayed in this social species, but few have considered the role of the disturbance hiss. Th…

Schools face increasing demands to support the mental health needs of students and families; some estimate that 80 percent of students receive mental health services at school. Thus, schools face two daunting challenges: (1) to provide effective mental health support to students and (2) to address how mental health needs affect other students, teachers, and academic priorities. This article pre…

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people ages 15 to 19 years, with male adolescents four times more likely to die than their female peers. This study used Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model to examine micro- and macrosystems as predictors of suicidal behaviors through responses by male adolescents (N = 9,910) to a statewide youth survey. Findings show that the micro- a…