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Atrazine derangement of GLUT-4 and Insulin metabolism and the ameliorative effect of Virgin coconut oil in male wistar rats

We assessed the ameliorative effect of Virgin Coconut Oil following atrazine-induced metabolic derangement in rats. Adult male wistar rats weighing 180-200g were used; randomly separated into two major groups. Thirty-fi…

Studia Animalia 1: the Image of Animals in Language, Literature and Culture (Editor's Note)

From the History of the Bulgarian Animalistic Lexis. Names of Animals in the Oldest Bulgarian Translation of Aesop's Fables

Bulgarian works of a non-religious nature began to be written in the 19th century. They popularized a specific vision of a new literary language and contained suggestions of terms from various fields. Sophronius, bishop…

(Zoonymic Phrasemes Denoting Time in Macedonian Language

Тhis article analyses Macedonian phrasemes with zoonymic component denoting time. Zoonyms mainly came from surrounding environment which was expected having in mind the fact that man often reaches for something that is…

"Po śmierci próżniaka nie zawyje i sobaka": the Image of a Lazy Person and a Hard Worker in Zoophraseology [Based on Polish, Russian and Ukrainian Languages

The article analyzes the zoophraseologisms to denote a lazy and a hard worker. It was found that the images of a bee, a horse (in all studied languages), a donkey (the Ukrainian language), a bull, a louse (the Russian l…

Phraseologisms with the Name of the Bird in Serbian Language

The subject of this paper is phraseology with the name of the bird in its lexical structure (such as crn kao gavran, držati se kao pokisli vrabac, zaplesti se kao pile u kučine, podmetnuti kukavičje jaje etc.). These un…

New Lexical and Phraseological Faunal Units in the Language Observatory of the University of Warsaw from a Cross-Linguistic Polish-English Perspective

The aim of the present paper is to discuss the new Polish faunal lexical and phraseological units from a cross-linguistic perspective. The research corpus is compiled on the basis of Obserwatorium Językowe Uniwersytetu…

Representation and Anatomy of Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Dictionary Entries in the Russian-Croatian Phraseological Dictionary [2019]

This paper presents the analysis of Russian animalistic phraseological units included in the Russian-Croatian Phraseological Dictionary (2019). In our research we focused on etalons that have the simile structure. Anthr…

Bird-related Component of Croatian Surnames

FFindings of the previous research suggest that, although the first records of surnames on the territory of the contemporary Republic of Croatia date back to the 12th century, it is with the Council of Trent (1545-1563)…

The Dog as Observer and Witness of History [by the Novel of Viktoria Amelina Home for Dom

The authors of the article analyze one of the contemporary Ukrainian novels - Home for Dom (Дім для Дома, 2015) of Viktoria Amelina. Original feature of the plot is that protagonist and narrator of this work is dog Dom…

Werewolves and Lycanthropus in Selected Slavic Prose of the 19th Century

The author analyzes the origins and characteristics of werewolves (human-wolves) and lycanthropus (human-dogs) as dual-natured beings within Slavic folk beliefs. He also analyzes the way their mythological properties tr…

Animal Characters in the Novel Crobinhoodovi by Dunja Kalilić. On the Trail of Stereotypes

This article analyses how animal characters were presented in the novel Crobinhoodovi by Dunja Kalilić, which belongs to the trend called ratni dječji roman in Croatian literature and shows the Serbian aggression agains…

Natural-scientific Prose in Croatian [Childrenʼs] Literature

Natural-scientific prose is characterized by a specific description of the natural world in which scientific information is fitted in the experience of nature and animal characters only partially or minimally anthropomo…

The Two Winged Truth in The Wild Duck: Plato, Ibsen, and Krleža

Questioning the commonly held assumption in critical reception that Ibsenʼs symbol of the wild duck was influenced by Darwinʼs theory, I want to argue that the wild duck flew into Ibsenʼs play all the way from Platoʼs a…

The Role of Bees and Beeswax in Creating Glagolitic Letters

The article shows what role the writing instruments, in particular wax tablets, used by St. Cyril the Philosopher, could play in shaping the material form of Glagolitic writing. In this research approach, writing is tre…

Cockroaches: From Belief Narratives to the Contemporary Commercial Practice, or How Cockroaches Have Survived on Earth for More Than 320 Million Years

The first segment of the zooethical article about cockroaches, insects of the order Blattodea, who have lived on Earth for more than 300 million years (cf. Grush, 2016) and will survive the apocalypse of climate change,…

(Saint - The Tamer of the Wild Beasts. By the Example of the St. Martyr Mina the Miracle-Maker

The basic and main topic of this research paper is the cult of St. Martyr Mina, especially his ability to tame the wild beasts-the wolves. The starting point of this paper is publication, written by V. Popovska Korobar…

Animal Real-Unreal in Traditional Conceptions of the World in Croatian Areas

Trying to interpret oneself and the other in the world, the traditional Man has established a real world and an otherworld. Specific herbal and animal attributes were ascribed to particular people who allegedly had the…

(Some Methodological Problems in Contemporary Research of Social Femininatives in the Serbian Language

This work critically examines some epistemological problems of the institutionalized public knowledge of Serbian lingustics and the knowledge of the opposed groups of social and feminist linguists. It also provides atte…

A Game of Closeness or Alienation

Mykhailo Nayenko's book of memoirs Озон зарубіжжя (Ozone of Abroad) is about author's journeys to different countries and cultures. Mykhailo Nayenko is a well-known professor, who runs literary researches from the early…

Jezik i igra - prikaz jedne osobene knjige: Antonić, Ivana (ur.), Svenka Savić: Između baletske i jezičke igre. Novi Sad: Ženske studije i istraživanja: Futura publikacije, 2020, str. 320.

Baarhundertzeit: международная конференция, посвящённая 100-летнему юбилею доктора Йоханнеса Баaра

Stress and menstrual disorders among Iranian medical students: A cross-sectional study

Background: Menstrual disorders are common among women and can cause discomfort. Several environmental factors are considered to be associated with these disorders. Aim: To investigate the prevalence of psychological st…

Differential diagnosis of benign ovarian cysts using tumor markers in serum and cyst fluid

Background: Differentiating the type of benign ovarian cyst can result in better care. Aims: To measure CA-125, CA 19-9, Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) and Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in serum and cyst fluid of patients wit…

Usage of bio -silver nanoparticles and bio-agents against Fusarium solani and their effects on botanical parameters of tomato plant

Isolation trials from various tomato-growing sites in Kafrelsheikh governorate showing characteristic symptoms of wilt yielded one fungal isolate which was purified and identified as Fusarium solani. In vitro study, the…