The current review invites on reflection Marvel superheroes, their mythology and symbols, through the lenses of a reputed sociologist from Romanian academia.

One of the most striking developments of the past decade has been the decline of public service broadcasting systems everywhere in the world. By public service broadcasting, I mean a system that is nonprofit and noncommercial, supported by public funds, ultimately accountable in some legally defined way to the citizenry, aimed at providing a service to the entire population, and one which does ...

The concept of mentoring originated at least as long ago as early Greek civilization. In Greek mythology, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his palace and, more important, the care and upbringing of his son Telemachus. Mentoring often involves multiple individuals; it is of interest that some scholars argue that Mentor was ineffective and that it was Athena, w...

The theory of relativity (1) is considered form a perspective of folklore. Abstracted entities in the theory of relativity are stripped of units in order to provide explanation, to expose an ordinary meaning that employs a fulcrum for visual description. It is suggested that components of the theory‟s construction are not only unusually compatible with the religious and spiritual but are also u...

In Brazil, there appears to be no doubt concerning the evils caused by Abraham Flexner, his Report, and the Flexnerian Biomedical Model (FBM), conceived and promoted by private foundations and linked to the U.S. health-industrial complex. In this article, I submit the above proposition to a rigorous critical inquiry. I begin with an overview of Flexner's life and work. I then review various rep...

The concept that personal myths shape individual behavior in a manner analogous to the way cultural myths influence social behavior has been gaining increasing attention over the past two decades. A personal mythology is an internalized model of reality comprised of postulates about oneself, one’s world, and the relationship between the two. These postulates, which address immediate as well as ...

Tolkien’s mythology of Middle-earth is a highly studied corpus in ecology and environmental studies. Due to the cosmogonic nature this mythology, ecological patterns are both similar different our world. Especially terms biodiversity, flora fauna we encounter at centre approaches. Plant biodiversity supports unique habitat formation many regions history mythology. Being interested botany, Tolki...

Myths and legends are representative of the unique cultural aspects ethnic communities and, thus,fruitful resources meaningful stories that can attract tourists simultaneously convey meaning to their experiences. This study aims increase understanding attractiveness mythology-based tourism products among East Asian target markets. The aim is examine how interested Chinese, Japanese Koreans in b...

It's natural to assume that network protocol design is by now a well-known science, where the designers of today's standards take care to understand the tricks and pitfalls learned from previous protocols. This talk dispells this and other myths. It is intended to be provocative, making people question the things people assume are true; instructive, giving hints as to how to avoid some of the p...