Etymology:“mimic”, from Latin “mīmicus”, from Ancient Greek “μῑμικός” (“mīmikós”), meaning “belonging to mimes”, from “μῖμος” (“mîmos”), meaning “imitator”, “actor”) + -“ry”. Synonym: imitation; mimesis; mimetism Types of Mimicry There are...
Under certain circumstances, these infectious ‘mimickers’ can activate the immune system, initiate an immune response and lead to a breakdown in self-tolerance and autoimmunity.8 Structural homology – meaning that a single antibody or T-cell receptor can only be activated by a few residues – ...
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The meaning of such finding was deeply investigated on 37 A2/Melan-A multimer+ CD8+ T cell clones derived from a healthy donor tested against 71 Melan-A-related sequences. 10 of such sequences were derived from human viruses of viral origin and 7 of them were cross-recognized by A2/...
As a dialogic act of negotiating and reframing the meaning of style, mimicry opens up a space where the stylistic resources of the mimicked are juxtaposed with other semiotic forms, leading to subtle shifts in the interpretations of the original style. This point is illustrated through an ...
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NigeriaDrawing empirical evidence from indigenous firms, this study explores the meaning and practice of CSR in Nigeria. It was found that indigenous firms perceive adoi:10.2139/ssrn.896500Amaeshi, KennethAdi, A.B. C.Ogbechie, ChrisAmao, Olufemi O....
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These data are consistent with the existence of premotor mirror neurones that have access to the action meaning in humans. In the past decades, the MNS has attracted scientific attention as it has been suggested that, in addition to motor imitation, the MNS also supports social functions (...
The third key finding of the present study pertained to the function and meaning of mimicry in the classroom, as operationalized through our newly introduced mimicry parameter based on cross-recurrence analysis. We had hypothesized that the link between this parameter and the session joy as reported...