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This paper uses a qualitative approach to analyze the 'fear' of the COVID-19 pandemic in different socio- cultural contexts within communities in Abidjan. Fear-related behavior is a crucial challenge for public policy. Using qualitative methods such as participant observation, interviews with local actors on fear in urban and rural areas. It shows that fear is based on mass media propaganda about the seriousness of the disease and its disruptive effects on the social order that the ideologies of "fear" oscillate between mistrust and resilience of populations leading to a recomposition of social relations. Ultimately, the management of the fear of covid-19 is a perception of a double perversity.

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Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (Volume II) is a microcosm of the development of politics, economy and culture in China, in which the conceptual metaphor has aroused widespread concern in the translation community, and the translation of culture-loaded terms is an important bridge for other countries to understand the development of Chinese culture. Therefore, the accuracy of conceptual metaphor translation is particularly essential. This research mainly explores the metaphor translation of characteristic culture-loaded terms in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (Volume II) from the perspective of conceptual metaphor, and summarizes the metaphor translation strategies of culture-loaded terms with Chinese characteristics, so as to promote Chinese culture to the world.

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Regarding drugs that do not have a distribution permit, it is necessary to understand the drugs in question beforehand. Medicine itself means that it is made from ingredients obtained directly from natural Indonesian ingredients, processed based on experience and used in medicine. In principle, drugs can benefit human health, but if the drugs do not have a distribution permit, of course, the drug will cause human disease. Drugs that do not have a distribution permit under the Health Act are widely circulated in the community, including hard drugs. Several drugs are prohibited from circulation, namely thalidomide, meclizine, and phenmetrazine.

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Experiment is an indispensable link in modern education and teaching. However, because many experiments, such as large-scale industrial experiments, are complicated, difficult and dangerous. Many schools do not allow students to conduct field operations. Therefore, this paper introduces VR technology into industrial realization teaching. Using its ability of virtual reality, it can simulate the real experimental environment, create an industrial experimental teaching simulation laboratory based on VR technology, and effectively make up for the problem that students cannot practice and learn.

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In this paper, I discuss the concept of multilingual integration in Western higher education institutions, with a special focus on African diasporic scholars and students as an epistemic negotiation. Based on the analysis of the academic sources, it is clear that the language policies in Western universities act as tools of gatekeeping that exclude the native systems of knowledge and multilingual repertoires, in favor of monolingual standards of English. The members of the African diaspora are able to employ the method of translanguaging, identity negotiation, and strategic use of linguistic resources to negotiate the complex power dynamics. The article combines theoretical concepts such as academic literacies, decoloniality, epistemic justice, and linguistic imperialism in the explanation of interrelationships between multilingualism and knowledge production, institutional access, and cultural identity. Three important dimensions are identified: (1) pedagogical decolonization that acknowledges multilingual competences as epistemic resources; (2) student agency in negotiating academic literacies despite institutional barriers; and (3) institutional hierarchies of languages that recreate colonial legacies. The results suggest that the prevailing monolingualism ideologies in Western institutions are sources of epistemic oppression that prevent the inclusion of the African diasporic voices in knowledge creation. The paper concludes with a recommendation to change the language policy to be transformative, since it is important to reconsider multilingualism as an asset rather than a liability to enable true epistemic pluralism in global higher education.

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This paper examines the intricate relationship between godfatherism, political power, and the systemic marginalization of women in Nigerian politics. The analysis demonstrates how informal patronage networks, characterized by godfatherism, concentrate political power through financial control, candidate imposition, electoral violence, and exclusionary socialization processes. These mechanisms disproportionately disadvantage women, creating structural barriers to their political participation, representation, and substantive influence in governance. The paper synthesizes evidence on how godfathers manipulate party nominations, monopolize campaign financing, deploy violence to intimidate aspirants, and perpetuate male-dominated political networks that systematically exclude women from decision-making positions. Two comparative tables illustrate the barriers to women's participation and the specific mechanisms through which godfatherism produces gendered exclusion. The analysis concludes with targeted policy recommendations, including enforceable gender quotas, campaign finance reform, strengthened internal party democracy, legal protections against electoral violence, and capacity-building initiatives. These interventions are essential for dismantling the interlocking systems of patronage and patriarchy that undermine democratic governance and gender equality in Nigeria.