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The first urban centers in Portuguese America date back to the 16th century, but urbanization was rarefied throughout the colonial period. In an extremely varied territory, it is possible to highlight three distinct experiences, which emerged in specific
Laura de Mello e Souza
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Two cases of 16th century head injuries managed in royal European families.
In Europe, during the 16th century, there were a number of prominent general surgeons adventurous enough to consider operating on the brain for head injuries.
Kamilah Dowling, J. Goodrich
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Gilders and painters-gilders in the Golden Age of Évora [PDF]
At the end of the 15th century, Évora was a cosmopolitan town whose importance was increasing in cultural and artistic terms. Throughout the 16th century, and until the rst half of 17th century, the town experienced a golden age, welcoming many ...
Araújo, Custódia +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski +4 more
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The map of Johannes Quintinus Haeduus and its derivatives [PDF]
The first known map of the Maltese islands was drawn in the latter part of the fifteenth century, but the first printed map was that published in 1536 in Lyons by Johannes Quintinus.
Ganado, Albert
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Abstract The development of anatomy has been marked by ethically questionable practices. This has been because the dissection of human bodies has always existed on the periphery of conventional society, necessitating a range of dubious ways of obtaining dead bodies for educational and research purposes.
David Gareth Jones
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Alessandro Sforza di Santa Fiora and Villa Rufina at Frascati: A Proposal for Giovanni Fontana
In the middle of the 16th century, with the construction of his Tuscolan villa, Alessandro Ruffini inaugurated the long series of ‘delights’ which within a short time made Frascati a famous holiday spot. Villa Rufina – which may have been borne out of an
Yuri Strozzieri
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This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape.
N. Sykes +21 more
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ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Why DO dove: Evidence for register variation in Early Modern English negatives [PDF]
The development of “supportive” (or “periphrastic”) DO in English suffered a curious and sharp reversal late in the 16th century in negative declaratives and questions according to Ellegård's (1953) database, with a recovery late in the following century.
Anthony Warner +3 more
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