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Abortion—A brief description of the evolution of methods
Termination of pregnancy is not a “modern” societal issue, but one that has been afforded to women, albeit with varying degrees of success, over many centuries. Methods have evolved which have increased the availability, effectiveness, and safety of abortion, while substantially reducing associated morbidity.
Laura Slade, Andrea Deussen, Jodie Dodd
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Since its foundation, in 1540, a complex system of flowing information inside the new Order was promptly launched by the Society of Jesus. Letters became not only an important tool in order to built its powerful and bureaucratic machine but they were ...
Federico Palomo
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Olive shrub buried on Therasia supports a mid-16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption. [PDF]
Pearson C +3 more
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In his contribution, the author explains the reasons why in the course of the 16th century, there were two cases in the Czech lands of minting the so-called Viennese pfennig (farthing), representing the smallest coin in the Austrian currency system. The
Petr Vorel
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Analysis of the earliest complete mtDNA genome of a Caribbean colonial horse (Equus caballus) from 16th-century Haiti. [PDF]
Delsol N +5 more
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The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
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Adipositas and metabolic bone disorder in a 16th century Upper Austrian infant crypt mummy-An interdisciplinary palaeopathological insight into historical aristocratic life. [PDF]
Nerlich AG +4 more
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Music in the Dalmatian Theatre of the 16th Century
Music in the Dalmatian Theatre of the 16th ...
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ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐analytical archaeometric approach for the compositional characterization and chronological discrimination of Benin metal sculptures in relation to the 1897 Punitive Expedition. The methodology integrates elemental composition (XRF and ICP), stable lead isotope ratios (MC‐ICP‐MS) for alloy system characterization ...
I. Torraba +5 more
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