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Juan de Arellano (1614–1676) and His Flower Garlands

Ибероамериканские тетради
The work of Juan de Arellano, a prominent Spanish painter and creator of flower garland paintings, proved influential in the 17th century Spanish art. Arellano’s creative path was far from easy.
Alice Joan Hu
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Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Sickle Cell Disease: Historical Overview and Current Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects millions worldwide, yet the limited treatment options currently available do not always adequately control the disease and carry significant side effects. At present, the only curative treatment is hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation, a procedure that carries considerable challenges and numerous ...
Oluwaseun O. Babatunde, Madeleine G. Bibby, Anthony Atala, Graça Almeida‐Porada, Christopher D. Porada   +4 more
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Поговорим о деньгах (нерусские названия денежных единиц в “Курантах” XVII века)

Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie, 2017
Let’s Talk About Money (Non-Russian Currency Unit Names in the “Kuranty” Papers of the 17th Century): The paper analyses monetary unit names, incorporated into Russian language in the first seven decades of the 17th century.
Głuszak, Dorota
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Turkic Volosts of Verkhotursky Uyezd of 17^th Century

Научный диалог, 2017
The questions of determination of the Turkic yasak volosts in the composition of Verkhotursk uyezd of the 17th century are covered. Up to the present time the dominant point of view is that nearly every volost of this uyezd of the 17th century was ...
G. K. Samigulov
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Topology and toponymy of the first settlements of the service Tatars (Meshcheryaks) in the Ufa district in the 17th century

Из истории и культуры народов Среднего Поволжья
This article examines the early stages of the development of the first settlements of the Meshcheryaks (service Tatars, natives of the Meshchersky region) in the Ufa district in the 17th century. Beginning in the 1640s, a permanent network of settlements
Denis Radikovich Mukhamadeev
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A lenda de Apolo e Mársias. Representações artísticas e estudos de anatomia de superfície.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2005
The authors analyze an interesting sculpture found in the gardens of a 17th Century palace in Lisbon, representing the myth of Apollo and Marsyas, which led them to compare the details of the sculpture of the flayed satyr with the previous anatomic ...
M A Bettencourt Pires, M Esperança Pina, J A Esperança Pina   +2 more
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The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
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