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Chronic Disease and Disability in an 18th‐Century Portuguese Nun: An Integrative Multisource Approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an integrative approach to chronic disease and disability in a Portuguese nun who died in 1779. The aim is to interpret her condition by combining osteopathological and burial context evidence with written sources. It offers a concise example of how bringing these sources together can enhance pathological interpretation and
Nathalie Antunes‐Ferreira
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching physics during the 17th century: some examples from the works of Evangelista Torricelli [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper is proposing some physics problems from a book, De Motu Gravium Naturaliter Descendentium, written by Evangelista Torricelli, physicist and mathematician best known for his invention of barometer, with the aim of showing how physics was taught
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
core   +2 more sources

The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in European perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
We trace the development of numeracy in Poland and Russia from the early 17th century onwards, and numeracy in Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania from the 18th century onwards. The fact that western Poland was doing relatively well during the 16th and early
Jörg Baten, Mikolaj Szoltysek
core  

Change and creativity in early modern Indian medical thought [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper begins with a frame story, the reports on Indian medicine recorded in the 17th century travelogue of the British traveller John Fryer. Fryer’s observations as an outsider are contrasted with an internal view of the works of three quite ...
Wujastyk, D.
core   +1 more source

STOLʹNYI GOROD ‘Capital City’ in Old Russian and Folklore Sources

open access: yesSlovene, 2014
This article attempts to determine when one of the most popular epic formulas, stolʹnyi Kiev-grad ‘Kiev the capital city’ and its variants with the attribute stolʹnyi, emerged in the epic lyrics.
Anton M. Vvedenskiy
doaj  

From commons to commoning as resistance efforts to blue injustice: A sociohistorical and ethnographical approach

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the last 20 years, collaborative efforts have emerged with the intention of going beyond the pure capitalist economy, seeking to generate transformative community‐based changes that guarantee blue equity, fair distribution and well‐being.
Sílvia Gómez, Alfons Garrido
wiley   +1 more source

La frontera: nociones y problemas en francia, siglos XVI-XVIII.

open access: yesHistoria Crítica, 2006
This article addresses the concept of the frontier in France between the 16th and 18th centuries. It is divided into fve lines of thought from which the historicity of frontiers and the active role that social actors play in their construction are ...
Daniel Nordman
doaj  

Imágenes de la herejía y de los protestantes en el arte efímero de los Austrias

open access: yesCahiers d’études des cultures ibériques et latino-américaines, 2018
The Royal entries can be considered like an important source to study the European society and its cultural development in the Early Modern period. This paper analyses, firstly, how the image of the heretic, mainly the protestant one, was created in ...
Borja Franco Llopis
doaj   +1 more source

Deep learning‐based H&E‐derived risk scores in colorectal cancer: associations with tumour morphology, biology, and predicted drug response

open access: yesThe Journal of Pathology, EarlyView.
Abstract Over recent years, several deep learning (DL) models have been presented to predict colorectal cancer (CRC) patient survival directly from haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)‐stained routine whole‐slide images (WSIs). Unlike traditional studies that rely on manually defined histopathological features, weakly supervised DL allows training directly on ...
Nic G Reitsam   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

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