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Global socioeconomic material stocks rise 23-fold over the 20th century and require half of annual resource use

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017
F. Krausmann   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Soviet Chernobyl vs American Three Mile Island: Information Space as a Factor in Social Crisis

open access: yesКиївські історичні студії
The article is devoted to the study of the features of communication and information policy during the periods of the two most famous nuclear accidents of the 20th century: at the Three Mile Island NPP in the USA (1979) and at the Chernobyl NPP in the ...
Svyatoslav Yusov
doaj   +1 more source

Finite element analysis of feeding in red and gray squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have replaced the native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) across much of Great Britain over the last century. Several factors have been proposed to underlie this replacement, but here we investigated the potential for dietary competition in which gray squirrels have better feeding performance than ...
Philip G. Cox, Peter J. Watson
wiley   +1 more source

Kaila's Reception of Hume [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this paper, I discuss Eino Kaila's (1890-1958) understanding of David Hume. Kaila was one of the leading Finnish philosophers of the 20th century and a correspondent of the Vienna Circle.
Hakkarainen, Jani
core   +1 more source

Synapsids and sensitivity: Broad survey of tetrapod trigeminal canal morphology supports an evolutionary trend of increasing facial tactile specialization in the mammal lineage

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The trigeminus nerve (cranial nerve V) is a large and significant conduit of sensory information from the face to the brain, with its three branches extending over the head to innervate a wide variety of integumentary sensory receptors, primarily tactile.
Juri A. Miyamae   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The rise and decline of children's labour participation levels during the early stages of industrialisation. Catalonia (1850-1925) [PDF]

open access: yes
This article aims to analyse the reasons for the intensive use of child labour in the 19th century and its subsequent decline in the first third of the 20th century in the context of an economy with a highly flexible labour supply like that of Catalonia.
Enriqueta Camps
core  

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

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