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Tuwim’s Dialogues with Banality

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2016
The article examines the relation between Tuwim’s poetry and modern colloquial language. The avant-garde artists for whom in the beginning of the 20th-century art was an elite occupation, treated every-day speech as a mass form of communication.
Tomasz Bocheński
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson, Pierre Frémondière, Kaspar Staub, Philipp Mitteroecker, Barbara Fischer, Martin Haeusler, Nicole M. Webb   +6 more
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Janka Hescheles’ 'Locomotive' (to Bełżec)

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2016
This article concerns the influence of the most famous Polish poem for children: Lokomotywa by Julian Tuwim, particularly in three “Holocaust” paraphrases of this work, written by children in the ghetto and the concentration camps – the poems Lokomotywa ...
Arkadiusz Morawiec
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
wiley   +1 more source

The Issa Valley in Censorship Documents. On the Thaw Reception of Czesław Miłosz’s Novel

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2016
Czesław Miłosz’s The Issa Valley [Dolina Issy] was published in the Paris Literary Institute in 1955 and soon after started paving its way to readers in the author’s native country, in spite of the censorship.
Marzena Woźniak-Łabieniec
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Remote Roca: Integrating Data From Archaeological Survey, Remote Sensing and Geophysics in the Hinterland at the Long‐Lasting Mediterranean Site of Rocavecchia (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino, Francesco Iacono, Giovanna Agostini, Davide Susini   +3 more
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Histories in bone: Navigating the ethical landscape of human skeletal collections in South Africa

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Provenance is at the center of addressing the complicated ethical stewardship of legacy human skeletal collections. Many South African (SA) health science institutions have skeletal collections. While the history of the collections and the demographics of the skeletons have been reported, the provenance of the individuals within the ...
Quenth Chinenere, Beverley Kramer, Brendon K. Billings   +2 more
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Shoah in Marian Pankowski’s Literary Art

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2016
The article centers on the theme of the Holocaust in the literary works of Marian Pankowski: its sources, relations with the concentration camp theme, particular works and their poetics, as well as the aesthetic, social and political problems related to ...
Arkadiusz Morawiec
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Clinical neuroanatomy teaching at Peking University Health Science Center: Evolution, current practice, and future direction

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Neuroanatomy has been considered one of the most challenging subjects in medical education, often leading to “neurophobia” and discouraging students from pursuing neurological specialties. At PKUHSC, the curriculum has evolved from a traditional, discipline‐based model to a technology‐enhanced, integrated “Nervous System” module for ...
Xuan Fang, Man Li, Xiaodan Hu, Chang Su, Shan Ye, Xianzhong Shi, Xiaomei Yang, Changman Zhou, Weiguang Zhang, Chunhua Chen   +9 more
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Distinguishing environmental controls on strong vs. extreme wind gusts

Weather and Climate Extremes
Statistical and theoretical models of wind gusts may be dominated by more common strong events, rather than rare but damaging extreme ones. We address this by combining case studies of six extreme gust cases in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with ...
Greeshma Surendran, Steven Sherwood, Jason Evans, Moutassem El Rafei, Andrew Dowdy, Fei Ji, Andrew Brown   +6 more
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