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A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
wiley   +1 more source

Periods, Pains, Pills, and Performance—Fighting Blood, Bodies and Biology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on various data from long‐term immersion in combat sports to explore the period experiences of cis women fighters. We blend theoretical ideas from the social scientific literature on menstruation and the sociology of medicalization, pain and injury.
Reem AlHashmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal enhancement of the viral shunt catalyzes a subsurface oxygen maximum in the Sargasso Sea. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Gilbert NE   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Escape Body: A Gamified Problem‐Based Learning Project in Primary Education

open access: yesSchool Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Young learners' lack of motivation to study scientific‐related subjects nowadays is a topic of concern in our society. This study followed a quasi‐experimental design with a predominantly quantitative methods approach, complemented by qualitative data, to investigate how the combination of gamified and problem‐based learning could influence ...
Sergio Tirado‐Olivares   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paris Olympics and Paralympics: Insights from nationwide coordination in preparedness, supply chain management and blood inventory

open access: yesVox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract The Paris 2024 Olympic Games posed a unique challenge due to their scale, associated risks and the need for robust healthcare preparedness. This review outlines the forecasting and anticipatory measures taken by the Etablissement français du sang (EFS) to ensure a resilient blood supply chain throughout the event.
Jean‐Baptiste Thibert   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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