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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Renaissance 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
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Taonga in a digital world: Maori adornment and the possibilities of reconnection. [PDF]
J R Soc N Z, 2023 Ellis N, Macdonald E, Almeida E.
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Assessment of Inflow and Infiltration in Sewers: Case Study of Antalya, Türkiye
Water and Environment Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Unwanted inflow and infiltration (I/I) of rainfall and groundwater into urban sewer systems are a critical issue for sustainable water management. This study examines the data from the two largest and most representative wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in central Antalya, Lara and Hurma, which both have large service areas and diverse ...
Remziye İlayda Tan Kesgin +3 more
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2015 The paper deals with the issue of child burial grounds of the Bronze Age on theterritoryofWestern Siberia. It contains the results of quantitative and qualitative analyses of the burial mounds goods, a specific set of attributes and values associated ...
O. V. Umerenkova
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 9, Page 2262-2285, September 2026.Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li +12 more
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Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Volume 44, Issue 17, Page 2918-2926, 1 September 2026.We have developed a visible‐light‐driven, transition‐metal‐free protocol for the chemodivergent borocarbonylation of trifluoromethyl styrenes which integrates radical 1,2‐boron migration, CO trapping, and intermolecular C–C bond formation into a single multicomponent cascade.
Xiao‐Fan Cui +2 more
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 5, September 2026.This study develops a novel non‐combustible chitosan‐based bioplastic (NCCB) via ethanol‐induced surface assembly. The material's inherent flame retardancy and thermally insulating, rough surface enable high‐performance TENGs. The NCCB‐TENG maintains stable output even when exposed to fire and exhibits dual sensitivity to temperature (25–200°C) and ...
Qilin Lu +5 more
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Surge: a fast open-source chemical graph generator. [PDF]
J Cheminform, 2022 McKay BD, Yirik MA, Steinbeck C.
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