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ACME, 2015 La storia dei doni simbolici inviati da Dario a Alessandro Magno (Romanzo di Alessandro 1.36-38) è derivata da una raccolta ellenistica di lettere fittizie che raccontavano la spedizione del conquistatore Macedone. Un modello diretto di quella narrazione
Ioannis M. Konstantakos
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) emphasizes peace, justice, and strong institutions as essential foundations for sustainable development. This study adopts a desktop‐based qualitative research approach to examine how institutional quality and governance systems influence progress toward SDG 16 and broader development outcomes.
Maryem Souiai +8 more
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The Pagan King before the One God
Classica Cracoviensia, 2012 The paper is an analysis of the scene in Ant. XI, 8: the supposed meeting between Alexander the Great and the Jewish High Priest, revealing Alexander’s special status as a chosen of God. The analysis concentrates on two issues: the literary character of
Aleksandra Klęczar
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
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A vida privada de Helena de Tróia nos loucos anos 20 em Hollywood
Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2013 O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o filme de Alexander Korda, de 1927, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, baseado no romance homônimo de John Erskine, de 1925, e na peça The Road to Rome, de 1927, de Robert Sherwood, obras que fazem, respectivamente ...
Maria Cecília Coelho
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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The Chemical Record, EarlyView.This publication describes how R. B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann crafted their masterpiece publications. Illustrations include Woodward's first draft of the famous “Violations There are none. Nor can violations be expected of so fundamental a principle of maximum bonding.” Original but discarded text shows the stepwise paths toward the W‐H masterpieces.
Jeffrey I. Seeman
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Deconstructing a perfect tyrant: Caracalla and the imitatio Alexandri
Studia Historica: Historia Antigua, 2016 Caracalla is well-known because of his imitatio Alexandri, however there is a contradiction between the material and written sources, what shows this question in a rather different light.
Antonio Ignacio MOLINA MARÍN
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Religious Symbolism, Rock Dramaturgy and the Buzz of the Era in the Soundtrack of the Film The Lovers’ Romance [PDF]
Художественная культураThe article is devoted to the soundtrack of the film The Lovers’ Romance (1974) by Andrei Konchalovsky. It studies the genre and stylistic genesis of the songs and compositions written by Alexander Gradsky, reveals the role of music in the plot of the ...
Zhurkova Daria A.
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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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