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Amplatzer Amulet™ left atrial appendage occluder: A step‐by‐step guide to device implantation
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2022 Recently receiving Food and Drug Administration approval, the Amplatzer Amulet™ left atrial appendage occluder device (Abbott Medical Inc.) provides a dual seal mechanism alternative to the commercially available Watchman FLX or Watchman 2.5 device for ...
Christopher R. Ellis
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Hrobka muže bez tváře. Předběžná zpráva o výzkumu hrobky Anchirese (AS 98), inspektora kadeřníků královského paláce // Tomb of a faceless man. Preliminary report on the excavations of the tomb of Ankhires (AS 98), the inspector of hairdressers of the Great House [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2018 During the autumn season of 2016, the tomb of an inspector of hairdressers of the Great House, Ankhires (AS 98), commenced excavation. The works were finished in the autumn season of 2017.
Veronika Dulíková +3 more
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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello +2 more
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Size matters: Reconsidering Horus on the crocodiles in miniature
Pallas, 2011 A Horus cippus is a specific type of magical stele thought to provide protection from wild animals. Horus cippi were available in a variety of sizes, ranging from small enough for an individual to wear as an amulet or otherwise carry around on his or her
Jane Draycott
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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ESC Heart Failure, 2021 Aims Heart failure (HF) is characterized by high mortality and hospital readmission rates. Limited access to cardiologists restricts the application of guideline‐directed, patient‐tailored medical therapy.
Paweł Krzesiński +13 more
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Pemaknaan Jimat Sebagai Simbol Religi Bagi Mahasiswa Jepang
JKG (Jurnal Komunikasi Global), 2018 This research started with the idea that many Japanese are not concerned with religious status. The Ippen monks in the 13th century made the concept of religion simpler for Japanese society through the use of amulets as religious symbols that were ...
Fatonah Fatonah
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Foot-amulets: a possible amuletic value
Buried History: The Journal of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 2012 A number of foot-shaped objects have been found in Bronze Age graves in the region of Messará, Crete. Previous scholars have suggested they may be amulets or talismans. One hypothesis advanced in the late 1960s proposed that they gave protection from poisonous snakes bites and were connected to the Minoan Snake Goddess cult. This paper reports on a new
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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