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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Religious and Medical Pluralism Among Traditional Healers in Johannesburg, South Africa. [PDF]

J Relig Health
Galvin M, Chiwaye L, Moolla A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sociodemographic inequity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among youth in Zimbabwe

, 2023
Larsson L, Dziva Chikwari C, Simms V, Tembo M, Mahomva A, Mugurungi O, Hayes R, Mackworth-Young C, Bernays S, Mavodza C, Taruvinga T, Bandason T, Dauya E, Ferrand RA, Kranzer K.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of a vertical voluntary medical male circumcision program into routine health services in Zimbabwe: A solution for sustainable HIV prevention. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Chung AM, Murungu J, Chitapi P, Chikodzore R, Case P, Gosling J, Gosling R, Xaba S, Ncube G, Mugurungi O, Kunaka P, Bertozzi SM, Feldacker C.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CFO overconfidence, environmental violations, and firm performance. The moderating role of constituency statutes

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship between Chief Financial Officer (CFO) overconfidence and firm performance through the lens of environmental violations and constituency statutes. Drawing on stakeholder and upper echelons theories, we find that firms with overconfident CFOs are more likely to commit environmental violations, which ...
Panagiotis Andrikopoulos, Shee‐Yee Khoo, Patrycja Klusak, Yurtsev Uymaz, Huong Vu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender, kinship, and other social predictors of incrimination in the inquisition register of Bologna (1291-1310): Results from an exponential random graph model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zbíral D, Riccardo K, Hampejs T, Brys Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sacramental Life In the Hospital Community [PDF]

, 1975
Coriden, James A.
core   +1 more source

Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of Leiden-educated Niels Stensen (Nicolas Steno) on the advancement of medical knowledge and practices. [PDF]

J Med Biogr
de Coo JC, Hogendoorn PC.
europepmc   +1 more source