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The jubilee of Professor Andrzej Nadolski and Professor Marian Głosek is an excellent opportunity for discussing some most recent methods of technological analyses in archaeology and their applications in arms and armour studies. New opportunities are
Grzegorz Żabiński
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The Bow in the Borderland in the 16th Century
After finishing a long-term conflict with the State of the Teutonic Order (1521, 1525), the Polish foreign policy directed its focus to the East, which resulted in the necessity to reorganise the armed forces, at least partially.
Aleksander Bołdyrew
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The fifteenth-century fight book author Filippo Vadi wrote that the sword “is a cross and a royal weapon”: this inherent chivalric symbolism associated with the sword has led to a wealth of scholarship on the weapon but seemingly at a cost to research ...
Iason Eleftherios Tzouriadis +1 more
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Masculinity, Arms and Armour, and the Culture of Warfare in Sixteenth-Century Florence
My thesis investigates the cultural role of arms and armour in Cinquecento Florence, roughly spanning the reigns of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and his two sons Francesco I and Ferdinando I, 1537-1609.
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The Archaic warrior from Metaponto [PDF]
The chalcidic helmet with ram’s protome in the Saint Louis Art Museum comes from a tomb in Metaponto. The grave assemblage has been reconstructed and displays the helmet wearer as a remarkable warrior, with the most complete panoply preserved in the ...
Raimon Graells i Fabregat
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Stab resistant body armour [PDF]
There is now a widely accepted need for stab resistant body armour for the police in the UK. However, very little research has been done on knife resistant systems and the penetration mechanics of sharp projectiles are poorly understood.
Horsfall, Ian
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ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi +9 more
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An Attempt of Hermeneutic Approach to Solve a Problem, Concerning the Interpretation of Indian Historical Weapons as Signs-Objects of Traditional Culture [PDF]
The current research presents a bash, had at analyzes of historical weapons of India, using the cohesive approach, which was proposed by scholars for studying objects, acting in the traditional cultures and having profound symbolic meaning alongside ...
Aleksey Y. Kurochkin
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes +3 more
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An evaluation of the hypodermic needle threat against body armour [PDF]
Previous work has addressed protection against stab attacks [1, 2], and slash attacks [3, 4] this has resulted in body armour that is suitable for protecting the torso against knives. Whilst this armour combats the primary lethal injuries to the torso it
Luk, Edwina +2 more
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