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Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2017 Alfred Nobel was one of the most successful chemists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and businessmen of the late nineteenth century. In a decision later in life, he rewrote his will to leave virtually all his fortune to establish prizes for persons of any ...
Marshall A. Lichtman
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Gender and societies: a grassroots approach to women in science [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Women are under-represented in science. We show that the extent of the gender gap varies depending on the status of the position in question and there are simple steps that can be taken to improve diversity.
Alex James +2 more
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Kuroda Chika (1884-1968) – Pioneer Woman Chemist in Twentieth Century Japan
Substantia, 2022 Kuroda Chika was the first Japanese woman to graduate in chemistry. This article describes her early education and subsequent career in research in Japan from 1913, and research and includes two years in Oxford (1921-1923). Her career as a researcher in
Yona Siderer
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Award policy: types of awards for the municipal authorities
Правоприменение, 2020 The subject of the research is the establishment and application of official awards at the municipal level of government, including award legislation and the practice of its application.The purpose of the article is to confirm or disprove the hypothesis ...
Ekaterina S. Shugrina
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Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2017 Introduction: This paper outlines the origins and rationale of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards, a new family of international prizes created in 2008 by the BBVA Foundation of Spain. The aim of these awards is to recognize world-class contributions in a
Pablo Jáuregui, Mónica Salomone
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is a prestigious award given every year for ostensibly the most important discovery in the field. Prizes in Medicine have typically gone to honor foundational knowledge rather than measurable impact.
Zachary M. Linneman, David J. Satin
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Der geehrte Autor und die Kunst der Invektive. Zu Thomas Bernhards «Meine Preise»
Studia austriaca, 2012 Thomas Bernhard reflects in his posthumously published story collection Meine Preise the most important of his many literary awards, which were often associated with public scandals.
Clemens Götze
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Success Factors For Small And Medium Industries Based On Creative Industries
Economics Development Analysis Journal, 2020 The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of entrepreneurial characteristics, interest in entrepreneurship, business networks, promotion and government support for the success of creative industries based in Magelang Regency.
Fitria Ardiana
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Man of Science: Celebrating Professor Sir David Lane’s 60th anniversary [PDF]
BioDiscovery, 2012 This article is devoted to the 60th anniversary of Professor Sir David Lane and summarises his renowned research career and scientific and business achievements to date.
Nikolai Zhelev
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The SAPERE AUSO Scholarship as a Form of Acknowledgement of Academic Activity and Achievements of Gifted Young People [PDF]
Studia z Teorii WychowaniaIn this article, the authors examined the academic achievements of students awarded the SAPERE AUSO scholarship in Warsaw (Poland), through the examination of collected students’ documents.
Marcin Gierczyk +5 more
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