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From Constantinople to the South Caucasus: Deciphering the urban landscape in John Dos Passos’s travel memoir “Orient Express”

open access: yesUrbis et Orbis: Mikroistoriâ i Semiotika Goroda
This article examines a highly-regarded but little-studied work of the major American novelist John Dos Passos, the travel memoir Orient Express (1927), the account of a 1922 journey from Constantinople, through the South Caucasus and through Iran and ...
Albert Makaryan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary thoughts upon the policies of the Ottoman State in the 16th century Indian Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the developments in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 16th century. The purpose of the Portuguese Kingdom to establish hegemony in
Ozay, Mehmet
core  

Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Food Policies: Governance Processes and Policy Designs From Three Spanish Cities

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the integration of gender mainstreaming in urban food policies (UFPs) through three Spanish case studies: Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza. While UFPs are pivotal for addressing sustainability in urban food systems, attention to gender disparities within them remains insufficient.
Chiara Bergonzini, Francesca Donati
wiley   +1 more source

Absence seizures: Update on signaling mechanisms and networks

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Absence seizures (AS) are a hallmark of genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), characterized by brief episodes of impaired consciousness accompanied by electroencephalographic spike‐and‐wave discharges (SWDs). Traditionally attributed to cortico‐thalamo‐cortical (CTC) dysrhythmia, emerging evidence suggests a more intricate pathophysiological ...
Ozlem Akman, Filiz Onat
wiley   +1 more source

The Revolts of the Varangians in Constantinople: Two Incidents at the Palace

open access: yesStudia Ceranea
This article deals with the revolts staged by the Varangians at the imperial palace in 1068 and 1078. The first part of the article focuses on the revolt at the beginning of Romanos IV Diogenes’s reign as described by the Continuator of Skylitzes.
Oleksandr Fylypchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Artemis: Depictions of Form and Femininity in Sculpture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Grecian sculpture has been the subject of investigation for centuries. More recently, however, emphasis in the field of Art History on the politics of gender and sexuality portrayal have opened new avenues for investigation of those old statues.
Waters, Laura G.
core   +1 more source

Techno‐Economic Analysis of Solar‐Wind Hybrid Systems for Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa, KwaZulu‐Natal Province

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising global energy demand and the climate crisis have intensified the pursuit of renewable energy, with green hydrogen emerging as a key alternative to fossil fuels. South Africa, heavily reliant on coal‐based energy, faces pressure to decarbonize and transition to a green economy.
Sandile Mtolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The discussion about the development of the Byzantine city (M. Syuzyumov – A. Kazhdan)

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2013
The article is about the fait of the Byzantine cities during the «dark ages». Two major Russian Byzantine scientists spent years discussing on the continuity of the Byzantine city. M.
M Cmilyanich
doaj  

The Clergy during the Fourth Crusade as Portrayed in Robert of Clari’s Chronicle

open access: yesStudia Ceranea
This article deals with the view of clerical participants in the Fourth Crusade found in Robert of Clari’s Old-French chronicle La conquête de Constantinople.
Zdzisław Pentek
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct value computations support rapid sequential decisions. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun, 2023
Mah A   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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