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Case Study of The Divine Shepherdess Painting
CeROArt: Conservation, Exposition, Restauration D'Objets D'Art, 2014 This study focuses on the historical significance of The Divine Shepherdess, a unique type of portable rolled “sarga” painting from the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California.
Megan Crouch
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Genetics of infertility and "assisted fertilization" in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family. [PDF]
AndrologyAbstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Simoni M, Tüttelmann F, Casarini L.
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From the past to the future: Fermented milks and their health effects against human diseases
Food Frontiers, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 1747-1777, December 2023., 2023 We summarized the development of fermented milk into four stages and also summarized their impact on health and diseases during different developmental stages. In addition, we described the characteristics and limitations of fermented milk in different eras.
Tuo Zhang +6 more
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Living through war: An oral history of civilians in Sudan
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 405-427, Summer 2023., 2023 Abstract Civilians in Sudan have been devastated by wars for decades, including civil wars that occurred from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005, and wars continuing to this day in certain regions. With this article, we offer the findings of an oral history project that showcases the testimony of 116 Sudanese from the following three regions: Darfur ...
Daniel Rothbart +2 more
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Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient World
Journal of Archaeology, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 In this historical review, the opinions of Ancient Greece philosophers, astronomers, and poets such as Thales Milesian, Pythagoras, Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Archimedes, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Iamblichus, Plutarch, Homer, and Aratus about the planet position calculations and about the possibility of predictions of natural phenomena are analyzed ...
A. N. Safronov, I. Liritzis
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 609-634, September 2026.Abstract In the late fifteenth century, the Hungarian royal court at Buda was home to a cosmopolitan community of humanists. In early modern historiography, this cultural milieu has often been interpreted as one of the new, emergent ‘centres’ of the Renaissance in East Central Europe.
Eva Plesnik
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2091-2103, July 2026.Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier +7 more
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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 658-671, July 2026.ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
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Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 53-69, March 2026.Abstract This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide resulting from failed courtship was often portrayed as romantic and an expression of devotion.
Imogen Knox
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More than food production: Assemblages of values underpinning women‐led agroecological initiatives
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 684-699, March 2025.Abstract Agroecology advocates the transformation to sustainable agri‐food systems by renouncing production maximization and holistically integrating ecological and social aspects. The new peasantry fosters such sustainable agri‐food systems based on agroecological principles, driven by values of care for nature and people.
Beatriz Vizuete +4 more
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