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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 80, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Doctoral defences play a critical role in safeguarding the integrity and credibility of doctoral education. In Mongolia, however, defence practices, administered through centralised committees rooted in Soviet academic traditions, face significant structural, cultural, and ethical challenges.
Orkhon Gantogtokh
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The Problem of Christ’s Acquired Knowledge
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 333-355, April 2026.Abstract Thomas Aquinas is universally applauded for his “courage and perspicacity” in eventually admitting an acquired knowledge in Christ. According to this doctrine, Christ, through the experience of his senses, came to know what he previously did not know.
Joshua H. Lim
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Macro- and microstructural issues in Mazuna lexicography [PDF]
, 2009 All the works in Mazuna lexicography have a common denominator: they are translation dictionaries biased towards French and were compiled by Catholic and Protestant missionaries or colonial administrators.
Mavoungou, Paul Achille
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Parallels and differences in the treatment of metaphor in relevance theory and cognitive linguistics [PDF]
, 2010 Both cognitive linguists and relevance theorists are developing original approaches to metaphor. Both shed new light on old debates and suggest fruitful directions for research. Although there has so far been little interaction between the two approaches,
Wilson, D
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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 16, 17 March 2026.Glass, historically valued for its purity and durability, has long inspired artists and societies. This article introduces the concept of “Archeo‐Inspiration”, drawing on cultural and historical contexts of glass to guide future material innovations.
Eva von Contzen +3 more
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Distant Supervision for Entity Linking [PDF]
, 2015 Entity linking is an indispensable operation of populating knowledge repositories for information extraction. It studies on aligning a textual entity mention to its corresponding disambiguated entry in a knowledge repository.
Fan, Miao +2 more
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Moving In and Out of Reading: Teens Talking About Books, Digital Games, Social Media and Fanfiction
Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 69, Issue 5, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines teens' recreational reading activities as they move between books and digital media. It uses the model of connected reading to understand connections between teen reading practices and digital pastimes. Using focus group data, we draw on participants' experiences with books, fan texts, video games, and social media and ...
Amy Schoonens, Michael Dezuanni
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When DA VINCI Met Wallas: Extended Modeling of the Creative Process
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT By positing the centrality of process‐oriented definitions of creativity, the article revisits Graham Wallas's The Art of Thought, showing that its legacy extends beyond the canonical four‐stage model for the creative process. We first extract from Wallas's book some lesser known details that are proxies of metacognitive and emotional control.
Giovanni Emanuele Corazza, Sergio Agnoli
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[Review of] Hyung-Chan Kim, ed. Dictionary of Asian American History [PDF]
, 1988 A result of the collaboration of several dozen specialists, this new reference work provides a wealth of information about the largest groups of immigrants who went east to settle in the United States: the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos ...
Okada, Victor N.
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