History and presentation of the Cavendish experiment in textbooks in the 20th century [PDF]
arXivThe experiment performed by Henry Cavendish to measure the density of the earth, is in numerous textbooks described as a measurement of the universal gravitational constant, G, even if we know that this was not true. In this paper, a study on how common this "myth" is based on the checklist developed by Leite on a total of 84 textbooks.
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Geographies of slavery in the Les Malouines/Las Malvinas/Falklands Islands: The Maroon connection
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2025.Short Abstract This paper demonstrates how the Les Malouines/Las Malvinas/Falklands Islands, a margins of the Spanish Empire meant for penance, was also a place where resistance linked with marronage broke an assemblage of colonial military powers. It also highlights that the historical geographies of slavery in Argentina are intrinsically assembled ...
Ana Laura Zavala Guillen
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Understanding Nuance and Ambivalence in Intergenerational Relationships Through Fiction. [PDF]
Gerontologist, 2023 French JE, Lovatt M, Wright V.
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Mining an Anthropocene in Japan: On the making and work of geological imaginaries
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article addresses how the lithic and the drift might be reworked as an Anthropocene material outside of a chronostratigraphy. Revisiting the finding of a floating fern fossil at the Hashima mine, we delve into a complex array of Geological imaginaries, and undertake our own speculative work.
Deborah P. Dixon +2 more
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Child drowning and associated risk factors: Findings from a qualitative study in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Health Sci Rep, 2023 Al-Mamun M +8 more
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arXivWe have selected six myths about the OSS community and have tested whether they are true or not. The purpose of this report is to identify the lessons that can be learned from the development style of the OSS community and the issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve better Employee Experience (EX) in software development within companies ...
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Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Abstract The seasons are part of and produced through weather cycles and climate knowledge, yet they are also a distinctive temporal and spatial framing that has been hinted at in aspects of geography and mobility research but is still relatively underexplored. Seasonal concerns underpin not only the weather, but also migration flows, tourism and trade,
Kaya Barry
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On limit and love in times of environmental crises
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract This intervention explores whether ‘love’ offers a politically viable concept in times of environmental crises. Urban political ecology highlights that, in a capitalist society, landed property and material affordances are rigged against the have‐nots; the latter are deprived not only of their aspirations, but also of their basic right ...
Ihnji Jon
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From Endorsement of Ambivalent Sexism to Psychological IPV Victimization: The Role of Attitudes Supportive of IPV, Legitimating Myths of IPV, and Acceptance of Psychological Aggression. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Cinquegrana V, Marini M, Galdi S.
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Probabilistic Downscaling for Flood Hazard Models [PDF]
arXivRiverine flooding poses significant risks. Developing strategies to manage flood risks requires flood projections with decision-relevant scales and well-characterized uncertainties, often at high spatial resolutions. However, calibrating high-resolution flood models can be computationally prohibitive.
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