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Bedlam in mind: seeing and reading historical images of madness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this article I explore mythical Bedlam of popular imaginings. London's Bethlem Hospital was for centuries a unique institution caring for the insane and its alter ego 'Bedlam' influenced popular stereotypes of insanity. For instance, while the type
Cross, S
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Mountainous vegetation succession and land use during the last millennium in the Peloponnese (southern Greece): Environmental change and economic development in an isolated periphery

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mediterranean mountainous areas and their valuable natural resources have long been attractive to human societies. The Peloponnese (southern Greece), with its complex topographic and climatic variability, has been the scenery for the development of numerous human communities.
Katerina Kouli   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A procura do turismo em espaço rural The demand for tourism in rural areas

open access: yesEtnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, 2007
Este artigo estuda a procura do turismo em espaço rural (TER) em Portugal, tomando como referência dados recolhidos no território continental e, particularmente, em três aldeias.
Luís Silva
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Art Nouveau Ukrainian Architecture in a Global Context

open access: yesKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal, 2019
The article is dedicated to Ukrainian Art Nouveau architecture, which became a unique phenomenon in the development of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century architecture. Along with the reality that architecture in Ukraine evolved as a component of
Nelia Romaniuk
doaj   +1 more source

International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis 2024 Debate 3—Cytogenetics Is a Dinosaur and Should Be Replaced by Molecular Technologies

open access: yesPrenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cytogenetic technologies such as G‐banding chromosome and FISH analyses have long been the gold standard diagnostic test in prenatal genetic testing. However, unbiased next‐generation sequencing technologies such as fetal exome or genome sequencing (ES/GS) are becoming widely accessible and increasingly utilized, particularly for fetuses with ...
Yassmine M. N. Akkari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cash, Credit, or Kin? Financing Pathways and the Uneven Sustainability of Off‐Grid Solar Electrification in Tanzania and Malawi

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solar home systems (SHSs) are celebrated as a technological antidote to sub–Saharan Africa's chronic electricity deficits, yet the financial and social mechanisms that move them from warehouse to household remain underexplored. Drawing on 157 interviews with SHS owners in Tanzania and Malawi, this study examines the financial pathways used to ...
Nathanael Ojong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Sustainable Development in the Ghanaian e‐Waste Sector: A System Dynamics Perspective

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ghana is a major e‐waste treatment hotspot in the Global South, dominated by the informal sector (IFS). There, sustainable development goals (SDGs) like good health and well‐being, no poverty, or sustainable communities remain an area of concern.
Vanessa Heinrich   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation architecture and the narrative imperative: Birmingham back to backs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The paper uses a case study to explore how the opposing logics of conservation architecture and interpretive exhibition design were played out in the shaping of a narrative museum space.
Matthews, Geoff
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An Investigation of the Barriers Impeding Small‐Scale Hydropower Schemes From Greater Deployment in England

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT England holds significant potential for hydropower development, yet various challenges including environmental concerns continue to limit extensive deployment. This study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the key barriers hindering hydropower expansion in England, focusing on institutional, policy, financial, and environmental factors ...
Joelson Alexandre   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small Forms of Wooden Architecture of the Russian North: Fences, Gates, Wicket Doors and Retaining Walls

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2013
The article studies historical and modern aspects of design and building of small architectural forms (fences, gates, wicket doors, retaining walls and partially – bridge fences) in many regions of the Russian North and other regions of Russia. This work
Olga Sevan
doaj   +1 more source

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