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Information Technology for Preserving the Bulgarian Folklore Heritage [PDF]
, 2013 Folk songs are an important and essential part of the Bulgarian cultural heritage. Following the traditions of the 20th century in publishing Bulgarian folk songs, we prepared the book “Folk Songs from Thrace” [3] with scores and lyrics recorded from ...
Kirov, Nikolay, Peycheva, Lozanka
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A notion of graph likelihood and an infinite monkey theorem
, 2013 We play with a graph-theoretic analogue of the folklore infinite monkey theorem. We define a notion of graph likelihood as the probability that a given graph is constructed by a monkey in a number of time steps equal to the number of vertices. We present
Banerji, Christopher R. S. +2 more
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A STEP IN STONE. ONTOLOGIES OF PODOMORPHIC PETROGLYPHS IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIAN BRONZE AGE
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, EarlyView.Summary During the Bronze Age, a particular type of podomorphic petroglyph was produced on the outcrops by the sea in southern Scandinavia. In this text, their distribution, organization and articulation are analyzed in the Mälaren region of central‐eastern Sweden.
Fredrik Fahlander
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Measuring the Impact of Armed Conflict on Population Health: A Guide for Researchers
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract The humanitarian impact of armed conflict remains a significant international issue, with an estimated 2 billion people residing in fragile or conflict‐affected settings. Despite increasing attention and study of armed conflict and its impact on human populations, few studies have evaluated the methods necessary to assess such relationships ...
Maya Luetke +2 more
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
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Andanzas por España de un “inquisidor a la moderna de raza nórdica”
Huarte de San Juan. Geografía e Historia, 2010 El autor traza su autobiografía intelectual desde que era estudiante en su país natal, Dinamarca. Muestra sus primeros pasos en la investigación como interesado en el folklore de los países nórdicos.
Gustav Henningsen
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Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.Abstract This Data Article describes a novel dataset from the “Re‐Examining Traditional Method Use” (TEAM‐UP) project, which systematically collected data on the measurement of and motivations for use of non‐modern (traditional and folkloric) contraceptive methods and/or modern methods, in four sub‐Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of ...
Nurudeen Alhassan +13 more
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, 2016 A review of Marty Crump\u27s book on the folklore surrounding reptiles and amphibians. Crump\u27s book is a collection of tales and myths both ancient and contemporary, and a fascinating analysis of how humans perceive and sometimes revere snakes, frogs ...
Etheridge, Kay
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Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.Abstract Despite greater availability and affordability of modern contraception, the use of traditional contraception is rising in India. We examined the relationship between Indian women's contact with a community health worker (CHW) and discussion of family planning (FP) with their contraceptive use.
Nandita Bhan +6 more
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Precedent Proper Names in Informal Oikonymy [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2013 The paper deals with the Russian language informal city names (oikonyms) motivated by other toponyms (with reference to Russia and the CIS). The author shows that the motivating proper name can replace the city name (e. g.
Maria V. Akhmetova
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