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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
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1917 : l’Italie en ébullition

Cahiers d’histoire, 2017
1917 : le vent qui souffle de l’Est soulève les espoirs de la paix, d’une transformation sociale et politique du continent en guerre et même d’une « révolution mondiale ». L’explosion de février 1917 et ses suites auront un impact d’autant plus important
Stéfanie Prezioso
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The many prices of war and occupation: Black markets and the cost‐of‐living index in France, 1938–1949

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
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The Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology: Historical Review

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 211-215, 2012., 2012
The Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology was founded in 1958 in honour of Dr Henry L Bockus (1894–1982) by his former students, residents and fellows at the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Hugh Chaun
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Gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement en temps de crise: l'influence des capacités dynamiques sur les stratégies de réponse des PME manufacturières canadiennes

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 43, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how dynamic capabilities influence supply chain management in SMEs during systemic crises. A literature review identifies key strategies used by Canadian SMEs to enhance resilience, such as inventory increases, production adjustments, supplier diversification and product adaptation.
Julien Bazile, Said Toumi, Anne‐Marie Côté, Béatrice Dallaire‐Clavet, Zhan Su   +4 more
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The Introduction of Oxygen for Pneumonia as Seen Through the Writings of Two Mcgill University Professors, William Osler and Jonathan Meakins

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 81-85, 2005., 2005
Oxygen was identified at the end of the 18th century by three independent researchers. It was first used indiscriminately with other gases for treatment of pulmonary diseases by Thomas Beddoes. In the 19th century, the physiological properties of oxygen were identified by many researchers.
C Peter W Warren
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William Ritter et Edmond Bille : danse macabre et contredanse en temps de guerre

Versants, 2019
Durant la guerre, alors qu’il est de retour en Suisse, William Ritter fréquente le peintre neuchâtelois installé à Sierre, Edmond Bille. Leurs liens vont se tendre entre 1917 et 1919, autour d’expositions en Suisse et en particulier à La Chaux-de-Fonds ...
Philippe Kaenel
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Recyclage poétique de la Guerre d’Indépendance roumaine

RiCognizioni, 2021
L’article porte sur les mécanismes du recyclage poétique de l’histoire dans la littérature roumaine, observant la tendance que certains poètes ont à reprendre le thème de la Guerre d’Indépendance roumaine de la fin du XIXème siècle afin de répondre aux ...
Corina Croitoru
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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1292-1303, July 2026.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
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Emergence of the Food Balance Sheet: A History of A Traveling Idea L'émergence du bilan alimentaire : histoire d’une idée voyageuse

Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 1064-1090, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores how accounting ideas travel to unfamiliar environments and instigate new modes of calculation therein. The empirical focus is on the food balance sheet, a key calculative technology in the realm of food security. Drawing on Said's four‐stage schema for analyzing the movement of theories and ideas, this investigation ...
Stephen P. Walker, Massimo Sargiacomo
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