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The Literary Court: Reading Queen Charlotte

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 509-524, December 2025.
Abstract This article investigates the literary culture revolving around Queen Charlotte (1744–1818) between 1761 and 1818. The Queen's library, sold after her death in 1818, contained more than 4500 volumes, and the sales catalogue (1819) offers a fascinating glimpse into her collecting habits and reading interests. This article uses the catalogue, as
Mascha Hansen
wiley   +1 more source

Civic Heraldry: Goochland County, Virginia

open access: yes, 2022
This is a continuation of a series discussing the civic heraldry of former British colonies in the United States. This essay discusses Goochland County, Virginia.
Mark Murawski (12047984)
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The Challenges and Relevance of Exploring the Genetics of North Africa’s “Barbary Lion” and the Conservation of Putative Descendants in Captivity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
The lions of North Africa were unique in ecological terms as well as from a human cultural perspective and were the definitive lions of Roman and Medieval Europe. Labelled “Barbary” lions, they were once numerous in North Africa but were exterminated by the mid‐20th century.
Simon A. Black, F. González-Candelas
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Renaissance Culture, Emblems, and Interdisciplinary Research: The Reception of Alciato in Coimbra☆

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 394-418, June 2025.
Abstract Bearing in mind that emblem books were a manifestation of humanistic culture and its natural interdisciplinary, this paper discusses how the early reception of Alciato's Emblemata in Coimbra (Portugal) had an impact on artists, literary authors, jurists, and Jesuit teachers.
Filipa Araújo
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From cash to conservation: Which wildlife species appear on banknotes?

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 1849-1864, October 2024.
Abstract The use of wildlife imagery in society is highly varied and could contribute to reinforcing national identity. Standard depictions of wildlife include photographs, video, artwork and symbols or icons, including on currency. We investigated the representation of native fauna on 4541 banknotes from 207 countries between 1980 and 2017, to ...
Beaudee Newbery   +2 more
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Multi‐label logo recognition and retrieval based on weighted fusion of neural features

open access: yesExpert Systems, Volume 41, Issue 10, October 2024.
Abstract Classifying logo images is a challenging task as they contain elements such as text or shapes that can represent anything from known objects to abstract shapes. While the current state of the art for logo classification addresses the problem as a multi‐class task focusing on a single characteristic, logos can have several simultaneous labels ...
Marisa Bernabeu   +2 more
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The Cross in Medieval Heraldry

open access: yes, 1967
The multiplicity of terms used to blazon crosses and the diversity of manners in which they were depicted constitute one of the most confusing aspects of medieval heraldry. Sir William St.
Gerard J. Brault
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Disseminating action‐based cognitive remediation to an early psychosis network: Clinician perspectives on feasibility and implementation barriers

open access: yesEarly Intervention in Psychiatry, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 190-197, March 2024.
Abstract Aim Action‐based cognitive remediation (ABCR) is a group cognitive remediation treatment that aims to improve neurocognitive impairments experienced in patients with severe mental illness. Developed in research settings, ABCR is not yet widely available in community settings. As such, this study examines the feasibility of implementing ABCR in
Chelsea Wood‐Ross   +4 more
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Heraldry and the early modern state

open access: yes, 2022
Review of Steven Thiry and Luc Duerloo, eds, Heraldic hierarchies. Identity, status and state intervention in early modern heraldry (Louvain: Leuven University Press, 2021, 273 p., ill.)
Ramsay, Nigel
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Civic Heraldry- Caroline County, Virginia

open access: yes, 2022
This essay discusses the civic heraldry of Caroline County, Virginia. Its primary focus if the elements depicted on the County's seal as they pertain to the history and culture of the ...
Mark Murawski (12047984)
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