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New records of Glaphyridae (Col., Scarabaeoidea) from Iran [PDF]
New locality data are given for eight species of Geotrupidae and 65 species and sub-species of Scarabaeidae dung beetles from Iran. The species Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) anatolicus Petrovitz, 1962, and Onitis alexis ssp.
Olivier Montreuil
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The ‘Great Frost’ of 1708–9 in Britain and the Condescensions of Posterity
Abstract This article explores the ‘great frost’ of 1709 and its impact on economic life in Britain, challenging a popular view that, based on gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, it was catastrophic. It shows that the annual GDP figures for the period have such wide error margins that they cannot establish the scale of the disruption; that the ...
Julian Hoppit
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Parmi les écrits historiques que nous avons étudiés, la partie consacrée à l'histoire préislamique cherche, avant tout, à placer l'histoire de l'Islam dans le cadre d'une histoire universelle des civilisations.
Saber Mansouri
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Abstract Written as a letter to my 28‐year‐old self, this paper explores the development of my engagement with cultural complexes. On August 18, 2009, I finished a chapter applying cultural complexes to a history of China, complete with elaborate charts that seemed to confirm a process by which cultural complexes are formed, and how China’s then recent
Kevin Lu
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Dès le XVIIIe siècle, les savants ont consacré des traités à l’élevage ovin et à ses praticiens. Mais leur posture mêle la fascination et un mépris de classe : le berger doit être consulté, mais en même temps il faut le rééduquer, le civiliser, c’est-à ...
Devred Raphaël
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Physionomies et héritages de la dictature pinochétiste : du terrorisme d’État à la mise sous tutelle du processus transitionnel (1973-2015) [PDF]
On September 11, 1973, a military junta – under general Augusto Pinochet’s authority – overthrew Salvador Allende’s government. This military regime, which remained in power until the day of the investiture of President Patricio Aylwin, in March 1990 ...
Nicolas Prognon
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ABSTRACT Objective The Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS) project aims to improve and promote appropriate application of international growth standards across clinical, research and public health settings. Design A guidance document providing historical and conceptual context to support the appropriate application of international ...
Eric O. Ohuma +4 more
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This paper presents a corpus-based study of lexemes denoting sounds in Umóⁿhoⁿ (oma), a Siouan language of North America. I take as a starting point a list of sound-denoting verbal roots (in short: “sound roots”), presented as onomatopoeia in a paper by ...
Julie Marsault
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ABSTRACT The Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame (CAHF) has inducted 31 members during its first three years of operation, with the stated intent of establishing a critical mass of inductees “who have made significant contributions to the development of the Canadian accounting profession” and of creating “a curated biographical history of accounting in ...
Alan J. Richardson
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From the COVID‐19 Pandemic to Crises: Lessons for Canadian Climate Governance
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic was the most significant governance stress test in recent Canadian history, revealing both the capacities and constraints of Canadian public administration under acute uncertainty. This article examines Canada's pandemic response as a diagnostic case for understanding governance capacity relevant to long‐duration ...
Colin Dring
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