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Assessing Ecological Connectivity for <i>Loxodonta africana</i> Across Transfrontier Conservation Areas in Southern Mozambique. [PDF]
We present the first spatially explicit assessment of ecological connectivity for African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) in southern Mozambique, spanning the Great Limpopo and Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Areas. By integrating Resource Selection Function with landscape connectivity analysis, we provide spatially explicit prioritization of ...
Trezza FR +15 more
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Why couple infertility is historically a female-driven problem? [PDF]
Abstract Background The history of studies in the field of infertility represents a chapter of great interest in gender issues. Objectives This paper aims to delve deep into the historical roots of the aspect of gender inequality related to couple infertility, with a journey back in time, from classical antiquity to the contemporary age, reporting ...
Vignozzi L, Cipriani S, Lippi D.
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Abstract An extensive magnetic survey has been carried out on a large part of the Roman and late antique city of Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain), combined with ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electric resistivity imaging (ER Imaging) to obtain data for a better understanding of the ancient city.
Miguel A. Cau‐Ontiveros +6 more
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Revisiting Gendered Representations of Humility: An Examination of Sources from Late Medieval Italy
Abstract During the Middle Ages, gender‐neutral representations of humility as a quality linked to spiritual love and voluntary service competed with representations according to gendered patterns, such as those related to the naked and dressed body in terms of its biological and social functions and its appearance.
Silvia Negri
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Simon of Tournai's Stroke: The Image of an Irate Unbeliever
For centuries after his death in the late twelfth century, Simon of Tournai, a master of theology in the Parisian schools, had a reputation for being an unbeliever punished by God with a stroke. This article gathers the eight known medieval sources for his stroke and examines them from a mythogenetic perspective to demonstrate how different authors ...
Keagan Brewer
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Assessing place‐based identities in the early Middle Ages: a proposal for post‐Roman Iberia
Sociological models of place‐based identity can be used to better understand the social dynamics of local communities and how they interact with their surroundings. This paper explores how these theoretical models of belonging to a place, in tandem with communal cognitive maps, can be applied to post‐Roman contexts, taking the Iberian Peninsula in the ...
Javier Martínez Jiménez +1 more
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Around 1000, a new type of law‐book emerged in Catalonia and northern Italy that attests to new ways of handling legal material. Incorporating in full the Visigothic and Lombard law codes, respectively, these law‐books provided a base for studying and interpreting old law through comments, glosses etc., addressing new users such as lay judges.
Stefan Esders
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Missing Queens: Gender, Dynasty and Power in Vandal Africa
Abstract This paper reconsiders a curious aspect of the Vandal kingdom of North Africa (439–533 ce): the total absence of women called Vandals in extant sources. It argues that these missing Vandal women are the women of the Hasding royal dynasty. The non‐application of the ethnic terminology to the consorts, sisters and daughters of kings and princes ...
Robin Whelan
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Desde que o neorrepublicanismo incluiu pensadores romanos e seus leitores modernos entre as fontes relevantes para o debate da Teoria Política, nota-se um interesse renovado pelas fontes romanas como elementos para enriquecer o debate contemporâneo da ...
Márlio Aguiar, Tiago Bahia Losso
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La concepción del feto en la legislación romana: entre la esperanza y la herencia
La existencia del feto supuso un reto para la legislación romana, ya que suponía una intersección entre diversos derechos familiares y personales, pese a que el mismo no fuese considerado propiamente como una persona.
Patricia González Gutiérrez
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