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Abstract Objective Previous studies on charitable giving have emphasized the importance of socioeconomic status in explaining why individuals choose to donate or not to donate money. Other explanations, such as social capital or local contexts, have also been investigated, but these perspectives are rarely combined and tested against an actual ...
Jonas Elis +2 more
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Changes in Livonian first names in Salaca during the 17th and 18th centuries
Under examination are the developments that occurred in name traditions that were caused by Christianisation as can be ascertained on the basis of written sources.
Aldur Vunk
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Exploring named‐entity recognition techniques for academic books
Recent advances in the natural language processing (NLP) field have achieved impressive results in various tasks. However, NLP techniques are underrepresented in the analysis of Humanities and Social Science texts and in languages other than English. In particular, academic books are a highly valuable source of information that has not been exploited ...
Pablo Calleja Ibañez +1 more
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AbstractJean Baudrillard’s theory on the nature of simulation proposes that a shift from reality to representation progresses until the artificial surpasses the authentic. Phase three simulation occurs when distinctions between representation and reality virtually disappear. In Possession, A. S. Byatt erodes boundaries between fictional representation
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Cancer incidence among Armenians in California
Abstract Introduction California is home to the largest population of Armenians in the United States. The historical categorization of Armenians as ‘White’ or ‘Some Other Race’ in population databases has likely masked cancer incidence patterns in this population.
Ani S. Movsisyan Vernon +3 more
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A modern tudomány előtti és azon kívüli név- és szófejtések alkalmazott vonatkozásai
Applied onomastic aspects of name interpretation before or outside modern science The paper reviews the word and name interpretations that existed before and after the emergence of historical-comparative linguistics and that could be found outside ...
RÉKA IMREH
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Chinese texts from the 5th to the 11th centuries, including chronicles, treatises, encyclopaedias, and travellers’ reports, frequently mention both mythical and real states ruled by a line of female monarchs (referred to as Nü guo, “Kingdom of Women,” or
Maria Dmitrievna Sokhina
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In Chinese texts of the 5th–11th centuries (chronicles, treatises, encyclopedias, and travel accounts), the macro-toponym Nü guo ‘Kingdom of Women’ appears repeatedly.
Mariia Dmitrievna Sokhina
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