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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The development of anatomy has been marked by ethically questionable practices. This has been because the dissection of human bodies has always existed on the periphery of conventional society, necessitating a range of dubious ways of obtaining dead bodies for educational and research purposes.
David Gareth Jones
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The history of historical earthquake research in Germany
Annals of Geophysics, 2004 The paper summarizes the history of collecting and evaluating information on earthquakes in Germany. A rich literature mentioning historical and contemporary earthquakes has existed since the 16th century.
G. Grünthal
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Mongolian National (Khalkha) Wrestling’s Uniforms of the 16th century
Новые исследования ТувыThis article examines the history of Mongolian wrestling uniform, with a special focus on the 16th century, and its importance for understanding the history of this kind of sport from the ancient times to the present day.
Болдбаатар Даланбаяр +3 more
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“Wheat of Portugal” . The African adventure of maize
Culture & History Digital Journal, 2013 This work focuses on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and starts from the introduction of maize (Zea mays) in different places of Africa by the Portuguese.
Manuel de Paz-Sánchez
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The Historical Roots of Corruption and Economic Development in Italy [PDF]
, 2013 We claim that a sequential mechanism linking history to development exists: first, history defines the quality of social capital; then, social capital determines the level of corruption; finally, corruption affects economic performance.
Petrarca, Ilaria, Ricciuti, Roberto
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An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
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Kartografija i Geoinformacije, 2006 Analysis of representations of Croatian cities bound into five manuscript atlases: two atlases (signature Cod. 8607 and Cod. 8609) from the Collection of Manuscripts, Documents and Heritage of the AustrianNational Library (Handschriften-, Autographen ...
Ivka Kljajić, Miljenko Lapaine
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Pas de provenance sans contexte
Afriques, 2019 If one of the aims of art history is to understand better the original meaning of the works studied, then an historical methodology is absolutely essential to the identification and interpretation of precolonial objects.
Peter Mark
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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2020 Considering the historical processes through the history of science and technology and of navigation in particular (in relation to the emergence of the American continent) is justified by the importance that the literature about "el arte de navegar ...
Louise Bénat-Tachot
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